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The genus Gymnadenia contains 22 species of terrestrial orchid.

They can be found in damp meadows, fens and marshes, and on chalk or limestone often in alpine regions of Europe and Asia up to the Himalayas. Fragrant Orchid (Gymnadenia conopsea) has been introduced into the USA.

These hardy terrestrial orchids are deciduous. They survive the winter through their cormA corm is a short, vertical, swollen underground stem of a plant (usually one of the monocots) that stores food reserves to enable the plant to survive winter or other adverse conditions such as summer drought and heat ( estivation). A corm is typically ss, two deep-cut bulbThis article is about a botanical term. For electric bulb see instead: light bulb. Bulb" is one of very few words in the English language that does not rhyme with anything. See: List of English words without rhymes. A bulb is an underground vertical shoots. Long lanceolate green leavesThis article is about the leaf a plant organ. See Leaf (disambiguation) for other meanings. In botany, a leaf is an above-ground plant organ specialized for photosynthesis. For this purpose, a leaf is typically flat and thin, to expose the chloroplast con grow at the bottom of the stemIn common parlance, a stem is any elongated, usually narrow, extension or supporting structure of an object. Examples are the stem of a smoking pipe, stem of a cut flower, stem of a wine glass, etc. Uses of the term specific to certain fields are as follo. There are some small leaves at the stop of the stem.

They flower during the summer. The inflorescenceAn inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers on a branch of a plant. In botany, the term refers to the way individual flowers are arranged on the axis (floral stem). An inflorescence is said to be determinate if the number of flowers cannot increase is a dense cylindrical spike between 5 and 30 cm long. It can consits of up to 150 small pleasant-smelling flowers. Their color can vary from pale purple to pink and white. The lipThe Labellum (or Lip is a part of an orchid. It is a modified petal and can be distinguished from petals and sepals by its large size and its often irregular shape. It serves as an attraction mechanism in some orchid species so that insects will pollinate is wide with three lobes. The marginal petalFor the petals of chakras, see Petal (chakra). A petal is one member or part of the corolla of a flower. It is the inner part of the perianth that comprises the sterile parts of a flower and consists of inner and outer tepals . These tepals are usually dis are horizontal. There is a long, thin, threadlike spur.