Dactylorhiza foliosa, the Madeira orchid or leafy orchid, is a species of flowering plant in the family Orchidaceae, endemic to the Portuguese Island of Madeira in the eastern Atlantic Ocean.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families It is a tuberous herbaceous perennial growing to and producing spikes of intense, magenta-pink flowers in late spring.
This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit (confirmed 2017).
Synonyms Orchis foliosa Sol. ex Lowe (1831), illegitimate homonym, not Sw. 1800 nor Masson ex Ker Gawl. 1819 nor Spreng. 1826 nor Schur 1866 Orchis latifolia var. foliosa Rchb.f. (1851) Dactylorchis orientalis subsp. foliosa (Rchb.f.) Klinge (1898) Orchis orientalis subsp. foliosa (Rchb.f.) Klinge (1898) Dactylorchis foliosa (Rchb.f.) Verm. (1947) Orchis maderensis Summerh. (1947 publ. 1948) Dactylorhiza incarnata subsp. foliosa (Rchb.f.) H.Sund. (1975)
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External links Czech Botany, Dactylorhiza foliosa(Rchb. f.) Soó – Madeiran Orchid Alpine Garden Society IOSPE orchid photos, Dactylorhiza foliosa (Sol. ex E.N. Lowe) Soó 1962 Photo courtesy of R. Buscail and the Orchids of France and Europe