Hammarbya paludosa, (L.) O. Kuntze, 1891

D. M. Moore (ed.), 1980, CCIII Orchidaceae, Flora Europaea, Vol 5: Alismataceae to Orchidaceae, Camebridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 325-350 : 350

1. H. paludosa (L.) O. Kuntze ,

Revis. Gen. 2: 665 (1891).

Glabrous. Stem 3-12 cm, slender, 3- to 5-angled above. Leaves 0-5- 1 cm, concave, broadly rounded at apex, sheathing at base, enclosing daughter pseudobulbs, usually with marginal bulbils towards apex, the lower 1 -2 leaves often reduced to sheaths. Flowers numerous in a rather dense, later lax spike 1 -5-5 cm. Perianth-segments greenish-yellow; outer 2-5-3 mm, ovate- lanceolate, the lateral erect, the median pointed downwards and rather larger; inner c. 1 -5 mm, linear-lanceolate, patent, deflexed at apex. Labellum lanceolate, acute, erect, shorter than outer perianth-segments. 2/7 = 28.

Acid bogs, usually in Sphagnum.

N. & C. Europe; U. S. S. R. except the south-east. Au Be Br Cz Da Fa Fe Ga Ge Hb He Ho?Hu Ju No Po Rm Rs (N, B, C, W, E) Su.