In this gallery you can find a number of rosettes of different genera. It is quite useful to be able to recognise orchids when they are not yet flowering. The images in this gallery may help you in identifying the orchids you encounter in the field. Our book “The flower of the European orchid – Form and function” has images of the rosettes of all European orchid genera.
Goodyera repens 
Dactylorhiza viridis 
Coralllorhiza trifida 
Cephalanthera longifolia 
Orchis simia 
Ophrys insectifera 
Epipactis helleborine 
Platanthera chlorantha 
Epipactis atrorubens 
Orchis militaris 
Orchis anthropophora 
Spiranthes spiralis 
Traunsteinera globosa 
Epipactis muelleri 
Gennaria diphylla 
Himantoglossum hircinum 
Limodorum abortivum 
Cephalanthera damasonium 
Epipactis palustris 
Neottia nidus-avis 
Serapias vomeracea 
Gennaria diphylla 
Himantoglossum metlesicsianum 
Malaxis monophyllos 
Anacamptis pyramidalis 
Neottia cordata 
Neotinea ustulata 
Dactylorhiza fuchsii 
Anacamptis morio 
Hammarbya paludosa 
Orchis mascula 
Anacamptis morio 
Ophrys apifera 
Dactylorhiza majalis 
Dactylorhiza praetermissa 
Dactylorhiza incarnata 
Ophrys spegodes 
Gymnadenia conopsea 
Neotinea maculata 
Liparis loeselii 
Herminium monorchis 
Neottia ovata