Orchis militaris L.
(Soldier Orchid, Military Orchid)

Interactions where Orchis militaris is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
flower flower is pollinated or fertilised by adult SYRPHIDAE hover flies, drone flies, flower flies, hoverfly Diptera Orchids of Britain & Ireland: a field and site guide, Harrap, A. & S., 2009
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Syrphidae/Syrphidaehover flies, drone flies, flower flies, hoverflyadult Plant / pollinated /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Orchidaceae/Orchis militaris/Orchis militarissoldier orchid, military orchidflower adult pollinates or fertilises flower
flower flower is pollinated or fertilised by adult Bombus bumble bees or humble bees & cuckoo bees Hymenoptera: Apidae Orchids of Britain & Ireland: a field and site guide, Harrap, A. & S., 2009
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Apidae/Bombus/Bombusbumble bees or humble bees & cuckoo beesadult Plant / pollinated /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Orchidaceae/Orchis militaris/Orchis militarissoldier orchid, military orchidflower adult pollinates or fertilises flower

Author & YearTitleSource
Harrap, A. & S., 2009Orchids of Britain & Ireland: a field and site guide2nd edition, 480pp, A&C Black Publishers Ltd

Orchis militaris (Soldier Orchid, Military Orchid) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesOrchis militaris (Soldier Orchid, Military Orchid)
GenusOrchis (a genus of orchids)
FamilyORCHIDACEAE (orchids)
OrderASPARAGALES (orchids, daffodils, onions & irises)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Orchis militaris (Soldier Orchid, Military Orchid)

Orchis militaris (Soldier Orchid, Military Orchid) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Orchis militaris (Soldier Orchid, Military Orchid):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 10 images of Orchis militaris (Soldier Orchid, Military Orchid)

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