Common name
English: Giant Orchid
German: Riesenknabenkraut
Portuguese: Salepeira-grande
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Liliopsida (397)
Order: Orchidales (27)
Family: Orchidaceae (27)(family description)
Genus: Himantoglossum (1)
Epithet: robertianum (Loisel.) P.Delforge (2)
Synonym: Barlia robertiana (Loisel.) Greuter
robertiana => in honor of Gaspard Nicolas Robert (1776-1857), french pharmacist, horticulturalist, botanist and plant collector
robertianum => probably in honor of the 11th century french saint Robert, abbot of Molerne
Characteristics
Climate: temperate
Habit: herb
Flower colour: green, violet, white