Anacamptis pyramidalis(L.) Rich.

pyramidal orchid

WFO wfo-0000968551 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h

Anacamptis pyramidalis, photographed by Samuel GUIRAUDOU
fig. a Samuel GUIRAUDOU, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-12 / obs. 205458819
Anacamptis pyramidalis, photographed by John Kenrick Gibson
fig. b John Kenrick Gibson, CC0 1.0 / obs. 205395149
Anacamptis pyramidalis, photographed by Pete Bradshaw
fig. c Pete Bradshaw, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 205171638
Anacamptis pyramidalis, photographed by Jason Grant
fig. d Jason Grant, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 203586507
Anacamptis pyramidalis, photographed by CorentinD
fig. e CorentinD, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 203647240
Anacamptis pyramidalis, photographed by Jason Grant
fig. f Jason Grant, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 204452772
Anacamptis pyramidalis, photographed by Thierry Helminger
fig. g Thierry Helminger, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 203143961
Anacamptis pyramidalis, photographed by Phil James
fig. h Phil James, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 204217111

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Confused withby our own model

These are not lookalikes we guessed at. Each one is a species our identification model genuinely mistook for this plant, and how many times. The error rate is published.

Flowering n = 5,328 observations

Peak flowering in Jun, from 5,328 community-annotated observations worldwide. This is a global aggregate, not a forecast for your garden: the same species flowers on different dates in different hemispheres, and citizen-science records cluster near cities, at weekends, and in spring. Where a species has fewer than 30 annotated records we do not draw this chart at all.

Also published as 51 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Aceras pyramidale (L.) Rchb.f.
  • Aceras pyramidale var. brachystachys (d'Urv.) Rchb.f.
  • Aceras pyramidalis var. brachystachys (d'Urv.) Rchb.f.
  • Anacamptis berica Doro
  • Anacamptis brachystachys (d'Urv.) Nyman
  • Anacamptis condensata K.Koch
  • Anacamptis pyramidalis f. angistiloba Bréb.
  • Anacamptis pyramidalis f. apiculata Maire & Weiller
  • Anacamptis pyramidalis f. condensata (Desf.) Maire & Weiller
  • Anacamptis pyramidalis f. fumeauxiana Marg. & Kowalk.
  • Anacamptis pyramidalis f. longispica Andr.
  • Anacamptis pyramidalis f. nivea (P.Delforge) O.Gruss & M.Wolff
  • Anacamptis pyramidalis f. platycheila Renz
  • Anacamptis pyramidalis f. sanguinea (Druce) P.D.Sell
  • Anacamptis pyramidalis f. serotina (Presser) P.Delforge
  • Anacamptis pyramidalis f. tanayensis (Chenevard) Soó
  • Anacamptis pyramidalis lus. albiflora (Fors.-Major ex E.G.Camus) Soó
  • Anacamptis pyramidalis lus. albiflora Raulin ex G.Keller & Soó
  • Anacamptis pyramidalis lus. carnea G.Keller
  • Anacamptis pyramidalis subsp. algarbiensis Gand.
  • Anacamptis pyramidalis subsp. brachystachys (d'Urv.) K.Richt.
  • Anacamptis pyramidalis subsp. brachystachys (d'Urv.) Presser & S.Hertel
  • Anacamptis pyramidalis subsp. cerigensis (P.Delforge) Presser & S.Hertel
  • Anacamptis pyramidalis subsp. condensata (Desf.) H.Lindb.

and 27 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice, no toxicity claim and no native range, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.