Alpine orchid (Chamorchis alpina)

Description:
Green wolf's tongue and alpine cepetuljka - similarity:
Differentiating cuckoo orchids some call orchids (Orchidaceae) can be quite uncertain, solely by habitus or general appearance.
Green wolf's tongue and alpine cepetuljka we will easily confuse only by height of growth and color of the "helmet", that is 5 perianth leaves that "cover" the flower, while the 6th perianth leaf (the lower one of 3 from the inner circle) is significantly different – named honey lip. The helmet color is in both species very variable and similar from greenish, yellowish to reddish.
We can easily distinguish them by the following characteristics:
Green wolf's tongue - Coeloglossum viride (L.) Hartm.
The honey lip is strap-shaped – equally wide at the base as at the tip. At the tip it is split into 3 lobes, with the middle lobe distinctly smaller than the lateral ones, sometimes almost atrophied so we barely notice it, thus the honey lip can appear two-pronged (like a snake's tongue). In color it can be yellow to greenish-reddish.
The stem is smooth round and leafy at least with one (1) cauline leaf, otherwise there can be 3-6.
Leaves are flat lanceolate-ovate, at the tip ± pointed and clasping the stem like scissors. Basal ones are somewhat larger than the upper ones.

Alpine cepetuljka - Chamorchis alpina (L.) Rich.
The honey lip is wedge-shaped narrowed toward the top. At the base it is wider than at the top. Whole! – undivided with a pointed or rounded tip. Initially yellow but quickly wilts and browns.
The stem is ribbed and LEAFLESS!
Leaves are basal only, linear approximately as long as the stem.
I should mention only that recently (currently) green wolf's tongue has been reassigned from the genus Coeloglossum to the genus Dactylorhiza, so you would not be confused if in the latest literature, or literature still being prepared, you find the species Dactylorhiza viridis (L.) R. M. Bateman, Pridgeon & M. W. Chase. Perhaps even without citing the synonym Coeloglossum viride. In both cases it refers in Slovenian to green wolf's tongue.
I should add that for orchids it is almost essential to depict the honey lip as well, since many can be distinguished only by this "criterion".
And one more thing. All Slovenian cuckoo orchids – orchids are THREATENED and thus protected plants. However, tireless nature enthusiasts will apparently continue thinning their numbers by picking flowers. For example, the beautiful lady's slipper on Zelenica may soon disappear, just like the scarlet cuckoo orchid on the Slovenian coast. And some others elsewhere too.

Description contributed by user Jojoj.

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