Herbario Virtual del Mediterráneo Occidental
Àrea de Botànica, Departament de Biologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears
Gennaria diphylla (Link) Parl.
Family : ORCHIDACEAE
Genus : Gennaria
Province distribution : Balearic Islands.
Distribution in the islands : Formentera. Ibiza. Mallorca.
General distribution : West Mediterranean
Flowering time : March. April.
Life-forms : Geophyte.
Habitat : Pine woodlands and shady garriques.
IUCN Category : Poco preocupante
Characteristics : A species pertaining to the Orchidaceae, characterized by two only leaves, which are located above the stem, rounded in shape, almost without a petiole and hugging the stem. The flowers are small greenish and form an elongated inflorescence that when first emerged is slightly pendulate. In the Balearic Islands it can only be found in the Pitiusses.
