Gennaria diphylla (Link) Parl.

Spice Flower detail In the field 1 In the field 2

Family: ORCHIDACEAE

Genus: Gennaria

Province distribution: Balearic Islands.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Ibiza. Formentera.

General distribution (Phytogeography): West Mediterranean

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Geophyte.

Habitats: Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones. Pine wood and shrubland with rosemary and thyme garigue. Pine woodlands and shady garriques.

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.