Editing Gymnadenia conopsea (section)

== Description ==
[[File:0rchideen 04.jpg|thumb|left|''Gymnadenia conopsea'' flowers with [[nectar]]-filled [[Spur (botany)|spur]]]]
[[File:Gymnadenia conopsea - Harilik käoraamat Niitvälja.jpg|thumb|''Gymnadenia conopsea'' var. ''alba'']]
[[File:Gymnadenia conopsea - harilik käoraamat.jpg|thumb|''Gymnadenia conopsea'']]
[[File:Gymnadenia conopsea infructescence - Niitvälja bog.jpg|thumb|Infructescence]]
''Gymnadenia conopsea'' reaches on average {{convert|20|-|60|cm}} of height, with a maximum of {{convert|80|cm}}. These plants are tuberous geophytes, as they bring their buds in underground tuber, organs that annually produce new stems, leaves and flowers. These orchids are "[[Terrestrial plant|terrestrial]]"  because unlike "[[Epiphyte|epiphytic]]" species, they do not grow on other plants of major sizes.

The stem is leafy and robust, with a striated surface. The [[Leaf|leaves]] are long, narrow and lanceolate and vary from 3 to 7. The leaf color is gray-green. Size of leaf: width 1 to 2&nbsp;cm, length 10 – 25&nbsp;cm.

These orchids have two ovoidal bulbs, deeply webbed and with many small and short lobes. Size of tubers: 1 to 3.5&nbsp;cm.

The inflorescence is {{convert|5|-|25|cm}} long and it is composed of flowers gathered in dense cylindrical spikes (up to 50 flowers per spike).  These inflorescences are scented and genes underlying eugenol (a volatile scent compound) production have been identified in Gymnadenia conopsea, [[Gymnadenia odoratissima|G. odoratissima]] and [[Gymnadenia densiflora|G. densiflora]].<ref>Gupta A K, Schauvinhold I, Pichersky E, and Schiestl F P.2014. Eugenol synthase genes in floral scent variation in Gymnadenia species.14(4)779-788.doi10.1007/s10142-014-0397-9</ref> The flowers are petiolated, placed in the axils of long bracts and reach on average {{convert|0.8|-|1.4|cm}}. They have a distinctive three lobed lip and long spurs. Their light scent is similar to [[cloves]]. Their colors vary from white and pink to pink-purple, more rarely white. These flowers bloom in the Summer, from June to July. They are [[hermaphrodite]] and pollinated by insects ([[entomophily]]), including [[moth]]s.