Editing Gymnadenia conopsea (section)

== Ecology ==
The species is almost exclusively pollinated by moths (Lepidoptera). The most common pollinators are the small elephant hawk-moth (''[[Deilephila porcellus]]''), hummingbird hawk-moth (''[[Macroglossum stellatarum]]''), silver Y (''[[Autographa gamma]]''), burnished brass (''[[Diachrysia chrysitis]]'') and large yellow underwing (''[[Noctua pronuba]]''). Fruit set is high with an average of 73%.

The seed's germination is conditioned by the presence of [[mycorrhizal fungi]]. ''Gymnadenia conopsea'' is held to be a mycorrhizal generalist, able to form associations with a variety of different fungal species including species in the [[Tulasnellaceae]], [[Ceratobasidiaceae]] and [[Pezizales]].<ref>{{Cite journal |title=Journal of Ecology - Orchid coexistence and mycorrhizal associations |doi=10.1111/j.1365-2745.2012.01998.x |s2cid=82584331 |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0953756209000951 | doi=10.1016/j.mycres.2009.05.002 | pmid=19486943 | title=Fungi from the roots of the common terrestrial orchid Gymnadenia conopsea | date=2009 | last1=Stark | first1=Christiane | last2=Babik | first2=Wiesław | last3=Durka | first3=Walter | journal=Mycological Research | volume=113 | issue=9 | pages=952–959 }}</ref>