“So awkward, those Latin names”, is a favourite complaint among orchid growers. An English name then? Yes, that’s fine for orchids that grow in our country, like the southern marsh orchid, but what if you want to discuss that orchid with a Dutchman or a Dane? They have their own name for that species.

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