Monkey orchid is one type of orchid that flowers similar to a monkey's face. In English known as Dracula Simia named by a botanist Luer in 1978 Hidap in habitats with a height of 1000-2000 meters with temperatures around 27 degrees Celsius and a humidity of 80-90%.
monkey orchid commonly referred to as Orchis simia, is a greyish pink to reddish species of the Orchis genus. It gets its common name from its lobed lip which mimics the general shape of a monkey's body.
The range of the species is central and southern Europe, including southern England, the Mediterranean, Russia, Asia Minor, Caucasus, northern Iraq, Iran to Turkmenistan and northern Africa where it occurs in grassland, garrigue, scrub and open woodland, chiefly on limestone soils. It is absent from the Balearic Islands, Corsica and Sardinia. On Cyprus the species can be categorized as threatened
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