Dactylorhiza foliosa, the Madeira orchid or leafy orchid, is a species of flowering plant in the family Orchidaceae, endemic to the Portuguese Island of Madeira in the eastern Atlantic Ocean. It is a tuberous herbaceous perennial growing to and producing spikes of intense, magenta-pink flowers in late spring.
This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit (confirmed 2017).
Synonyms
- Orchis foliosa <small>Sol. ex Lowe (1831), illegitimate homonym, not Sw. 1800 nor Masson ex Ker Gawl. 1819 nor Spreng. 1826 nor Schur 1866</small>
- Orchis latifolia var. foliosa <small>Rchb.f. (1851)</small>
- Dactylorchis orientalis subsp. foliosa <small>(Rchb.f.) Klinge (1898)</small>
- Orchis orientalis subsp. foliosa <small>(Rchb.f.) Klinge (1898)</small>
- Dactylorchis foliosa <small>(Rchb.f.) Verm. (1947)</small>
- Orchis maderensis <small>Summerh. (1947 publ. 1948)</small>
- Dactylorhiza incarnata subsp. foliosa <small>(Rchb.f.) H.Sund. (1975)</small>
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