Orchis militaris, the military orchid, is a species of orchid native to Europe. In 1828 Ludwig Reichenbach described the broad-leaved marsh orchid as "Orchis majalis". The species was first described, as "Orchis morio", by Carl Linnaeus, in 1753. He successfully hybridised "Orchis provincialis" var. This species was formerly placed in the genus "Orchis" as "O. tridentata". "Orchis purpurea" reaches on average of height. Botanist Jake Waldman receives a mysterious flower, the "Lumina Orchis". Some sympodial terrestrial orchids, such as "Orchis" and "Ophrys", have two subterranean tuberous roots. "Orchis anthropophora" favours moderately sunny meadows on well-drained, often calcareous soil. Solicitor James Jocelyne (Timothy Bateson) appeared in "Written in Blood", "Death's Shadow", and "Orchis Fatalis". It is the type species of the genus Orchis. "Dactylorhiza" were previously classified under "Orchis" which has two round tubers. The type genus (i.e. the genus after which the family is named) is "Orchis". Orchis through Cryptanthus, Ozymandias through Ramses Records and many others. The original genus "Orchis" used to contain more than 1,300 names.