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Fuchs fingernail (lat. Dactylorhiza fuchsii) - a herbaceous perennial plant of the genus Palchatokorennik, or Dactyloriza (Latin Dactylorhiza), representing the Orchid family (Latin Orchidaceae) on the planet. The plant has an intricate root system that has settled in the soil and gives birth to dense stems on the surface of the earth, a few lanceolate leaves and a conical inflorescence formed by small flowers that have the traditional structure of Orchid flowers and are densely spaced to each other. Since this type of amazing Orchid does not live in the tropics, but in the vastness of Europe and Siberia, the plant had to descend from the trees and take root firmly in the soil, enduring the winter frosts.
What's in your name
If the plant owes its first word of the Latin name "Dactylorhiza" to its bizarre root tubers, which is clearly visible in the Russian translation of the word - "Finger-root", then a specific epithet was assigned to the plant to perpetuate the memory of German botany named Leonhart Fuchs (Leonhart Fuchs, 1501 - 1566). His work on plants numbered about four hundred species, described and illustrated by the representatives of the plant world of the planet. The completeness of the description of plants turned Fuchs' work into a valuable reference book on the rules for collecting medicinal plants.
Since the genus of plants "Dactylorhiza" was formed by separating part of the plants from the genus Orchis (Latin Orchis) in the literature, you can find the former name of this species, which sounded like
Fuchs' orchis (Latin Orchis fuchsii)
Description
Today, the most valuable part of a plant for a person is its tubers, which have healing powers. One plant can have from two to four tubers. Finger-lobed tubers in conjunction with tapered ends and adventitious roots form in the soil outlandish creatures of all kinds, sometimes very funny, shapes. The tubers themselves are very modest in size, reaching a width of two and a half centimeters, and the adventitious roots and tapered ends, reaching ten to twelve centimeters in length, look like the antennae of a mysterious creature.
The demand for roots makes the plant very vulnerable, and therefore Fuchs' fingernail root needs protection from barbaric extermination.
A dense stem is born on the surface of the earth, the height of which varies from twenty to seventy centimeters. Among the four to six lanceolate leaves of the plant, the lower leaf is distinguished by a greater width of the leaf plate. Reaching up to four centimeters. The rest of the leaves are narrower, with blunt-pointed ends, while the top of the lower leaf is rounded. There may be oblong spots on the surface of the leaf plates.
A high peduncle pleases the world with a conical elongated inflorescence formed by numerous small lilac-pink flowers, closely pressed against each other. The flower shape typical for Orchids has all the necessary elements: a pale-colored tripartite lip, the brightness of which is given by a purple pattern on its surface; straight cylindrical spur; the ovary is slightly larger than the spur. The gardener should be patient, because the plant pleases with flowering only seven to ten years after its birth.
The culmination of the growing cycle is the poly-seeded capsule.
Use and healing abilities
Fuchs' fingernail is a rather picturesque Orchid that has adapted to endure the frosty cold, and therefore is perfect for decorating a garden in areas with a temperate climate, giving delicate lilac-pink flowers surprisingly tailored by the Creator.
The healing abilities of Fuchs' fingernails owes its root nodules, in which a good half of the content is made up of mucus, which has medicinal value. The second half is filled with mineral salts, bitter substances, a small amount of resin and pectin substances.
The procurement of medicinal raw materials is engaged in the period when the flowers begin to degenerate into fruits. After washing and pouring boiling water over the tubers, they are dried so that for six years one could resort to their healing abilities if necessary.
They use medicinal raw materials for problems in the work of the digestive organs, for food poisoning, to alleviate the condition of the body in chronic bronchitis.
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