Résumé.– Considéré comme ayant disparu de Vendée, 
le Serapias cordigera été retrouvé dans des anciennes 
vignesoù le sol est formé de sable et de gravier. 
Le substrat des stations vendéennes est analysé et 
comparé à celui d’autres stations connues en France.       

Mots clés.– Orchidées ; Serapias cordigera ;
flore de Vendée (France).
               
Abstract.– Thought to have disappeared in the Vendée, 
Serapias cordigera has been found again in some former 
vineyards where the soil is made up of sand and gravel. 
The substratum of those Vendée stations is analysed
 and compared with that of other stations known in 
France.

Key words.– Orchidées; Serapias cordigera; flora of 
Vendée (France).