The discovery of a single individual of xPseudorhiza bruniana (Brügger) P.F.Hunt (Dactylorhiza maculata (L.) Soó x Pseudorchis albida (L.) Á. Löve & D. Löve) in a fen meadow of the Harghita Mts (Romania, East Carpathians) is briefly discussed. This is the first record of the nothotaxon in Romania, as well as in Central Europe.