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Orchis purpurea ssp. purpurea
Orchis purpurea ssp. purpurea
Lady Orchid
Photographer: Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy

ID: 0000 0000 0515 2333 (2015-05-23)

Copyright © 2015 Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy

 
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  • date of photo  Apr 25, 2015
  • latitude 45.04916   longitude 14.53567     View on Google Maps.
  • location   Left (going direction town Krk) roadside of the asphalt road connecting town Krk and village Vrh, just below the village Vrh, island Krk (Kvarner bay, Adriatic Sea, Croatia)
  • notes   Slo.: škrlatnordeča kukavica - syn.: Orchis fusca Jacq., Orchis maxima K. Koch - Habitat: grass overgrown sandy semiruderal road side and slightly inside wood edge next to the road, calcareous terrain, full sun as well as in half shade, elevation 160 m (520 feet), average precipitations 1.000 - 1.200 mm/year, average temperature 13 - 15 deg C, submediterranean phytogeographical region. - Substratum: sandy soil. - Comment: Growing in a large group of more than ten magnificent plants, some up to 80 cm tall, all along the road and in the neighboring wood edge. - Protected according to 'Uredba o zavarovanih prostoživečih rastlinskih vrstah' Url. RS, št. 46/2004 (Regulation of protection of wild growing plants, Official Gazette of Republic Slovenia, No.:46/2004). Enlisted in the Slovene Red List of rare and endangered species, marked by 'V' representing a vulnerable species. - Ref.: (1) R. Domac, Flora Hrvatske, Priručnik za određivanje bilja, Školska Knjiga, Zgreb, II. izdanje (2002), p 463. (2) H. Baumann, S. Kuenkele, R. Lorenz, Orchideen Europas, Ulmer (2006), p 244. (3) O. Sebald, S. Seybold, G. Philippi, A. Wöerz, Die Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Baden-Württembergs, Ulmer, Band 8. (1998), p 386. (4) H. Kretzschmar, Die Orchideen Deutschlands und angrenzender Lander, Quelle & Meyer (2008), p 214. (5) B. Dolinar, Kukavičevke v Sloveniji (Orchids in Slovenia - in Slovene), Pipinova Knjiga (2015), p 153.
  • camera   Nikon D700 / Nikkor Micro 105mm/f2.8
  • contributor's ID #  Bot_868/2015_DSC5932/IMG7724
  • photo category: Plant - annual/perennial

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  • common names   Lady Orchid (photographer)
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