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Traunsteinera globosa
Globe-flowered Orchid
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Photographer: Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy
ID: 0000 0000 0716 1121 (2016-07-11)Copyright © 2016 Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy
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date of photo Jul 4, 2016
latitude 46.21314 longitude 13.54701
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Mt. Matajur, 1.641 m (5.384 feet), close to Italian - Slovenian border, above the mountain trail from village Livek to the top of the mountain, East Julian Alps (Posočje, Slovenia)notes Slo.: navadna oblasta kukavica - syn.: Orchis globosa L., Nigritella globosa (L.) Rchb. - Habitat: grassland, moderately inclined mountain slope, east aspect; cretaceous clastic rock (flysh) bedrock; full sun; elevation 1.400 m (4.600 feet); average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 3 - 5 deg C, prealpine phytogeographical region. - Comment: Traunsteinera globosa, a Central and South European mountain plant, is a very beautiful wild growing orchid. It is not really a rare plant; however every encounter with it is a nice experience. Its pink flowers with darker dots and specially the ends of its petals and sepals, which end in delicate, small clubs are unique and easy to recognize. Its species name describes the form of its inflorescence; however the name is appropriate only for plants, which have in fully developed inflorescences. Before that the inflorescence is rather cone like. Flowers of Traunsteinera globosa have no nectaries (organs, which produce sugary, honey-like fluid, which attracts insects). In spite of that it is fertilized by insects. Some studies have shown that the insects don't distinguish well between Traunsteinera globosa and much more common and nectar rich small scabious (Scabiosa columbaria). Authors talk about plant mimicry. Insects do the pollination but there is no reward for this. Protected according to: Uredba o zavarovanih prostoživečih rastlinskih vrstah, poglavje A, Uradni list RS, št. 46/2004 (Regulation of protected wild plants, chapter A, Official Gazette of Republic Slovenia, no. 46/2004), (2004). Pravilnik o uvrstitvi ogroženih rastlinskih in živalskih vrst v rdeči seznam, Uradni list RS, št. 82/2002 (Regulation of enlisting of endangered plant and animal species onto Red List, Official Gazette of Republic Slovenia, no. 82/2002) (2002). Enlisted in the Slovene Red List of rare and endangered species, marked by 'V' representing a vulnerable species. Ref.: (1) D. Aeschimann, K. Lauber, D.M. Moser, J.P. Theurillat, Flora Alpina, Vol. 2., Haupt (2004), p 1124. (2) K. Lauber and G. Wagner, Flora Helvetica, 5. Auflage, Haupt (2012), p 1332. (3) B. Dolinar, Kukavičevke v Sloveniji (Orchidaceae of Slovenia) (in Slovenian), Pipinova Knjiga (2015), p 169. (4) H. Baumann, S. Kuenkele, R.Lorenz, Orchideen Europas, Ulmer (2006), p 303. (5) H. Kretzschmar, Die Orchideen Deutschlands und angrenzenden Lander, Quelle Meyer (2008), p 238. (6) O. Sebald, S. Seybold, G. Philippi, A. Wӧrz, Eds., Die Farn und Blutenpflanzen Baden-Wurttembergs, Band 8., Verlag Eugen Ulmer (1998), p 371.camera Canon G11, 6.1-30mm/f2.8-4.5
contributor's ID # Bot_983/2016_IMG0726 photo category: Plant - annual/perennial
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