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Anacamptis laxiflora
Loose-flowered Orchid
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Photographer: Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy
ID: 0000 0000 0918 3061 (2018-09-23)Copyright © 2018 Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy
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date of photo May 24, 2012
latitude 45.51588 longitude 13.85918
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North Istria, between villages Sveti Anton and Gračišče, Koper hills (Notranjska, Slovenia)notes Slo.: rahlocvetna kukavica - syn.: Orchis laxiflora Lam., Orchis palustris var. laxiflora Fried., Orchis palustris ssp. laxiflora (Lam.) Batt, Orchis ensifolia Villars - Habitat: grassland, very wet place; flat terrain; full sun, exposed to direct rain; elevation 315 m (1.030 feet); average precipitations 1.200-1.300 mm/year, average temperature 12-13 deg C, Sub-Mediterranean phytogeographical region. - Substratum: soil. - Comment: Anacamptis laxiflora is a relatively rare wild orchid in Slovenia. It is bound to very wet places, marches and vicinity of springs. Since their habitat is increasingly falling prey to human limitless development it is in decline as many other water loving plants. Anacamptis laxiflora is more or less a Mediterranean plant. It only rarely enters some south valleys of the Alps, but doesn’t cross them to the north. However, in West Europe it reaches north up to Denmark. - There exists another closely related, very similar, growing in the same habitats wild orchid, namely Anacamptis palustris. It is even rarer. Both species have nearly equal habitus – tall growth, sparce, light inflorescence and quite large, slender flowers. Flowers of both are of similar shape and can be of the same height and color: violet, more reddish, pink and very rarely even white. The distinguishing trait is a small grove on the upper side of their spur. Only Anacamptis laxiflora has this grove. On the other side, only Anacamptis palustris has a few darker dots on the central part of its lip while Anacamptis laxiflora has more or less uniformly whitish central part. - 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) Personal communication with Branko Dolinar, http://www.orhideje (2) A. Martinči et all., Mala Flora Slovenije (Flora of Slovenia - Key) (in Slovenian), Tehnična Založba Slovenije (2007), p 779. (3) D. Aeschimann, K. Lauber, D.M. Moser, J.P. Theurillat, Flora Alpina, Vol. 2., Haupt (2004), p 1132. (4) K. Lauber and G. Wagner, Flora Helvetica, 5. Auflage, Haupt (2012), p 1330. (5) H. Baumann, S. Kuenkele, R.Lorenz, Orchideen Europas, Ulmer (2006), p 222. (6) H. Kretzschmar, Die Orchideen Deutschlands und angrenzenden Lander, Quelle Meyer (2008), p 60. (7) B. Dolinar, Kukavičevke v Sloveniji (Orchidaceae of Slovenia) (in Slovenian), Pipinova Knjiga (2015), p 17.camera Canon G11, 6.1-30mm/f2.8-4.5
contributor's ID # Bot_621/2012_DSC3689 photo category: Plant - annual/perennial
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