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Dactylorhiza majalis ssp. majalis
Western Marsh Orchid
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Photographer: Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy
ID: 0000 0000 1114 1455 (2014-11-10)Copyright © 2014 Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy
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date of photo Jun 6, 2012
latitude 46.34647 longitude 13.98599
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Pokljuka flats, near the road from Gorjuše villatge to Mrzli studenc place, East Julian Alps (Posočje, Slovenia)notes Slo.: majska prstasta kukavica - syn.: Orchis latifolia nomen ambiguum, Dactylorhiza comosa (Scop.) Sell. - Habitat: Alpine high marsh, grassland, flat terrain, acid ground, full sun, exposed to direct precipitations, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 3-5 deg C, elevation 1.215 m (4.000 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: humid soil. - Comments: Dactylorhiza majalisis a very variable species having several subspecies described, which taxonomy meaning is still disputed. Fortunately, only generally accepted subspecies 'majalis' is known in Slovenia. The species also often forms hybrids, not only with several species of its own genus, but also with members of genera Coeloglossum, Nigritella and Gymnadenia. Thus encounters with plants, which are not simple to be determined, are quite frequent. Generally one can find it almost in all European countries growing from plains up to 2.000 m elevation. It is not really a rare plant, but also not a common one. The seeds of this orchid contain no nutrition (endosperm) for the embryo. Thus, germination can take place only by means of infection with a root fungus, which provides initial nutrition. - Dactylorhiza majalis loves marches and acid ground. Since these habitats are quickly disappearing from our world, at least at lower elevations, or because of the entry of nitrogen via fertilizers in them, it is highly endangered. Plants photographed were growing in a group of about twenty. - Protected according to 'Uredba o zavarovanih prosto živečih rastlinskih vrstah' Ur.l. RS, št.46/2004 (Regulation on protected wild plants, Official gazette of Republic of Slovenia, No. 46/2004).Enlisted in the Slovene Red List of rare and endangered species, marked by 'V' representing a vulnerable species. - Ref.: (1) H. Baumann, S. Kuenkele, R. Lorenz, Orchideen Europas, Ulmer (2006), p 53. (2) A. Martinči et all., Mala Flora Slovenije, Tehnična Založba Slovenije (2007) (in Slovene), p 771. (3) M.A. Fischer, W. Adler, K. Oswald, Exkursionsflora Österreich Liechtenstein, Südtirol, LO Landesmuseen, Linz, Austria (2005), p 1040. (4) H. Haeupler, T. Muer, Bildatlas der Farn- und Blütenpflazen Deutschlands, Ulmer (2000), p 714.camera Nikon D700/Nikkor Micro 105mm/f2.8
contributor's ID # Bot_627/2012_DSC3925 photo category: Plant - annual/perennial
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