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Epipogium aphyllum
Ghost Orchid
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Photographer: Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy
ID: 0000 0000 0715 1552 (2015-07-19)Copyright © 2015 Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy
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date of photo Jul 16, 2015
latitude 46.40000 longitude 13.74000
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Trenta valley, near Vršič pass road, southwest slopes of Mt. Prisank, 2.547 m (8.357 feet), Julian Alps (Posočje, Slovenia)notes Slo.: brezlistni nadbradec - syn.: Satyrium epipogium L - Habitat: steep mixed beech/spruce woods, regularly under beeches, south to southwest oriented mountain slope, in deep shade, calcareous ground, on places with little or no ground vegetation, partly protected from direct rain, average precipitations ~3.000 mm/year, average temperature 2-4 deg C, elevation approximately 1.200 m (4.000 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: soil. - Comments: Finally! After four years again in bloom! This, probably the most rare and mysterious, mostly underground growing orchid of Slovenia and probably of Europe too, appears only every few years. The last time I saw these leaf and chlorophyll-less, 'parasitic' plants (achlorophyllous, mycoheterotrophic plant) in flowers at these two places was in 2008 and then in 2011. I have checked the places every year and have found nothing. Of cause, it is always possible that I overlooked them, but they also haven't been seen by others. This year (2015) we have an 'orchids year' in Posočje region. Several species appeared in large numbers on most uncommon places, some massively. I suspected that Epipogium aphyllum will behave similarly and it really did. Six plants have been found altogether. May be that extremely wet summer in 2014 favorably influenced growth of underground fungi (mostly Inocybe species), which are so important for growth of orchids (Ref.:1)? - Protected by Uredba o zavarovanih prosto živečih 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) marked by 'V' representing a vulnerable species. - Ref.: (1) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2720653/ (2) B.Dolinar, Kukavičevke v Sloveniji (Orchidaceae of Slovenia) (in Slovenian), Pipinova Knjiga, (2015), p85. (3) A.Martinči et all., Mala Flora Slovenije, Tehnična Založba Slovenije (2007) (in Slovene), p 668.camera Nikon D700/Nikkor Micro 105mm/f2.8
contributor's ID # Bot_902/2015_DSC7865, Bot_902/2015_DSC7942 photo category: Plant - annual/perennial
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