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Epipactis microphylla
Small-leaved Helleborine
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Photographer: Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy
ID: 0000 0000 0920 1382 (2020-09-13)Copyright © 2020 Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy
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date of photo May 17, 2012
latitude 44.90277 longitude 13.97905
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South Istria peninsula, east-northeast of the town Pula, between villages Valtura and Kavran; above the road, in a small, shallow sea bay (Istria, Croatia)notes Slo.: drobnolistna močvirnica - syn.: Helleborine microphylla (Ehrh.) Schinz & Thell.. Limodorum microphyllum (Ehrh.) Kuntze, Serapias microphylla Ehrh., Epipactis latifolia subsp. microphylla (Ehrh.) Bonnier & Layens, Epipactis helleborine var. microphylla (Ehrh.) Rchb. f., Epipactis latifolia var. microphylla (Ehrh.) DC. - Habitat: stony dirt-road side; skeletal, calcareous ground, open place, almost full sun; elevation 25 m (80 feet); average precipitations 900-1.000 mm/year, average temperature 13-14 deg C, Sub-Mediterranean phytogeographical region. - Substratum: soil. - Comment: Epipactis microphylla is a rare and everywhere protected plant. It is difficult to find it but easy to be recognized. This wild orchid is a small plant, having very small leaves compared to all other helleborines. This alone suffices for proper determination. Also small, only one to two cm long, greenish or reddish-green flowers are small and almost never open fully. All plant is densely hairy and the epiphyll is of triangular, pointed shape. The plant is allogamous (reproducing by cross-fertilization, pollinated by insects) but also autogamous (self-fertilizing) in bad, particularly very dry, seasons. In this case the flowers even do not open. - This species usually grows in dense broadleaved forests, mainly in deep shade. The specimen photographed is obviously an exception in this respect. - 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). - Ref.: (1) Personal communication Mr. Branko Dolinar, www.orhideje.si (2) M.A. Fischer, W. Adler, K. Oswald, Exkursionsflora für Österreich, Liechtenstein und Südtirol, LO Landesmuseen, Linz, Austria (2005), p 1032 . (3) A. Martinči et all., Mala Flora Slovenije (Flora of Slovenia - Key) (in Slovenian), Tehnična Založba Slovenije (2007), p 764. (4) H. Baumann, S. Kuenkele, R. Lorenz, Orchideen Europas, Ulmer (2006), p 87. (5) H. Kretzschmar, Die Orchideen Deutschlands und angrenzenden Lander, Quelle Meyer (2008), p 132. (6) B. Dolinar, Kukavičevke v Sloveniji (Orchidaceae of Slovenia) (in Slovenian), Pipinova Knjiga (2015), p 71. (7) http://www.aho-bayern.de/taxa/fs_taxa_01.html (accessed Sept.13. 2020)camera Nikon D700 /Nikkor Micro 105mm/f2.8
contributor's ID # Bot_0618/2012_DSC3545 photo category: Plant - annual/perennial
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