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Malaxis monophyllos
White Adder's Mouth
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Photographer: Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy
ID: 0000 0000 0714 1850 (2014-07-28)Copyright © 2014 Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy
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date of photo Jul 9, 2014
latitude 46.40000 longitude 13.70000
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Zadnja Trenta valley, Zapodn, right bank of dry river bed, East Julian Alps (Posočje, Slovenia)notes Slo.: enolistna plevka - syn.: Achroanthes monophyllos (L.) Greene, Microstylis monophyllos(L.), Lindlay, Microstylis monophilla - Habitat: abandoned alpine pasture, among grasses, almost flat terrain, calcareous ground, open sunny place, exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 985 m (3.230 feet) and 990 m (3.250 feet) respectively, alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: calcareous soil. - Comment: Malaxis monophyllos is one of three or four small, inconspicuous and rare orchid growing in my country, which attracts amateurs and professional alike. It is hard to find it and it is always an exciting event to come upon it. Being yellow green and hiding in often taller greenery, it literally 'disappears' among grasses and other herbs. Its tiny flowers are only a few mm in size. Lack of tonal and color contrast in its habitats make them also a 'difficult' photo object. - Malaxis monophyllos is a circumpolar north hemisphere botanic element with its south distribution limit in South Alps (with a few exceptions). In Slovenia it appears very scattered, but concentrated in the Julian Alps, where these pictures have been taken. - Interestingly, with this species the flowers are (mostly) double resupinated, that means turned around their longitudinal axis for 360 deg. In this way the lip again points up. This is in contrast to most other orchids where the flowers are turner around for 180 deg with lip pointing down. The question, what evolutionary reasons could stand behind, remains unanswered. - The photographed plants were growing solitary or in small groups of a few plants. This year they were many and magnificent. The largest plant I found (see picture 35) had 121 flowers in the inflorescence, which significantly exceeds their maximum number given in any of my botanical books (max 80 flowers in Ref.:1, max 100 flowers in Ref.:4). - Published coordinates are approximate only. - Protected according to 'Uredba o zavarovanih prostoživečih 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 126. (2) D. Aeschimann, K. Lauber, D.M. Moser, J.P. Theurillat, Flora Alpina, Vol. 2., Haupt (2004), p 1146. (3) A. Martinči et all., Mala Flora Slovenije, Tehnična Založba Slovenije (2007) (in Slovene), p 783. (4) M.A. Fischer, W. Adler, K. Oswald, Exkursionsflora Österreich Liechtenstein, Südtirol, LO Landesmuseen, Linz, Austria (2005), p 1048. (5) H. Haeupler, T. Muer, Bildatlas der Farn- und Bluetenpflazen Deutschlands, Ulmer (2000), p 717. (6) K. Lauber and G. Wagner, Flora Helvetica, 5. Auflage, Haupt (2012), p 1332. (7) Rothmaler 3, Exkursionsflora von Deutschland, 11. Aufl., Elsevier, Spectrum (2007), p 631.camera Nikon D700 / Nikkor Micro 105mm/f
contributor's ID # Bot_810/2014_DSC1620 photo category: Plant - annual/perennial
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