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Gymnadenia conopsea ssp. conopsea
Fragrant Orchid
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Photographer: Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy
ID: 0000 0000 0115 3064 (2015-01-24)Copyright © 2015 Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy
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date of photo Jul 5, 2014
latitude 46.38304 longitude 13.58260
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Koritnica valley, right bank of river Koritnica, upstream of Možnica settlement, East Julian Alps (Posočje, Slovenia)notes Slo.: navadni kukovičnik, beli različek - Habitat: grass and isolated trees (Picea abies and Fagus sylvaticadominant) overgrown young alluvial deposits of a river, calcareous ground, shallow ground water, flat terrain, open, fairly sunny place, high air and ground humidity, exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C,elevation 540 m (1.770 feet),alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: soil. - Comment: Gymnadenia conopsea and all its subspecies and variations are usually pinkish-reddish colored. All kinds of mostly pale shades of pink-red-violet color can be found in the field. But sometimes individual plants lack their color pigment completely and appear as an albino form completely white. Such instances are even not rare. It seems like loss of color is not a big deal for Gymnadenia conopsea. Already in 1793 German botanist Sprenger assumed that Gymnadenia conopsea must be pollinated predominantly during night by night moths. He based his suspect on plant's distinct smell and frequently pale unicolor flowers without attracting colorful decoration so common for other orchids. Vivid color and atrctive decoration would not help to attract pollinators when it is dark. Darwin confirmed Sprenger was right by his field observations 70 years later. Actually white or pink make little difference during the night.Usually such plants do not represent something significant in taxonomical terms. At most they can be treated as a white form - an albino - of a higher taxonomical rank. - 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. Haeupler, T. Muer, Bildatlas der Farn- und Bluetenpflazen Deutschlands, Ulmer (2000), p 705. (2) H. Baumann, S. Kuenkele, R. Lorenz, Orchideen Europas, Ulmer (2006), p 104. (3) D. Aeschimann, K. Lauber, D.M. Moser, J.P. Theurillat, Flora Alpina, Vol. 2., Haupt (2004), p 1112. (4) M.A. Fischer, W. Adler, K. Oswald, Exkursionsflora Österreich Liechtenstein, Südtirol, LO Landesmuseen, Linz, Austria (2005), p 1041. (5) A. Martinči et all., Mala Flora Slovenije, Tehnična Založba Slovenije (2007) (in Slovene), p 773.camera Nikon D700/Nikkor Micro 105mm/f2.8
contributor's ID # Bot_808/2014_DSC1467 photo category: Plant - annual/perennial
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