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Orchis provincialis
Orchis provincialis
Provence Orchid
Photographer: Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy

ID: 0000 0000 0515 2379 (2015-05-24)

Copyright © 2015 Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy

 
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  • date of photo  Apr 28, 2015
  • latitude 45.09905   longitude 14.47973     View on Google Maps.
  • location   West of village Poljice, north of the dirt road to sea shore, inland of island Krk, Adriatic Sea (Kvarner bay, Croatia)
  • notes   Slo.: malocvetna kukavica, provansalska kukavica - syn.: Orchis leucostachya Griseb., Orchis cyrilli Ten. - Habitat: Low, light, predominantly broad leaf wood with many bushes and small open patches of stony grassland, Quercus sp., Fraxinus ornus, Carpinus orientalis, Pinus sp. and different bushes; flat calcareous terrain, predominantly in shade, dry place, elevation 75 m (250 feet), average precipitations 1.000 - 1.200 mm/year, average temperature 13 - 15 deg C, submediterranean phytogeographical region. - Substratum: soil. - Comment: Growing in several groups of many plants. More than ten plants seen on this spot. - Protected according to 'Uredba o zavarovanih prostoživečih rastlinskih vrstah' Url. RS, št. 46/2004 (Regulation of protection of wild growing plants, Official Gazette of Republic Slovenia, No.: 46/2004). Enlisted in the Slovene Red List of rare and endangered species, marked by 'Ex?' representing a probably extinct species (erroneously!).This plant was considered extinct in Slovenia just a decade ago, but two new stands have been found recently. - Ref.: (1) R. Domac, Flora Hrvatske, Priručnik za određivanje bilja, Školska Knjiga, Zgreb, II. izdanje (2002), p 463. (2) H. Baumann, S. Kuenkele, R. Lorenz, Orchideen Europas, Ulmer (2006), p 242. (3) B. Dolinar, Kukavičevke v Sloveniji (Orchids in Slovenia), Pipinova Knjiga (2015), p 151.
  • camera   Canon G11, 6.1-30mm/f2.8-4.5
  • contributor's ID #  Bot_871/2015_IMG7811
  • photo category: Plant - annual/perennial

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  • common names   Provence Orchid (photographer)
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