Plancia ëd Liparis loeselii (L.) Rich.

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Slo.: Loeselova grezovka - syn.: Pseudorchis loeselii (L.) Gray - Habitat: shallow marsh, very wet grassland, mixed wood edge, partly open place; in half shade; calcareous ground; elevation 570 m (1.900 feet); average precipitations ~ 2.600 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, borderline between Dinaric and prealpine phytogeographical region. Substratum: wet, mossy soil. Comment: Liparis loeselii is one of the smallest Orchids of Slovenia. Growing on wet places and all yellow green, it perfectly blends into the surrounding greenery. In addition, it is rare. A true challenge to find! Otherwise it is widely distributed European-Siberian-North American plant, everywhere rare and quickly disappearing from this world. Ref.: 2 considers it very rare and facing extinction in most Alpine areas. Ref.4 states the same for Germany, where it is already extinct from most of known distribution areas. In Switzerland it has already disappeared from more than one half of historically known places (Ref.6). Since it requires wet, moneywise 'useless' places, and is very sensitive to nitrogen (fertilization) its prospects are dark. Protected according to: Uredba o zavarovanih prostoiveih rastlinskih vrstah, poglavje A, Uradni list RS, t. 46/2004 (Regulation of protected wild plants, chapter A, Official Gazette of Republic Slovenia, no. 46/2004), (2004). According to Pravilnik o uvrstitvi ogroenih rastlinskih in ivalskih vrst v rdei seznam, Uradni list RS, t. 82/2002 (Regulation of enlisting of endangered plant and animal species onto Red List, Official Gazette of Republic Slovenia, no. 82/2002) (2002) enlisted in the Slovene Red List of rare and endangered species, marked by 'E' representing a critically endangered species. Bern Convention, Habitat Directive, Addendum II and IV. Implemented in Uredba o posebnih varstvenih obmojih (Natura 2000), Uradni List RS, t 49/2004 (Regulation on specially protected regions (Natura 2000), Official Gazette of Republic Slovenia, no. 49/2004) (2004). Ref.: (1) Personal communication with Mr. Branko Dolinar. (2) M.A. Fischer, W. Adler, K. Oswald, Exkursionsflora fr sterreich, Liechtenstein und Sdtirol, LO Landesmuseen, Linz, Austria (2005), p xx. (3) A. Martini et all., Mala Flora Slovenije (Flora of Slovenia - Key) (in Slovenian), Tehnina Zaloba Slovenije (2007), p 783. (4) D. Aeschimann, K. Lauber, D.M. Moser, J.P. Theurillat, Flora Alpina, Vol. 2., Haupt (2004), p 1144. (5) O.Sebald, S.Seybold, G.Philippi, A.Werz, Die Farn- und Bltenpflanzen Baden-Wrttembergs, Ulmer, Band 8. (1998), p 424. (6) K.Lauber and G.Wagner, Flora Helvetica, 5. Auflage, Haupt (2012), p 1334. (7) B.Dolinar, Kukavievke v Sloveniji (Orchidaceae of Slovenia) (in Slovenian), Pipinova Knjiga (2015), p 101. (8) H.Kretzschmar, Die Orchideen Deutschlands und angrenzenden Lander, Quelle Meyer (2008), p 164.