Keyflower

Val de Azun Hautes Pyrénées

Val de Azun Hautes Pyrénées

Heath spotted orchid; Gevlekte orchis.

Val de Azun Hautes Pyrénées

Val de Azun Hautes Pyrénées

Alvar syd for Torslunda Øland

Fårevejle, Vestsjælland, Denmark

Loista Russpark, Gotland, Sverige

Loista Russpark, Gotland, Sverige

Loista Russpark, Gotland, Sverige

Tofta Skjutfält, Gotland, Sverige

Kallgateburg, Hejnum, Gotland, Sverige

Loista Russpark, Gotland, Sverige

Tofta Skjutfält, Gotland, Sverige

Gotland, Marsängen

Gotland

Brucebo, Gotland, Sverige

Slo.: bezgova pasasta kukavica

Slo.: laponska pasasta kukavica - Habitat: steep, northwest oriented slope above a road, loosely settled scree, sand and stones stabilized by iron mesh, sparsely overgrown; the place was wiped off all vegetation including trees a few years ago by a hudge rockslide; open, sunny place; calcareous bedrock; exposed to direct rain, elevation 1,150 m (3.800 feet), average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 4 -6 deg C, alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: sandy soil. - Comments: The place was full of wild orchids. More than 30 plants have been observed on June 6.. Most of them were recognized as Dactylorhiza majalis ssp. majalis although many plants showed large variability (for example lack of dark spots on the leaves). At the second visit of the place on June 10 some of the plants were recognized as Dactylorhiza lapponica (Ref.:1). As far as we know at the moment this is the first find of this species in the Upper Soa valley region. - Protected according to 'Uredba o zavarovanih prostoiveih rastlinskih vrstah' Url. RS, t. 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 'V' representing a vulnerable species. - Ref.: (1) Id'ed by Mr. Branko Dolinar. (2) A. Martini et all., Mala Flora Slovenije, Tehnina Zaloba Slovenije (2007) (in Slovene), p 771. (3) H. Kretzschmar, Die Orchideen Deutschlands und grenzender Lander, Quelle & Meyer (2008), p 98. (4) H. Baumann, S. Kuenkele, R. Lorenz, Orchideen Europas, Ulmer (2006), p 48. (5) B. Dolinar, Kukavievke v Sloveniji (Orchids in Slovenia), Pipinova Knjiga (2015), p 45.

Slo.: transilvanska pegasta prstasta kukavica

Slo.: mesnordeca prstasta kukavica - Enlisted in the Slovene Red List of rare and endangered species, marked by 'V' representing a vulnerable species.

Slo.: Fuchsova prstasta kukavica - syn.: Dactylorhiza maculata (L.) Soo ssp. fuchsii (Druce) Hyl., Orchis fuchsii Druce - Habitat: grassland, an wood opening near a dirt road; moist, calcareous ground; half shade; flat terrain; exposed to direct rain; elevation 570 m (1.870 feet); average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, alpine phytogeographical region. Substratum: soil. Comment: One of the widely distributed and most common wild orchids in Slovenia is Dactylorhiza fuchsii ssp. fuchsii. It is a tall, stout plant with long, cylindrical inflorescence growing in all kind of habitats and type of ground, on wet as well as on quite dry places. This is probably also the reason of its great variability. Particularly colours and pattern of dots and lines on its flowers can vary widely. Its flowers have usually pink-purple appearance with intensely coloured darker lines and dots on them (see pictures no. 30-32). In alpine regions it is frequently even darker, sometimes almost dark purple-red or violet-red. Stalk, particularly at the top, is reddish and leaves are normally vigorously brown spotted. The plant shown on pictures 40-43 deviates from 'normal'. It is not a true albino completely without pigments but still noticeably lacks reddish pigments. Their flowers are almost white and less pronouncedly lined and spotted. Also the stem is not reddish and the spots on its leaves are barely seen. Literature states that even completely white flowering plants are not rare; such is the variability of this beautiful wild orchid. 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). Ref.: (1) Personal communication with Mr. Branko Dolinar. (2) H.Baumann, S. Kuenkele, R.Lorenz, Orchideen Europas, Ulmer (2006), p 37. (3) H.Kretzschmar, Die Orchideen Deutschlands und angrenzenden Lander, Quelle Meyer (2008), p 82. (4) B.Dolinar, Kukavievke v Sloveniji (Orchidaceae of Slovenia) (in Slovenian), Pipinova Knjiga (2015), p 41. (5) O. Sebald, S. Seybold, G. Philippi, A. Wrz, Eds., Die Farn und Blutenpflanzen Baden-Wurttembergs, Band 8., Verlag Eugen Ulmer (1998), p 368.