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General Subjects => Travel / Places to Visit => Topic started by: Pauli on June 12, 2016, 06:38:01 AM

Title: Cypripedium in Lower Austria
Post by: Pauli on June 12, 2016, 06:38:01 AM

Friday I made a trip to the Cypripediums around Mariazell, Lower Austria. I was lucky, because they were in full flower.
First orchids on the walk were Gymnadenia conopsea and a special form of D. fuchsii without any lip markings and Ophrys insectifera.
A little up the valley was aboggy meadow with many Dactylorhizas, perhaps majalis and lapponica and hybrids.

Title: Re: Cypripedium in Lower Austria
Post by: Pauli on June 12, 2016, 06:57:02 AM

After about an hourd walk I arrived in a Cyp heaven. Gentiana clusii was at the end of its flowering period.

Title: Re: Cypripedium in Lower Austria
Post by: Pauli on June 12, 2016, 07:00:57 AM

The last ones. Of course I spent quite a lot of time in the habitat. I stopped flowercounting after 500, I think there were more than 1000 Cypripediums in flower!

Title: Re: Cypripedium in Lower Austria
Post by: Anthony Darby on June 14, 2016, 11:18:42 AM

Wow! :o

Title: Re: Cypripedium in Lower Austria
Post by: Yann on June 14, 2016, 12:37:46 PM

that's heaven for sure, each time you discover calceolus it's always looks like the first meeting  ::)