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Specific Families and Genera => Pleione and Orchidaceae => Topic started by: Kees Jan on December 19, 2010, 05:47:46 PM

Title: Orchids Austria
Post by: Kees Jan on December 19, 2010, 05:47:46 PM

Here are couple of orchids photographed in Austria. The first is an Epipactis photographed in the Karawanken. It was photographed in the Obir range, on the Hochobir, on the road to the Eisenkappler Hütte in early July 2006. If anyone could tell me which species it is that would be  much appreciated.

Next are Epipactis atrorubens, Cephalanthera rubra and Gymnadenia odoratissima (with a much shorter spur than G. conopsea), all photographed at the same location.

And finally photographed in a meadow higher up on the same mountain is the endemic Nigritella lithopolitanica.

Title: Re: Orchids Austria
Post by: Gerhard Raschun on December 20, 2010, 04:49:22 PM

Hochobir, visible from my home.....

Epipactis helleborine,

Nigritella lithopolitanica ( last pict)

best Gerhard

Title: Re: Orchids Austria
Post by: Kees Jan on December 20, 2010, 08:43:24 PM

Thanks Gerhard. Must be nice to live near Hochobir and other great mountains!  :)

More orchids (and other plants) photographed during this trip can be found at http://keesjan.smugmug.com/Botanical-trips/Europe/Austria-July-2006/

The pics are indexed, so it's possible to select Orchidaceae using the search tool

Title: Re: Orchids Austria
Post by: Helga on January 05, 2019, 08:43:07 AM

Wow, I really had to go very far to find info about orchids growing about 40km from the place I live! :P
And about Gerhard living 15 minutes from my place.... ;D