Lesser Butterfly Orchid

Platanthera bifolia ssp. bifolia (L.) Rich., syn.: Orchis bifolia L.Lesser Butterfly-orchid, DE: Weie Waldhyazinthe, Zweiblttriges BreitklbchenSlo.: dvolistni vimenjakDat.: June 10. 2008Lat.: 45.94646 Long.: 14.14253Code: Bot_270/2008_DSC9048andLat.: 45.94698 Long.: 14.14335Code: Bot_270/2008_DSC9344Habitat: Mixed wood edge, locally flat terrain; in half shade; average precipitations ~ 2.400 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, borderline between prealpine and Dinaric phytogeographical region. Place: ejna dolina valley, north of village Sodraica, Notranjska, Slovenia EC.Comment: A few plants found growing on very wet ground together with Grater Butterfly-orchid (Platanthera chlorantha).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 "V" representing a vulnerable species.Ref.:(1) H.Baumann, S. Kuenkele, R.Lorenz, Orchideen Europas, Ulmer (2006), p 259.(2) B.Dolinar, Kukavievke v Sloveniji (Orchidaceae of Slovenia) (in Slovenian), Pipinova Knjiga (2015), p 157.(3) B.Allan, P. Woods, S. Klark, Wild Orchids of Scotland, HMSO, Edinburgh (1996), p 82.(4) D. Aeschimann, K. Lauber, D.M. Moser, J.P. Theurillat, Flora Alpina, Vol. 2., Haupt (2004), p 1110.(5) H.Kretzschmar, Die Orchideen Deutschlands und angrenzenden Lander, Quelle Meyer (2008), p 226.

Platanthera bifolia ssp. bifolia (L.) Rich., syn.: Orchis bifolia L.Lesser Butterfly-orchid, DE: Weie Waldhyazinthe, Zweiblttriges BreitklbchenSlo.: dvolistni vimenjakDat.: June 18. 2015Lat.: 46.36653 Long.: 13.72440Code: Bot_888/2015_IMG8334Picture file names: from Platanthera-bifolia-ssp-bifolia_raw_50 to Platanthera-bifolia-ssp-bifolia_raw_68.Habitat: light mixed forest, Picea abies, Fagus sylvatica dominant; moderately inclined mountain slope, northwest aspect; calcareous, colluvial, stony ground; quite humid place; mostly in half shade; mostly exposed to direct rain; elevation 565 m (1.850 feet); average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, alpine phytogeographical region. Place: Lower Trenta valley, left bank of river Soa between villages Trenta and Soa, downstream of farmhouse Maselc, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC.Comment: Platanthera bifolia ssp. bifolia is a beautiful, gracious and quite common wild orchid of Trenta valley. At the place of this observation there were more than hundred blooming plants present on a relative small place. The plant is a wide spread species and grows in the whole alpine belt and other European mountains including Pyrenees and Carpathians. It is very similar to his sister Greater Butterfly-orchid (Platanthera chlorantha), which has more greenish flowers but very similar habitus and sometimes builds hybrids with Platanthera bifolia ssp. bifolia, where they grow together. In such cases it is not always easy to determine properly plants found. The most reliable distinguishing trait of both species is position of their pollinia (see picture Platanthera-bifolia-plus-chlorantha_1). With Platanthera bifolia ssp. bifolia (left) they are parallel and close together. The entrance to spur is sometimes hard to see. Contrary, with Platanthera chlorantha (right) pollinia are divergent and widely separated. The entrance to spur is clearly visible. Both plants have unusually long and slender spur. Only certain night-flying moths have long enough proboscis to be able to reach nectar at the bottom of the long spur.Canon G11, 6.1-30mm/f2.8-4.5Protected 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 "V" representing a vulnerable species.Ref.:(1) H.Baumann, S. Kuenkele, R.Lorenz, Orchideen Europas, Ulmer (2006), p 259.(2) B.Dolinar, Kukavievke v Sloveniji (Orchidaceae of Slovenia) (in Slovenian), Pipinova Knjiga (2015), p 157.(3) B.Allan, P. Woods, S. Klark, Wild Orchids of Scotland, HMSO, Edinburgh (1996), p 82.(4) D. Aeschimann, K. Lauber, D.M. Moser, J.P. Theurillat, Flora Alpina, Vol. 2., Haupt (2004), p 1110.(5) H.Kretzschmar, Die Orchideen Deutschlands und angrenzenden Lander, Quelle Meyer (2008), p 226.

Platanthera bifolia ssp. bifolia (L.) Rich., syn.: Orchis bifolia L.Lesser Butterfly-orchid, DE: Weie Waldhyazinthe, Zweiblttriges BreitklbchenSlo.: dvolistni vimenjakDat.: June 8. 2012Lat.: 46.33202 Long.: 13.64452Code: Bot_628/2012_IMG9643Habitat: riparian forest edge, Salix eleagnos, Picea abies, Fagus sylvatica, Corylus avellana dominant; flat terrain, near dirt road side; alluvial, calcareous ground; half shade, humid air conditions; elevation 430 m (1.400 feet); average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C; alpine phytogeographical region. Place: Lower Trenta valley, left bank of river Soa near campground Klin, above the road to Lepena valley, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia ECComment: Several plants in bloom found.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 "V" representing a vulnerable species.Ref.:(1) H.Baumann, S. Kuenkele, R.Lorenz, Orchideen Europas, Ulmer (2006), p 259.(2) B.Dolinar, Kukavievke v Sloveniji (Orchidaceae of Slovenia) (in Slovenian), Pipinova Knjiga (2015), p 157.(3) B.Allan, P. Woods, S. Klark, Wild Orchids of Scotland, HMSO, Edinburgh (1996), p 82.(4) D. Aeschimann, K. Lauber, D.M. Moser, J.P. Theurillat, Flora Alpina, Vol. 2., Haupt (2004), p 1110.(5) H.Kretzschmar, Die Orchideen Deutschlands und angrenzenden Lander, Quelle Meyer (2008), p 226.

Platanthera bifolia ssp. bifolia (L.) Rich., syn.: Orchis bifolia L.Lesser Butterfly-orchid, DE: Weie Waldhyazinthe, Zweiblttriges BreitklbchenSlo.: dvolistni vimenjakDat.: June 8. 2012Lat.: 46.33202 Long.: 13.64452Code: Bot_628/2012_IMG9643Habitat: riparian forest edge, Salix eleagnos, Picea abies, Fagus sylvatica, Corylus avellana dominant; flat terrain, near dirt road side; alluvial, calcareous ground; half shade, humid air conditions; elevation 430 m (1.400 feet); average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C; alpine phytogeographical region. Place: Lower Trenta valley, left bank of river Soa near campground Klin, above the road to Lepena valley, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia ECComment: Several plants in bloom found.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 "V" representing a vulnerable species.Ref.:(1) H.Baumann, S. Kuenkele, R.Lorenz, Orchideen Europas, Ulmer (2006), p 259.(2) B.Dolinar, Kukavievke v Sloveniji (Orchidaceae of Slovenia) (in Slovenian), Pipinova Knjiga (2015), p 157.(3) B.Allan, P. Woods, S. Klark, Wild Orchids of Scotland, HMSO, Edinburgh (1996), p 82.(4) D. Aeschimann, K. Lauber, D.M. Moser, J.P. Theurillat, Flora Alpina, Vol. 2., Haupt (2004), p 1110.(5) H.Kretzschmar, Die Orchideen Deutschlands und angrenzenden Lander, Quelle Meyer (2008), p 226.

Platanthera bifolia ssp. bifolia (L.) Rich., syn.: Orchis bifolia L.Lesser Butterfly-orchid, DE: Weie Waldhyazinthe, Zweiblttriges BreitklbchenSlo.: dvolistni vimenjakDat.: June 18. 2015Lat.: 46.36653 Long.: 13.72440Code: Bot_888/2015_IMG8334Picture file names: from Platanthera-bifolia-ssp-bifolia_raw_50 to Platanthera-bifolia-ssp-bifolia_raw_68.Habitat: light mixed forest, Picea abies, Fagus sylvatica dominant; moderately inclined mountain slope, northwest aspect; calcareous, colluvial, stony ground; quite humid place; mostly in half shade; mostly exposed to direct rain; elevation 565 m (1.850 feet); average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, alpine phytogeographical region. Place: Lower Trenta valley, left bank of river Soa between villages Trenta and Soa, downstream of farmhouse Maselc, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC.Comment: Platanthera bifolia ssp. bifolia is a beautiful, gracious and quite common wild orchid of Trenta valley. At the place of this observation there were more than hundred blooming plants present on a relative small place. The plant is a wide spread species and grows in the whole alpine belt and other European mountains including Pyrenees and Carpathians. It is very similar to his sister Greater Butterfly-orchid (Platanthera chlorantha), which has more greenish flowers but very similar habitus and sometimes builds hybrids with Platanthera bifolia ssp. bifolia, where they grow together. In such cases it is not always easy to determine properly plants found. The most reliable distinguishing trait of both species is position of their pollinia (see picture Platanthera-bifolia-plus-chlorantha_1). With Platanthera bifolia ssp. bifolia (left) they are parallel and close together. The entrance to spur is sometimes hard to see. Contrary, with Platanthera chlorantha (right) pollinia are divergent and widely separated. The entrance to spur is clearly visible. Both plants have unusually long and slender spur. Only certain night-flying moths have long enough proboscis to be able to reach nectar at the bottom of the long spur.Canon G11, 6.1-30mm/f2.8-4.5Protected 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 "V" representing a vulnerable species.Ref.:(1) H.Baumann, S. Kuenkele, R.Lorenz, Orchideen Europas, Ulmer (2006), p 259.(2) B.Dolinar, Kukavievke v Sloveniji (Orchidaceae of Slovenia) (in Slovenian), Pipinova Knjiga (2015), p 157.(3) B.Allan, P. Woods, S. Klark, Wild Orchids of Scotland, HMSO, Edinburgh (1996), p 82.(4) D. Aeschimann, K. Lauber, D.M. Moser, J.P. Theurillat, Flora Alpina, Vol. 2., Haupt (2004), p 1110.(5) H.Kretzschmar, Die Orchideen Deutschlands und angrenzenden Lander, Quelle Meyer (2008), p 226.

Platanthera bifolia ssp. bifolia (L.) Rich., syn.: Orchis bifolia L.Lesser Butterfly-orchid, DE: Weie Waldhyazinthe, Zweiblttriges BreitklbchenSlo.: dvolistni vimenjakDat.: June 10. 2008Lat.: 45.94646 Long.: 14.14253Code: Bot_270/2008_DSC9048andLat.: 45.94698 Long.: 14.14335Code: Bot_270/2008_DSC9344Habitat: Mixed wood edge, locally flat terrain; in half shade; average precipitations ~ 2.400 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, borderline between prealpine and Dinaric phytogeographical region. Place: ejna dolina valley, north of village Sodraica, Notranjska, Slovenia EC.Comment: A few plants found growing on very wet ground together with Grater Butterfly-orchid (Platanthera chlorantha).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 "V" representing a vulnerable species.Ref.:(1) H.Baumann, S. Kuenkele, R.Lorenz, Orchideen Europas, Ulmer (2006), p 259.(2) B.Dolinar, Kukavievke v Sloveniji (Orchidaceae of Slovenia) (in Slovenian), Pipinova Knjiga (2015), p 157.(3) B.Allan, P. Woods, S. Klark, Wild Orchids of Scotland, HMSO, Edinburgh (1996), p 82.(4) D. Aeschimann, K. Lauber, D.M. Moser, J.P. Theurillat, Flora Alpina, Vol. 2., Haupt (2004), p 1110.(5) H.Kretzschmar, Die Orchideen Deutschlands und angrenzenden Lander, Quelle Meyer (2008), p 226.

Platanthera bifolia ssp. bifolia (L.) Rich., syn.: Orchis bifolia L.Lesser Butterfly-orchid, DE: Weie Waldhyazinthe, Zweiblttriges BreitklbchenSlo.: dvolistni vimenjakDat.: May 25. 2015Lat.: 46.40111 Long.: 13.70527Code: Bot_878/2015_DSC6825Habitat: grassland, pasture, locally flat terrain; alluvial, skeletal, calcareous ground; shallow soil layer, sunny, open place; exposed to direct rain; elevation 980 m (3.200 feet); average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 4-6 deg C, alpine phytogeographical region. Place: Zadnja Trenta valley, Zapodn place, right bank of dry riverbed of Soa, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC.Comment: A single plant found still in buds. It was growing among Primula farinosa and Convalaria majalis, which signifies quite humid ground in spite of pure calcareous alluvium. Fully open and sunny habitat is also to some extent unusual for Platanthera bifolia ssp. bifolia.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 V representing a vulnerable species.Ref.:(1) H.Baumann, S. Kuenkele, R.Lorenz, Orchideen Europas, Ulmer (2006), p 259.(2) B.Dolinar, Kukavievke v Sloveniji (Orchidaceae of Slovenia) (in Slovenian), Pipinova Knjiga (2015), p 157.(3) B.Allan, P. Woods, S. Klark, Wild Orchids of Scotland, HMSO, Edinburgh (1996), p 82.(4) D. Aeschimann, K. Lauber, D.M. Moser, J.P. Theurillat, Flora Alpina, Vol. 2., Haupt (2004), p 1110.(5) H.Kretzschmar, Die Orchideen Deutschlands und angrenzenden Lander, Quelle Meyer (2008), p 226.

Platanthera bifolia ssp. bifolia (L.) Rich., syn.: Orchis bifolia L.Lesser Butterfly-orchid, DE: Weie Waldhyazinthe, Zweiblttriges BreitklbchenSlo.: dvolistni vimenjakDat.: June 18. 2015Lat.: 46.36653 Long.: 13.72440Code: Bot_888/2015_IMG8334Picture file names: from Platanthera-bifolia-ssp-bifolia_raw_50 to Platanthera-bifolia-ssp-bifolia_raw_68.Habitat: light mixed forest, Picea abies, Fagus sylvatica dominant; moderately inclined mountain slope, northwest aspect; calcareous, colluvial, stony ground; quite humid place; mostly in half shade; mostly exposed to direct rain; elevation 565 m (1.850 feet); average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, alpine phytogeographical region. Place: Lower Trenta valley, left bank of river Soa between villages Trenta and Soa, downstream of farmhouse Maselc, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC.Comment: Platanthera bifolia ssp. bifolia is a beautiful, gracious and quite common wild orchid of Trenta valley. At the place of this observation there were more than hundred blooming plants present on a relative small place. The plant is a wide spread species and grows in the whole alpine belt and other European mountains including Pyrenees and Carpathians. It is very similar to his sister Greater Butterfly-orchid (Platanthera chlorantha), which has more greenish flowers but very similar habitus and sometimes builds hybrids with Platanthera bifolia ssp. bifolia, where they grow together. In such cases it is not always easy to determine properly plants found. The most reliable distinguishing trait of both species is position of their pollinia (see picture Platanthera-bifolia-plus-chlorantha_1). With Platanthera bifolia ssp. bifolia (left) they are parallel and close together. The entrance to spur is sometimes hard to see. Contrary, with Platanthera chlorantha (right) pollinia are divergent and widely separated. The entrance to spur is clearly visible. Both plants have unusually long and slender spur. Only certain night-flying moths have long enough proboscis to be able to reach nectar at the bottom of the long spur.Canon G11, 6.1-30mm/f2.8-4.5Protected 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 "V" representing a vulnerable species.Ref.:(1) H.Baumann, S. Kuenkele, R.Lorenz, Orchideen Europas, Ulmer (2006), p 259.(2) B.Dolinar, Kukavievke v Sloveniji (Orchidaceae of Slovenia) (in Slovenian), Pipinova Knjiga (2015), p 157.(3) B.Allan, P. Woods, S. Klark, Wild Orchids of Scotland, HMSO, Edinburgh (1996), p 82.(4) D. Aeschimann, K. Lauber, D.M. Moser, J.P. Theurillat, Flora Alpina, Vol. 2., Haupt (2004), p 1110.(5) H.Kretzschmar, Die Orchideen Deutschlands und angrenzenden Lander, Quelle Meyer (2008), p 226.

Platanthera bifolia ssp. bifolia (L.) Rich., syn.: Orchis bifolia L.Lesser Butterfly-orchid, DE: Weie Waldhyazinthe, Zweiblttriges BreitklbchenSlo.: dvolistni vimenjakDat.: May 25. 2015Lat.: 46.40111 Long.: 13.70527Code: Bot_878/2015_DSC6825Habitat: grassland, pasture, locally flat terrain; alluvial, skeletal, calcareous ground; shallow soil layer, sunny, open place; exposed to direct rain; elevation 980 m (3.200 feet); average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 4-6 deg C, alpine phytogeographical region. Place: Zadnja Trenta valley, Zapodn place, right bank of dry riverbed of Soa, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC.Comment: A single plant found still in buds. It was growing among Primula farinosa and Convalaria majalis, which signifies quite humid ground in spite of pure calcareous alluvium. Fully open and sunny habitat is also to some extent unusual for Platanthera bifolia ssp. bifolia.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 V representing a vulnerable species.Ref.:(1) H.Baumann, S. Kuenkele, R.Lorenz, Orchideen Europas, Ulmer (2006), p 259.(2) B.Dolinar, Kukavievke v Sloveniji (Orchidaceae of Slovenia) (in Slovenian), Pipinova Knjiga (2015), p 157.(3) B.Allan, P. Woods, S. Klark, Wild Orchids of Scotland, HMSO, Edinburgh (1996), p 82.(4) D. Aeschimann, K. Lauber, D.M. Moser, J.P. Theurillat, Flora Alpina, Vol. 2., Haupt (2004), p 1110.(5) H.Kretzschmar, Die Orchideen Deutschlands und angrenzenden Lander, Quelle Meyer (2008), p 226.

Platanthera bifolia ssp. bifolia (L.) Rich., syn.: Orchis bifolia L.Lesser Butterfly-orchid, DE: Weie Waldhyazinthe, Zweiblttriges BreitklbchenSlo.: dvolistni vimenjakDat.: June 18. 2015Lat.: 46.36653 Long.: 13.72440Code: Bot_888/2015_IMG8334Picture file names: from Platanthera-bifolia-ssp-bifolia_raw_50 to Platanthera-bifolia-ssp-bifolia_raw_68.Habitat: light mixed forest, Picea abies, Fagus sylvatica dominant; moderately inclined mountain slope, northwest aspect; calcareous, colluvial, stony ground; quite humid place; mostly in half shade; mostly exposed to direct rain; elevation 565 m (1.850 feet); average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, alpine phytogeographical region. Place: Lower Trenta valley, left bank of river Soa between villages Trenta and Soa, downstream of farmhouse Maselc, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC.Comment: Platanthera bifolia ssp. bifolia is a beautiful, gracious and quite common wild orchid of Trenta valley. At the place of this observation there were more than hundred blooming plants present on a relative small place. The plant is a wide spread species and grows in the whole alpine belt and other European mountains including Pyrenees and Carpathians. It is very similar to his sister Greater Butterfly-orchid (Platanthera chlorantha), which has more greenish flowers but very similar habitus and sometimes builds hybrids with Platanthera bifolia ssp. bifolia, where they grow together. In such cases it is not always easy to determine properly plants found. The most reliable distinguishing trait of both species is position of their pollinia (see picture Platanthera-bifolia-plus-chlorantha_1). With Platanthera bifolia ssp. bifolia (left) they are parallel and close together. The entrance to spur is sometimes hard to see. Contrary, with Platanthera chlorantha (right) pollinia are divergent and widely separated. The entrance to spur is clearly visible. Both plants have unusually long and slender spur. Only certain night-flying moths have long enough proboscis to be able to reach nectar at the bottom of the long spur.Canon G11, 6.1-30mm/f2.8-4.5Protected 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 "V" representing a vulnerable species.Ref.:(1) H.Baumann, S. Kuenkele, R.Lorenz, Orchideen Europas, Ulmer (2006), p 259.(2) B.Dolinar, Kukavievke v Sloveniji (Orchidaceae of Slovenia) (in Slovenian), Pipinova Knjiga (2015), p 157.(3) B.Allan, P. Woods, S. Klark, Wild Orchids of Scotland, HMSO, Edinburgh (1996), p 82.(4) D. Aeschimann, K. Lauber, D.M. Moser, J.P. Theurillat, Flora Alpina, Vol. 2., Haupt (2004), p 1110.(5) H.Kretzschmar, Die Orchideen Deutschlands und angrenzenden Lander, Quelle Meyer (2008), p 226.

Platanthera bifolia ssp. bifolia (L.) Rich., syn.: Orchis bifolia L.Lesser Butterfly-orchid, DE: Weie Waldhyazinthe, Zweiblttriges BreitklbchenSlo.: dvolistni vimenjakDat.: June 18. 2015Lat.: 46.36653 Long.: 13.72440Code: Bot_888/2015_IMG8334Picture file names: from Platanthera-bifolia-ssp-bifolia_raw_50 to Platanthera-bifolia-ssp-bifolia_raw_68.Habitat: light mixed forest, Picea abies, Fagus sylvatica dominant; moderately inclined mountain slope, northwest aspect; calcareous, colluvial, stony ground; quite humid place; mostly in half shade; mostly exposed to direct rain; elevation 565 m (1.850 feet); average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, alpine phytogeographical region. Place: Lower Trenta valley, left bank of river Soa between villages Trenta and Soa, downstream of farmhouse Maselc, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC.Comment: Platanthera bifolia ssp. bifolia is a beautiful, gracious and quite common wild orchid of Trenta valley. At the place of this observation there were more than hundred blooming plants present on a relative small place. The plant is a wide spread species and grows in the whole alpine belt and other European mountains including Pyrenees and Carpathians. It is very similar to his sister Greater Butterfly-orchid (Platanthera chlorantha), which has more greenish flowers but very similar habitus and sometimes builds hybrids with Platanthera bifolia ssp. bifolia, where they grow together. In such cases it is not always easy to determine properly plants found. The most reliable distinguishing trait of both species is position of their pollinia (see picture Platanthera-bifolia-plus-chlorantha_1). With Platanthera bifolia ssp. bifolia (left) they are parallel and close together. The entrance to spur is sometimes hard to see. Contrary, with Platanthera chlorantha (right) pollinia are divergent and widely separated. The entrance to spur is clearly visible. Both plants have unusually long and slender spur. Only certain night-flying moths have long enough proboscis to be able to reach nectar at the bottom of the long spur.Canon G11, 6.1-30mm/f2.8-4.5Protected 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 "V" representing a vulnerable species.Ref.:(1) H.Baumann, S. Kuenkele, R.Lorenz, Orchideen Europas, Ulmer (2006), p 259.(2) B.Dolinar, Kukavievke v Sloveniji (Orchidaceae of Slovenia) (in Slovenian), Pipinova Knjiga (2015), p 157.(3) B.Allan, P. Woods, S. Klark, Wild Orchids of Scotland, HMSO, Edinburgh (1996), p 82.(4) D. Aeschimann, K. Lauber, D.M. Moser, J.P. Theurillat, Flora Alpina, Vol. 2., Haupt (2004), p 1110.(5) H.Kretzschmar, Die Orchideen Deutschlands und angrenzenden Lander, Quelle Meyer (2008), p 226.

Platanthera bifolia ssp. bifolia (L.) Rich., syn.: Orchis bifolia L.Lesser Butterfly-orchid, DE: Weie Waldhyazinthe, Zweiblttriges BreitklbchenSlo.: dvolistni vimenjakDat.: June 18. 2015Lat.: 46.36653 Long.: 13.72440Code: Bot_888/2015_IMG8334Picture file names: from Platanthera-bifolia-ssp-bifolia_raw_50 to Platanthera-bifolia-ssp-bifolia_raw_68.Habitat: light mixed forest, Picea abies, Fagus sylvatica dominant; moderately inclined mountain slope, northwest aspect; calcareous, colluvial, stony ground; quite humid place; mostly in half shade; mostly exposed to direct rain; elevation 565 m (1.850 feet); average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, alpine phytogeographical region. Place: Lower Trenta valley, left bank of river Soa between villages Trenta and Soa, downstream of farmhouse Maselc, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC.Comment: Platanthera bifolia ssp. bifolia is a beautiful, gracious and quite common wild orchid of Trenta valley. At the place of this observation there were more than hundred blooming plants present on a relative small place. The plant is a wide spread species and grows in the whole alpine belt and other European mountains including Pyrenees and Carpathians. It is very similar to his sister Greater Butterfly-orchid (Platanthera chlorantha), which has more greenish flowers but very similar habitus and sometimes builds hybrids with Platanthera bifolia ssp. bifolia, where they grow together. In such cases it is not always easy to determine properly plants found. The most reliable distinguishing trait of both species is position of their pollinia (see picture Platanthera-bifolia-plus-chlorantha_1). With Platanthera bifolia ssp. bifolia (left) they are parallel and close together. The entrance to spur is sometimes hard to see. Contrary, with Platanthera chlorantha (right) pollinia are divergent and widely separated. The entrance to spur is clearly visible. Both plants have unusually long and slender spur. Only certain night-flying moths have long enough proboscis to be able to reach nectar at the bottom of the long spur.Canon G11, 6.1-30mm/f2.8-4.5Protected 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 "V" representing a vulnerable species.Ref.:(1) H.Baumann, S. Kuenkele, R.Lorenz, Orchideen Europas, Ulmer (2006), p 259.(2) B.Dolinar, Kukavievke v Sloveniji (Orchidaceae of Slovenia) (in Slovenian), Pipinova Knjiga (2015), p 157.(3) B.Allan, P. Woods, S. Klark, Wild Orchids of Scotland, HMSO, Edinburgh (1996), p 82.(4) D. Aeschimann, K. Lauber, D.M. Moser, J.P. Theurillat, Flora Alpina, Vol. 2., Haupt (2004), p 1110.(5) H.Kretzschmar, Die Orchideen Deutschlands und angrenzenden Lander, Quelle Meyer (2008), p 226.

Flora von Deutschland, sterreich und der Schweiz..Gera,Zezschwitz,1903-.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12306730

2010-06-25 Lower Austria, district Neunkirchen (Gloggnitz greywacke hills, 850 m AMSL).German name: Weiss-Waldhyazinthe

22/05/2008 near Rivire-sur-Tarn/France

07/06/2005 near Freising/Germany

2010-06-25 Lower Austria, district Neunkirchen (Gloggnitz greywacke hills, 825 m AMSL).Note stamens - they are parallel with Platanthera bifolia, as opposed to P. montana where they're V-shaped.Also, the flower stem in the top right corner illustrates resupination. German name: Weiss-Waldhyazinthe

La Boudiniere, La Brenne, France

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2010-06-22 Lower Austria, district Neunkirchen (mixed forest, 810 msm Quadrant 8161/4).German name: Weiss-Waldhyazinthe

Valle de Pineta: Pirineo aragons.EspaaFamilia: ORCHIDACEAEDistribucin: Presenta una distribucin lateerusiberiana, presentndose por casi toda Europa (hasta Laponia por el N) y W de Asia (N de Turqua, Cucaso, Irn y C y W de Siberia). La presencia conocida de P. bifolia en la Pennsula Ibrica resulta ser muy escasa al S del valle del Ebro. En Aragn se encuentra presente en el Pirineo y, de forma algo ms escasa, en el Sistema Ibrico (principalmente en el Moncayo y puertos de Beceite). Hbitat: Crece en pastizales frescos, orlas y claros de bosques, en un amplio abanico de hbitats.Preferencia edfica: Indiferente. Aparece tanto en suelos calizos como silceos.Rango altitudinal: 1000- 1400 ( 2100 ) mFloracin: ( Abril ) Mayo - Julio ( Agosto )Forma Biolgica: Gefito bulbosoExtractado del Atlas de la Flora de Aragn (Herbario de Jaca)

La Boudiniere, La Brenne, France

Kohler's Medizinal-Pflanzen in naturgetreuen Abbildungen mit kurz erlauterndem Texte :.Gera-Untermhaus :Fr. Eugen Kohler,[1883-1914].biodiversitylibrary.org/page/303688

Abbildungen der in Deutschland und den angrenzenden gebieten vorkommenden grundformen der orchideenartenBerlin,R. Friedlnder & sohn,1904.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15349912