Epipactis

2009.08.02 Austria, Upper Austria, district Freistadt (spruce monoculture forest, 800 m AMSL).Detail of flower (which obviously has reached already the end of its flowering cyclus).Common.German name: Gewhnliche Grn-Stndelwurz (-Stendelwurz).ID: Fischer & al., Exkursionsflora (2008 3rd)

2009.08.02 Austria, Upper Austria, district Freistadt (spruce monoculture forest, 800 m AMSL).Front; unfortunately, a shot of the head would have been necessary to identify species without doubt (it could be both V. germanica and V. vulgaris, or yet another one).Very common; here on flower of Epipactis helleborine ssp. helleborine.German name: Wespe

2009.08.02 Austria, Upper Austria, district Freistadt (spruce monoculture forest, 800 m AMSL).Detail of flower; the characteristics of sepals and especially petals are crucial for identification of species (and subspecies).Common.German name: Gewhnliche Grn-Stndelwurz (-Stendelwurz).ID: Fischer & al., Exkursionsflora (2008 3rd)

2009.08.02 Austria, Upper Austria, district Freistadt (spruce monoculture forest, 800 m AMSL).Leaves: rather broad and big (which is why this one also is called broad-leafed H.).Common.German name: Gewhnliche Grn-Stndelwurz (-Stendelwurz).ID: Fischer & al., Exkursionsflora (2008 3rd)

2009.08.02 Austria, Upper Austria, district Freistadt (spruce monoculture forest, 800 m AMSL).Flowering in july/august.Common.German name: Gewhnliche Grn-Stndelwurz (-Stendelwurz).ID: Fischer & al., Exkursionsflora (2008 3rd)

2009.08.02 Austria, Upper Austria, district Freistadt (spruce monoculture forest, 800 m AMSL).Side and back; unfortunately, a shot of the head would have been necessary to identify species without doubt (it could be both V. germanica and V. vulgaris, or yet another one).Very common; here on flower of Epipactis helleborine ssp. helleborine.German name: Wespe

Abbildungen der in Deutschland und den angrenzenden gebieten vorkommenden grundformen der orchideenartenBerlin,R. Friedlnder & sohn,1904.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15349960

Epipactis purpurata Sm., syn.: Helleborine purpurata (Sm.) Druce, Epipactis latifolia subsp. purpurata (Sm.) K. Richt., Epipactis halacsyi Robatsch, Epipactis pollinensis B. Baumann & H. Baumann, Epipactis sessilifolia Peterm., Epipactis violacea (Dur.-Doq.) Boreau, Epipactis viridiflora (Hoffm.) Krock. and about 40 other names including lower taxaFamily: OrchidaceaeEN: Violet Helleborine, DE: Violette StendelwurzSlo.: purpurna movirnica Dat.: August 10. 2011Lat.: 45.72706 Long.: 14.38057 (WGS84)Code: Bot_542/2001_IMG6228Habitat: Mixed forest with little or no ground vegetation; growing under Picea abies; almost flat terrain; humid place in dark shade; partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, elevation 570 m (1.870 feet); average precipitations ~ 1.800-2.00 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, Dinaric phytogeographical region. Substratum: soil.Place: South of the Cerknica intermittent lake, south of the local road from Village Otok to village Laze pri Gornjem Jezeru, Notranjska, Slovenia EC Comment: Epipactis purpurata is usually growing in dark forests having closed canopies and almost no ground vegetation. The stout plants grow from extensive rootstocks, often in clumps of stems. They may look quite variously and by no means always violet or purple as their names suggest. More often a general appearance is greenish with olive tint and eventually with some parts having purple-violet tint (Ref.:5). The species is to variable degree dependent on mycorrhizal relation with plants and may therefore contain different amount of chlorophyll. Hence their color may vary from green to completely pink or purple. The species is rare in Slovenia (Ref.:8) and also in most other countries (Ref.:4).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, www.orhideje.si(2) M.A. Fischer, W. Adler, K. Oswald, Exkursionsflora fr sterreich, Liechtenstein und Sdtirol, LO Landesmuseen, Linz, Austria (2005), p 1033.(3) A. Martini et all., Mala Flora Slovenije (Flora of Slovenia - Key) (in Slovenian), Tehnina Zaloba Slovenije (2007), p 767. (4) www.aho-bayern.de/epipactis/ep_purp.html (accessed August 31. 2020)(5) www.orchidsofbritainandeurope.co.uk/Epipactis%20purpurata... (accessed August 31. 2020)(6) H. Baumann, S. Kuenkele, R.Lorenz, Orchideen Europas, Ulmer (2006), p 97.(7) H. Kretzschmar, Die Orchideen Deutschlands und angrenzenden Lander, Quelle Meyer (2008), p 142.(8) B. Dolinar, Kukavievke v Sloveniji (Orchidaceae of Slovenia) (in Slovenian), Pipinova Knjiga (2015), p 81.

Epipactis purpurata Sm., syn.: Helleborine purpurata (Sm.) Druce, Epipactis latifolia subsp. purpurata (Sm.) K. Richt., Epipactis halacsyi Robatsch, Epipactis pollinensis B. Baumann & H. Baumann, Epipactis sessilifolia Peterm., Epipactis violacea (Dur.-Doq.) Boreau, Epipactis viridiflora (Hoffm.) Krock. and about 40 other names including lower taxaFamily: OrchidaceaeEN: Violet Helleborine, DE: Violette StendelwurzSlo.: purpurna movirnica Dat.: August 10. 2011Lat.: 45.72706 Long.: 14.38057 (WGS84)Code: Bot_542/2001_IMG6228Habitat: Mixed forest with little or no ground vegetation; growing under Picea abies; almost flat terrain; humid place in dark shade; partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, elevation 570 m (1.870 feet); average precipitations ~ 1.800-2.00 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, Dinaric phytogeographical region. Substratum: soil.Place: South of the Cerknica intermittent lake, south of the local road from Village Otok to village Laze pri Gornjem Jezeru, Notranjska, Slovenia EC Comment: Epipactis purpurata is usually growing in dark forests having closed canopies and almost no ground vegetation. The stout plants grow from extensive rootstocks, often in clumps of stems. They may look quite variously and by no means always violet or purple as their names suggest. More often a general appearance is greenish with olive tint and eventually with some parts having purple-violet tint (Ref.:5). The species is to variable degree dependent on mycorrhizal relation with plants and may therefore contain different amount of chlorophyll. Hence their color may vary from green to completely pink or purple. The species is rare in Slovenia (Ref.:8) and also in most other countries (Ref.:4).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, www.orhideje.si(2) M.A. Fischer, W. Adler, K. Oswald, Exkursionsflora fr sterreich, Liechtenstein und Sdtirol, LO Landesmuseen, Linz, Austria (2005), p 1033.(3) A. Martini et all., Mala Flora Slovenije (Flora of Slovenia - Key) (in Slovenian), Tehnina Zaloba Slovenije (2007), p 767. (4) www.aho-bayern.de/epipactis/ep_purp.html (accessed August 31. 2020)(5) www.orchidsofbritainandeurope.co.uk/Epipactis%20purpurata... (accessed August 31. 2020)(6) H. Baumann, S. Kuenkele, R.Lorenz, Orchideen Europas, Ulmer (2006), p 97.(7) H. Kretzschmar, Die Orchideen Deutschlands und angrenzenden Lander, Quelle Meyer (2008), p 142.(8) B. Dolinar, Kukavievke v Sloveniji (Orchidaceae of Slovenia) (in Slovenian), Pipinova Knjiga (2015), p 81.

Album des orchides de l'Europe centrale et septentrionaleGenve,Librairie Georg,1899.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15446373

Epipactis purpurata Sm., syn.: Helleborine purpurata (Sm.) Druce, Epipactis latifolia subsp. purpurata (Sm.) K. Richt., Epipactis halacsyi Robatsch, Epipactis pollinensis B. Baumann & H. Baumann, Epipactis sessilifolia Peterm., Epipactis violacea (Dur.-Doq.) Boreau, Epipactis viridiflora (Hoffm.) Krock. and about 40 other names including lower taxaFamily: OrchidaceaeEN: Violet Helleborine, DE: Violette StendelwurzSlo.: purpurna movirnica Dat.: August 10. 2011Lat.: 45.72706 Long.: 14.38057 (WGS84)Code: Bot_542/2001_IMG6228Habitat: Mixed forest with little or no ground vegetation; growing under Picea abies; almost flat terrain; humid place in dark shade; partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, elevation 570 m (1.870 feet); average precipitations ~ 1.800-2.00 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, Dinaric phytogeographical region. Substratum: soil.Place: South of the Cerknica intermittent lake, south of the local road from Village Otok to village Laze pri Gornjem Jezeru, Notranjska, Slovenia EC Comment: Epipactis purpurata is usually growing in dark forests having closed canopies and almost no ground vegetation. The stout plants grow from extensive rootstocks, often in clumps of stems. They may look quite variously and by no means always violet or purple as their names suggest. More often a general appearance is greenish with olive tint and eventually with some parts having purple-violet tint (Ref.:5). The species is to variable degree dependent on mycorrhizal relation with plants and may therefore contain different amount of chlorophyll. Hence their color may vary from green to completely pink or purple. The species is rare in Slovenia (Ref.:8) and also in most other countries (Ref.:4).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, www.orhideje.si(2) M.A. Fischer, W. Adler, K. Oswald, Exkursionsflora fr sterreich, Liechtenstein und Sdtirol, LO Landesmuseen, Linz, Austria (2005), p 1033.(3) A. Martini et all., Mala Flora Slovenije (Flora of Slovenia - Key) (in Slovenian), Tehnina Zaloba Slovenije (2007), p 767. (4) www.aho-bayern.de/epipactis/ep_purp.html (accessed August 31. 2020)(5) www.orchidsofbritainandeurope.co.uk/Epipactis%20purpurata... (accessed August 31. 2020)(6) H. Baumann, S. Kuenkele, R.Lorenz, Orchideen Europas, Ulmer (2006), p 97.(7) H. Kretzschmar, Die Orchideen Deutschlands und angrenzenden Lander, Quelle Meyer (2008), p 142.(8) B. Dolinar, Kukavievke v Sloveniji (Orchidaceae of Slovenia) (in Slovenian), Pipinova Knjiga (2015), p 81.

Epipactis purpurata Sm., syn.: Helleborine purpurata (Sm.) Druce, Epipactis latifolia subsp. purpurata (Sm.) K. Richt., Epipactis halacsyi Robatsch, Epipactis pollinensis B. Baumann & H. Baumann, Epipactis sessilifolia Peterm., Epipactis violacea (Dur.-Doq.) Boreau, Epipactis viridiflora (Hoffm.) Krock. and about 40 other names including lower taxaFamily: OrchidaceaeEN: Violet Helleborine, DE: Violette StendelwurzSlo.: purpurna movirnica Dat.: August 10. 2011Lat.: 45.72706 Long.: 14.38057 (WGS84)Code: Bot_542/2001_IMG6228Habitat: Mixed forest with little or no ground vegetation; growing under Picea abies; almost flat terrain; humid place in dark shade; partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, elevation 570 m (1.870 feet); average precipitations ~ 1.800-2.00 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, Dinaric phytogeographical region. Substratum: soil.Place: South of the Cerknica intermittent lake, south of the local road from Village Otok to village Laze pri Gornjem Jezeru, Notranjska, Slovenia EC Comment: Epipactis purpurata is usually growing in dark forests having closed canopies and almost no ground vegetation. The stout plants grow from extensive rootstocks, often in clumps of stems. They may look quite variously and by no means always violet or purple as their names suggest. More often a general appearance is greenish with olive tint and eventually with some parts having purple-violet tint (Ref.:5). The species is to variable degree dependent on mycorrhizal relation with plants and may therefore contain different amount of chlorophyll. Hence their color may vary from green to completely pink or purple. The species is rare in Slovenia (Ref.:8) and also in most other countries (Ref.:4).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, www.orhideje.si(2) M.A. Fischer, W. Adler, K. Oswald, Exkursionsflora fr sterreich, Liechtenstein und Sdtirol, LO Landesmuseen, Linz, Austria (2005), p 1033.(3) A. Martini et all., Mala Flora Slovenije (Flora of Slovenia - Key) (in Slovenian), Tehnina Zaloba Slovenije (2007), p 767. (4) www.aho-bayern.de/epipactis/ep_purp.html (accessed August 31. 2020)(5) www.orchidsofbritainandeurope.co.uk/Epipactis%20purpurata... (accessed August 31. 2020)(6) H. Baumann, S. Kuenkele, R.Lorenz, Orchideen Europas, Ulmer (2006), p 97.(7) H. Kretzschmar, Die Orchideen Deutschlands und angrenzenden Lander, Quelle Meyer (2008), p 142.(8) B. Dolinar, Kukavievke v Sloveniji (Orchidaceae of Slovenia) (in Slovenian), Pipinova Knjiga (2015), p 81.

Epipactis purpurata Sm., syn.: Helleborine purpurata (Sm.) Druce, Epipactis latifolia subsp. purpurata (Sm.) K. Richt., Epipactis halacsyi Robatsch, Epipactis pollinensis B. Baumann & H. Baumann, Epipactis sessilifolia Peterm., Epipactis violacea (Dur.-Doq.) Boreau, Epipactis viridiflora (Hoffm.) Krock. and about 40 other names including lower taxaFamily: OrchidaceaeEN: Violet Helleborine, DE: Violette StendelwurzSlo.: purpurna movirnica Dat.: August 10. 2011Lat.: 45.72706 Long.: 14.38057 (WGS84)Code: Bot_542/2001_IMG6228Habitat: Mixed forest with little or no ground vegetation; growing under Picea abies; almost flat terrain; humid place in dark shade; partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, elevation 570 m (1.870 feet); average precipitations ~ 1.800-2.00 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, Dinaric phytogeographical region. Substratum: soil.Place: South of the Cerknica intermittent lake, south of the local road from Village Otok to village Laze pri Gornjem Jezeru, Notranjska, Slovenia EC Comment: Epipactis purpurata is usually growing in dark forests having closed canopies and almost no ground vegetation. The stout plants grow from extensive rootstocks, often in clumps of stems. They may look quite variously and by no means always violet or purple as their names suggest. More often a general appearance is greenish with olive tint and eventually with some parts having purple-violet tint (Ref.:5). The species is to variable degree dependent on mycorrhizal relation with plants and may therefore contain different amount of chlorophyll. Hence their color may vary from green to completely pink or purple. The species is rare in Slovenia (Ref.:8) and also in most other countries (Ref.:4).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, www.orhideje.si(2) M.A. Fischer, W. Adler, K. Oswald, Exkursionsflora fr sterreich, Liechtenstein und Sdtirol, LO Landesmuseen, Linz, Austria (2005), p 1033.(3) A. Martini et all., Mala Flora Slovenije (Flora of Slovenia - Key) (in Slovenian), Tehnina Zaloba Slovenije (2007), p 767. (4) www.aho-bayern.de/epipactis/ep_purp.html (accessed August 31. 2020)(5) www.orchidsofbritainandeurope.co.uk/Epipactis%20purpurata... (accessed August 31. 2020)(6) H. Baumann, S. Kuenkele, R.Lorenz, Orchideen Europas, Ulmer (2006), p 97.(7) H. Kretzschmar, Die Orchideen Deutschlands und angrenzenden Lander, Quelle Meyer (2008), p 142.(8) B. Dolinar, Kukavievke v Sloveniji (Orchidaceae of Slovenia) (in Slovenian), Pipinova Knjiga (2015), p 81.

Epipactis purpurata Sm., syn.: Helleborine purpurata (Sm.) Druce, Epipactis latifolia subsp. purpurata (Sm.) K. Richt., Epipactis halacsyi Robatsch, Epipactis pollinensis B. Baumann & H. Baumann, Epipactis sessilifolia Peterm., Epipactis violacea (Dur.-Doq.) Boreau, Epipactis viridiflora (Hoffm.) Krock. and about 40 other names including lower taxaFamily: OrchidaceaeEN: Violet Helleborine, DE: Violette StendelwurzSlo.: purpurna movirnica Dat.: August 10. 2011Lat.: 45.72706 Long.: 14.38057 (WGS84)Code: Bot_542/2001_IMG6228Habitat: Mixed forest with little or no ground vegetation; growing under Picea abies; almost flat terrain; humid place in dark shade; partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, elevation 570 m (1.870 feet); average precipitations ~ 1.800-2.00 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, Dinaric phytogeographical region. Substratum: soil.Place: South of the Cerknica intermittent lake, south of the local road from Village Otok to village Laze pri Gornjem Jezeru, Notranjska, Slovenia EC Comment: Epipactis purpurata is usually growing in dark forests having closed canopies and almost no ground vegetation. The stout plants grow from extensive rootstocks, often in clumps of stems. They may look quite variously and by no means always violet or purple as their names suggest. More often a general appearance is greenish with olive tint and eventually with some parts having purple-violet tint (Ref.:5). The species is to variable degree dependent on mycorrhizal relation with plants and may therefore contain different amount of chlorophyll. Hence their color may vary from green to completely pink or purple. The species is rare in Slovenia (Ref.:8) and also in most other countries (Ref.:4).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, www.orhideje.si(2) M.A. Fischer, W. Adler, K. Oswald, Exkursionsflora fr sterreich, Liechtenstein und Sdtirol, LO Landesmuseen, Linz, Austria (2005), p 1033.(3) A. Martini et all., Mala Flora Slovenije (Flora of Slovenia - Key) (in Slovenian), Tehnina Zaloba Slovenije (2007), p 767. (4) www.aho-bayern.de/epipactis/ep_purp.html (accessed August 31. 2020)(5) www.orchidsofbritainandeurope.co.uk/Epipactis%20purpurata... (accessed August 31. 2020)(6) H. Baumann, S. Kuenkele, R.Lorenz, Orchideen Europas, Ulmer (2006), p 97.(7) H. Kretzschmar, Die Orchideen Deutschlands und angrenzenden Lander, Quelle Meyer (2008), p 142.(8) B. Dolinar, Kukavievke v Sloveniji (Orchidaceae of Slovenia) (in Slovenian), Pipinova Knjiga (2015), p 81.

Epipactis purpurata Sm., syn.: Helleborine purpurata (Sm.) Druce, Epipactis latifolia subsp. purpurata (Sm.) K. Richt., Epipactis halacsyi Robatsch, Epipactis pollinensis B. Baumann & H. Baumann, Epipactis sessilifolia Peterm., Epipactis violacea (Dur.-Doq.) Boreau, Epipactis viridiflora (Hoffm.) Krock. and about 40 other names including lower taxaFamily: OrchidaceaeEN: Violet Helleborine, DE: Violette StendelwurzSlo.: purpurna movirnica Dat.: August 10. 2011Lat.: 45.72706 Long.: 14.38057 (WGS84)Code: Bot_542/2001_IMG6228Habitat: Mixed forest with little or no ground vegetation; growing under Picea abies; almost flat terrain; humid place in dark shade; partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, elevation 570 m (1.870 feet); average precipitations ~ 1.800-2.00 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, Dinaric phytogeographical region. Substratum: soil.Place: South of the Cerknica intermittent lake, south of the local road from Village Otok to village Laze pri Gornjem Jezeru, Notranjska, Slovenia EC Comment: Epipactis purpurata is usually growing in dark forests having closed canopies and almost no ground vegetation. The stout plants grow from extensive rootstocks, often in clumps of stems. They may look quite variously and by no means always violet or purple as their names suggest. More often a general appearance is greenish with olive tint and eventually with some parts having purple-violet tint (Ref.:5). The species is to variable degree dependent on mycorrhizal relation with plants and may therefore contain different amount of chlorophyll. Hence their color may vary from green to completely pink or purple. The species is rare in Slovenia (Ref.:8) and also in most other countries (Ref.:4).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, www.orhideje.si(2) M.A. Fischer, W. Adler, K. Oswald, Exkursionsflora fr sterreich, Liechtenstein und Sdtirol, LO Landesmuseen, Linz, Austria (2005), p 1033.(3) A. Martini et all., Mala Flora Slovenije (Flora of Slovenia - Key) (in Slovenian), Tehnina Zaloba Slovenije (2007), p 767. (4) www.aho-bayern.de/epipactis/ep_purp.html (accessed August 31. 2020)(5) www.orchidsofbritainandeurope.co.uk/Epipactis%20purpurata... (accessed August 31. 2020)(6) H. Baumann, S. Kuenkele, R.Lorenz, Orchideen Europas, Ulmer (2006), p 97.(7) H. Kretzschmar, Die Orchideen Deutschlands und angrenzenden Lander, Quelle Meyer (2008), p 142.(8) B. Dolinar, Kukavievke v Sloveniji (Orchidaceae of Slovenia) (in Slovenian), Pipinova Knjiga (2015), p 81.

Abbildungen der in Deutschland und den angrenzenden gebieten vorkommenden grundformen der orchideenartenBerlin,R. Friedlnder & sohn,1904.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15349948

Epipactis palustris (L.) Crantz, syn.: Helleborine palustris (L.) Schrank, Serapias palustris L.) Mill.Marsh Helleborine, DE: Weie SumpfwurzSlo.: navadna movirnicaDat.: June 29. 2015Lat.: 46.37093 Long.: 13.73129Code: Bot_895/2015_IMG8720Habitat: unmaintained grassland, not mowed or fertilized for a long time, near river Soa, flat terrain, open sunny place, alluvial, calcareous ground, shallow ground water, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, elevation 570 m (1.850 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. Substratum: soil.Place: Lower Trenta valley, somewhat downstream of village Trenta, northwest of the road Bovec - Vri, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comment: Epipactis palustris is one of the species of genus Epipactis, which is easy to find and properly determine. It is not so with other numerous members of this genus. Epipactis palustris also belongs to the three species (along with Epipactis atrorubens and Epipactis helleborine), which are the most frequent and wide spread in Slovenia and in the Alps and other European mountains and also outside of them. The plant loves humid places and calcareous ground. It is spread mostly at low elevations but can occasionally climb up to subalpine elevations. The flowers are relatively large and with little doubt the most beautiful in the genus. Picture 7 shows them in buds. They were growing in large groups of several ten plants along with Gymnadenia conopsea ssp. conopsea, Neotinea ustulata (syn.: Orchis ustulata), Gymnadenia odoratissima and Epipactis atrorubens. 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). 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) B.Dolinar, Kukavievke v Sloveniji (Orchidaceae of Slovenia) (in Slovenian), Pipinova Knjiga (2015), p 77.(2) A. Martini et all., Mala Flora Slovenije (Flora of Slovenia - Key) (in Slovenian), Tehnina Zaloba Slovenije (2007) (in Slovene), p 763. (3) D. Aeschimann, K. Lauber, D.M. Moser, J.P. Theurillat, Flora Alpina, Vol. 2., Haupt (2004), p 1098.(4) H.Kretzschmar, Die Orchideen Deutschlands und angrenzenden Lander, Quelle Meyer (2008), p 136.(5) H.Baumann, S. Kuenkele, R.Lorenz, Orchideen Europas, Ulmer (2006), p 89.

Ayodar, Valencia, Spain

2011-07-17 Lower Austria, district Wiener Neustadt Land (Mamauwiese - wet meadow, 950 msm Quadrant 8161/3).German name: Sumpf-Stndelwurz

Sand Dunes at Aberffraw , Anglesey. UK

Epipactis palustris (L.) Crantz, syn.: Helleborine palustris (L.) Schrank, Serapias palustris L.) Mill.Marsh Helleborine, DE: Weie SumpfwurzSlo.: navadna movirnicaDat.: June 29. 2015Lat.: 46.37093 Long.: 13.73129Code: Bot_895/2015_IMG8720Habitat: unmaintained grassland, not mowed or fertilized for a long time, near river Soa, flat terrain, open sunny place, alluvial, calcareous ground, shallow ground water, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, elevation 570 m (1.850 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. Substratum: soil.Place: Lower Trenta valley, somewhat downstream of village Trenta, northwest of the road Bovec - Vri, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comment: Epipactis palustris is one of the species of genus Epipactis, which is easy to find and properly determine. It is not so with other numerous members of this genus. Epipactis palustris also belongs to the three species (along with Epipactis atrorubens and Epipactis helleborine), which are the most frequent and wide spread in Slovenia and in the Alps and other European mountains and also outside of them. The plant loves humid places and calcareous ground. It is spread mostly at low elevations but can occasionally climb up to subalpine elevations. The flowers are relatively large and with little doubt the most beautiful in the genus. Picture 7 shows them in buds. They were growing in large groups of several ten plants along with Gymnadenia conopsea ssp. conopsea, Neotinea ustulata (syn.: Orchis ustulata), Gymnadenia odoratissima and Epipactis atrorubens. 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). 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) B.Dolinar, Kukavievke v Sloveniji (Orchidaceae of Slovenia) (in Slovenian), Pipinova Knjiga (2015), p 77.(2) A. Martini et all., Mala Flora Slovenije (Flora of Slovenia - Key) (in Slovenian), Tehnina Zaloba Slovenije (2007) (in Slovene), p 763. (3) D. Aeschimann, K. Lauber, D.M. Moser, J.P. Theurillat, Flora Alpina, Vol. 2., Haupt (2004), p 1098.(4) H.Kretzschmar, Die Orchideen Deutschlands und angrenzenden Lander, Quelle Meyer (2008), p 136.(5) H.Baumann, S. Kuenkele, R.Lorenz, Orchideen Europas, Ulmer (2006), p 89.

2011-07-27 Vienna XXII. district - Danube National Park (Lobau, 153 msm Quadrant 7864/2).Fruit.

Epipactis palustris (L.) Crantz, syn.: Helleborine palustris (L.) Schrank, Serapias palustris L.) Mill.Marsh Helleborine, DE: Weie SumpfwurzSlo.: navadna movirnicaDat.: June 18. 2015Lat.: 46.37093 Long.: 13.73129Code: Bot_888/2015_IMG8398Habitat: unmaintained grassland, not mowed or fertilized for a long time, near river Soa, flat terrain, open sunny place, alluvial, calcareous ground, shallow ground water, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, elevation 570 m (1.850 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. Substratum: soil.Place: Lower Trenta valley, somewhat downstream of village Trenta, northwest of the road Bovec - Vri, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comment: Epipactis palustris is one of the species of genus Epipactis, which is easy to find and properly determine. It is not so with other numerous members of this genus. Epipactis palustris also belongs to the three species (along with Epipactis atrorubens and Epipactis helleborine), which are the most frequent and wide spread in Slovenia and in the Alps and other European mountains and also outside of them. The plant loves humid places and calcareous ground. It is spread mostly at low elevations but can occasionally climb up to subalpine elevations. The flowers are relatively large and with little doubt the most beautiful in the genus. Picture 10 shows them in buds. They were growing in large groups of several ten plants along with with other wild orchids Gymnadenia conopsea ssp. conopsea, Neotinea ustulata (syn.: Orchis ustulata), Gymnadenia odoratissima and Epipactis atrorubens. 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). 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) B.Dolinar, Kukavievke v Sloveniji (Orchidaceae of Slovenia) (in Slovenian), Pipinova Knjiga (2015), p 77.(2) A. Martini et all., Mala Flora Slovenije (Flora of Slovenia - Key) (in Slovenian), Tehnina Zaloba Slovenije (2007) (in Slovene), p 763. (3) D. Aeschimann, K. Lauber, D.M. Moser, J.P. Theurillat, Flora Alpina, Vol. 2., Haupt (2004), p 1098.(4) H.Kretzschmar, Die Orchideen Deutschlands und angrenzenden Lander, Quelle Meyer (2008), p 136.(5) H.Baumann, S. Kuenkele, R.Lorenz, Orchideen Europas, Ulmer (2006), p 89.

Landkreis Traunstein, Bavaria, Germany