Ophrys sphegodes!
Never before I had seen an apochrome spider-orchid. Now I have encountered this special plant for the first time in the beginning of May at the Northern edge of...
Category: field trips
Trentino: Orchis simia f. albiflora
At the Northern edge of the lake Garda, Monte Brione is towering, a distinctive rock massif with steep slopes on three sides. Visiting the area at the end of Ap...
Loss of pigment with Himantoglossum adriaticum
Himantoglossum hircinum and Himantoglossum robertianum belong to the most common orchid species in southern Europe. In case of both species there are regularly ...
always beautiful: Gymnadenia conopsea f. albiflora
A region in the Steiermark, in the Austrian Alps, is the aim of a second hike in the mountains in Corona year 2020. On the Tauplitz-Alm I am mainly interested i...
Albiflora abundance with Anacamptis palustris
In most regions of its distribution area Anacamptis palustris (synonyms: Orchis palustris, Paludorchis palustris) is highly endangered, because fens and wet mea...
Orchis pauciflora with reduced carotenoid pigments
Among a population of about one thousand Orchis pauciflora in Southern Croatia, Bariša Ilić from Metković found 8 plants with almost white flowers. Their bright...
Comeback for the white Orchis militaris
In 2006, I first observed a white-flowered Orchis militaris in a grassland area near Frankfurt. It re-appeared in five following years. Last time I have seen it...
Colony of Orchis quadripunctata f. albiflora
Orchis quadripunctata is a more than common species in mid Dalmatia. For more than ten years, Robert Crnković is looking for white, albiflora examples among num...
Albiflora spring in Dalmatia
Time and again, you can see the strong inflorescences of Himantoglossum robertianum in its hypochrome form. Jadranka Gubaš has now detected five of those plants...
Albiflora forms on Alpine meadows
A highlight of the field trip to the Alpine region of Eastern Tyrol is a plant which on first sight appears as a stronger Pseudorchis albida. There are many of ...