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a dream in green and white: Ophrys apifera in Basel

Posted on 6. June 2014

Finally, I’ve met her: The bee orchid at the Rhine port of Basel which has been described as Ophrys apifera var. basiliensis – in 2006, Paul Delforg...

field trips/findings

Albiflora forms of Dactylorhiza saccifera and cordigera

Posted on 1. September 2013

Though Dactylorhiza fuchsii is developing albiflora forms more often than other European orchids, especially in certain regions (Ireland, some German regions), ...

field trips

In the bog of white orchids

Posted on 14. July 2012

Most orchid species don’t like acid boglands – but there are two rare exceptions: One is geographically widely distributed from Belgium to Northwest...

field trips

Vividly interacting: Dactylorhiza fuchsii and majalis

Posted on 23. June 2012

Orchid locations are constantly changing: On a meadow last visited in 2010, the number of Dactylorhiza fuchsii has been quite smaller this year. Now, there have...

field trips

Three albino plants of Cephalanthera damasonium

Posted on 18. June 2012

It is well studied that Cephalanthera damasonium belongs to those orchids which can live without chlorophyllum – together with other species of the tribe ...

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Colour matters – a spider’s relationship with Cypripedium calceolus

Posted on 24. May 2012

Misumena vatia, a crab spider has developed a special relationship with orchids. Sitting on an albiflora form of Dactylorhiza fuchsii it wears its white body, a...

field trips

Colour plays with Nigritella rhellicani

Posted on 17. July 2011

In July, the dark red heads of Nigritella rhellicani (syn: Nigritella nigra ssp. rhellicani) are covering many alpine meadows. In some rare places, the flowers ...

field trips

Albiflora studies on the Crimean Peninsula

Posted on 3. June 2011

Exploring the Crimean Pensinsula for orchids, species like Comperia comperiana, Steveniella satyrioides or Orchis punctulata are especially noteworthy. Albiflor...

field trips

Cephalanthera rubra f. albiflora revisited

Posted on 1. August 2010

This year I had the chance to visit the white flowering form of Cephalanthera rubra in the Hesse part of the Rhoen some days earlier than last year. But first I...

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Even more fuchsii diversity

Posted on 20. June 2010

Similar to The Burren there are also some continental locations where Dactylorhiza fuchsii tends to develop white or at least bright flowers. In the Belgian pro...

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