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 ...
Tag: Austria
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 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 ...
Gymnadenia conopsea x Nigritella rhellicani with white flowers
In the latest edition of the Berichte aus den Arbeitskreisen Heimische Orchideen (Jg 34, Heft 2, 2017, S.123-145), Norbert Griebl presents the diversity of alpi...
Albiflora forms of Orchis in Austria
Two white flowered forms of Orchis are presented by Norbert Griebl in the latest edition of “Berichte aus den Arbeitskreisen Heimische Orchideen” (2...
Colour AND form variety of Anacamptis morio
Oops, that’s a quite special Anacamptis morio which Norbert Griebl has found near Sittendorf, southwest of Vienna. In addition to the absence of anthocyan...
Rare albiflora form of Orchis spitzelii
In OrchideenJournal 3/2009, Josefa and Richard Thoma describe how they have found two white flowering plants of Orchis spitzelii for the first time in a region ...
Flower colour matters
The females of this crab spider (Misumena vatia) can change their colour depending on the colour of the flower where they sit and wait for a prey. On a white fl...
Dactylorhiza traunsteineri
The magazine of the Arbeitskreise Heimische Orchideen (AHO) has an article of Norbert Griebl in its latest edition giving an overview about the Dactylorhiza spe...