Orchis purpurea f. albiflora in Eastern Hesse
Four decades after founding the Arbeitskreises Heimische Orchideen (AHO) Hessen (working group of native orchids Hesse) (on 3.3.1979), a conference in Sontra lo...
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Albiflora couple in the valley of Kinzig
With Orchis mascula, the albiflora forms are not rare. But in many cases the pattern of violet points is preserved in the lips – even if the production of...
The dynamics of evolution on the Dactylorhiza meadow
Seven years after my first observations on a meadow in the valley of the small river Bieber in the northern region of the Spessart mountains I visit this specia...
Vividly interacting: Dactylorhiza fuchsii and majalis
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...
Three albino plants of Cephalanthera damasonium
It is well studied that Cephalanthera damasonium belongs to those orchids which can live without chlorophyllum – together with other species of the tribe ...
Mass population of Dactylorhiza fuchsii f. albiflora
In addition to the Irish region of The Burren and the Hesse location of Biebergemuend there is a further location where Dactylorhiza fuchsii tends to white-flow...
Colour matters – a spider’s relationship with Cypripedium calceolus
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...
Cephalanthera rubra f. albiflora revisited
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...
Even more fuchsii diversity
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...
Partial albiflora form with Dactylorhiza majalis
Studying a marsh with about 2,000 Broad-Leaved Marsh Orchids (Dactylorhiza majalis) at the Southern edge of the Rhoen region in Germany I saw a group of three a...