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Tag: Ophrys

conferences

Orchid conference in Neumuehl: Rescue mission in Switzerland

Posted on 11. November 2018

An unusual rescue mission in the canton Zurich was subject of the 2018 orchids conference in Kehl-Neumuehl, Germany. In this Swiss region, nutrient-poor grassla...

findings

Orchids “adapt” to colour preferences of pollinators

Posted on 7. January 2018

This hypothesis has been formulated by Hannes Paulus in a contribution for the latest edition of the Journal Europäischer Orchideen (Hannes F. Paulus: Zur Bestä...

field trips

Ophrys pigmentation demonstrates bilateral symmetry

Posted on 10. December 2016

While travelling in Attica, Greece, Marco Klüber photographed this special Ophrys helenae which demonstrates the bilateral symmetry of orchid flowers. The left ...

conferences/findings

orchids conference in Sundheim 2: Floral photosynthesis

Posted on 20. October 2016

Why are Ophrys flowers with a defect in pigment production yellowish-greenish and not white as it’s the case with Orchis, Dactylorhiza or other genera? I&...

field trips

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...

history

on the trails of Ignaz Friedrich Tausch

Posted on 23. October 2012

On the occasion of a visit to Prague I looked up some specimens at the Charles University Herbarium (PRC). In order to help a friend, I searched for the holotyp...

conferences

Sundheim Orchid Conference 2012

Posted on 15. October 2012

Two great publication projects about European orchids are being prepared which will meet high expectations. At the 16th Orchid Conference in Sundheim (near Kehl...

Uncategorized

Richard Bateman on stability and change

Posted on 6. November 2011

Still looking for any hints to shed some light on the albiflora phenomenon, I visited Richard Bateman in London. The white-flowered morphs “are of greates...

literature

Ophrys speculum f. flavescens

Posted on 16. April 2011

In the latest issue of “Berichte aus den Arbeitskreisen Heimische Orchideen” (27/2, 2010), Klaus Boie presents a rare hypochrome form of Ophrys spec...

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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