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...
Tag: Orchis
Albiflora orchids on Gotland
There have been a couple of botanical travel reports from Gotland with findings of white-flowered orchids, especially of Dactylorhiza incarnata. This year, I...
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...
Albiflora abundance on Sardinia
There are two forms of albiflora mutations with orchids: the spontaneous growth of a white-flowered form as the consequence of a genetical defect in the process...
new year greetings from Croatian island Korčula
Starting into 2015 I received a nice mail from Mirjana and Nebojša Jeričević living on the Dalmatian island of Korčula. They sent me photos of albiflora forms o...
Orchis olbiensis – Andalusian chromatics
Orchis olbiensis has a colourful and a light variety, as it is stated by Kretzschmar/Eccarius/Dietrich in “Die Orchideengattungen Anacamptis, Orchis, Neot...
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...
on the trails of Ignaz Friedrich Tausch
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...
Albiflora studies on the Crimean Peninsula
Exploring the Crimean Pensinsula for orchids, species like Comperia comperiana, Steveniella satyrioides or Orchis punctulata are especially noteworthy. Albiflor...
Colour influences pollinator behaviour
Form and function of the flower organs are the main focus of the new fascinating book The Flower of the European Orchid by Jean Claessens and Jacques Kleynen. I...