Herminium monorchis

 Her mon 1              Her mon 2

Herminium monorchis                     
     
taxonomy        described by (Linnaeus)  Brown, Robert  &  Aitken, John B.
  published in Hortus Kewensis   5 : 191    1813
    or, a Catalogue of the Cultivated Plants in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew . London
     
  family Orchidaceae
  subfamily Orchidoideae
  tribe Orchideae
  subtribe Habenariinae
  genus Herminium  Linnaeus 1758
  chromosomes 40  (Tropicos / IPCN) 
     
native of origins wet meadows and marshes in Brumano, Oltre il Colle, Onore e Valtorta - rare
     
    Her mon 3  CFCE grid map
     
  altitude 750 - 1200 m  (2475 - 3960 ft)
     
  exposure Her mon 4
     
the plant life form geophyte
  roots     two or three hemispherical tuberoids
  nr. leaves 2 - 3
  height 10 - 30 cm  (4" - 12")
  nr. flowers 20 - 40, fragrants
  blooming may to august
 

index of rarity   

96,19
     
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