Orchis anthropophora

Orc ant 1      

Orchis anthropophora              
      
(Aceras anthropophorum)    
     
taxonomy       described by (Linnaeus)  Allioni, Carlo
  published in Flora Pedemontana  2 : 148    1785
     
  family  Orchidaceae 
  subfamily Orchidoideae 
  tribe  Orchideae 
  subtribe Orchidinae 
  genus  Orchis  Linnaeus 1753 
  chromosomes  42  (GIROS) 
     
native of origins margins of thermophilous woods and dry meadows - the lower Seriana and Valcavallina Valley  to Albino,
Bagnatica, Nembro, Gorlago, Vigano S.Martino - rare
     
    Orc ant 3
     
  altitude  300 - 500 m (990 - 1650 ft)
     
  exposure Orc ant 4
     
the plant  life form geophyte 
  roots    two large tuberoids
  nr. leaves 6 - 8
  height  15 - 40 cm  (6" - 16")
  nr. flowers 20 - 50 
  blooming april to may           
  index of rarity     97,14 
     
CITES appendix II

NOTE! This site uses cookies and similar technologies.

If you not change browser settings, you agree to it.

I understand