Nigritella-miniata_12

Description:

Nigritella miniata (Crantz) Janch., syn.: Gymnadenia miniata (Krantz) Hayek, Gymnadenia rubra Wettst., Nigritella rubra (Wettst.) Richt., Nigritella nigra ssp. rubra (Wettst.) Beauverd, Nigritella bicolor FoelscheRed Vanilla Orchid, DE: Rotes KohlrschenSlo.: rdea murkaDat.: July 8. 2011Lat.: 46.33803 Long.: 13.82775 Elevation 1.950 m 6.400 feet.Code: Bot_532/2011_DSC8469Habitat: alpine grassland, calcareous ground; open place, full sun, exposed to direct rain, elevation from 1.890 m (6.200 feet) to 1.950 m (6.400 feet), average precipitations about 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 0-2 deg C, alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: soil.Place: Lazovki preval pass, below Mt. Debeli vrh, close to the trail from Planina Laz to Lazovki preval pass, East Julian Alps, Gorenjska, Slovenia EC. Comment: Lazovki preval pass and Ogradi Mountains are full of these beautiful, wild and nicely smelling high mountain orchids. Apart of numerous Nigritella miniata one can find also even more abundant Nigritella rhellicani and Nigritella widderi and may be some other Nigritella species too, which depends on how one treats taxonomy of these jewels. All of them a generally considered as rare plants. Taxonomy is still far from being settled and agreed upon among specialists. Variability of traits is large and small, often inconsistent morphological differences are decisive or are supposed to be decisive. Even genus Nigritella itself is questionable today based on interpretation of DNA evidence. Protected according to: Uredba o zavarovanih prostoiveih rastlinskih vrstah, poglavje A, Uradni list RS, t. 46/2004 (Regulation of protected wild plants, chapter A, Official Gazette of Republic Slovenia, no. 46/2004), (2004). Also enclosed in the Slovene Red List of rare and endangered species, marked by "R" representing a rare species.Ref.:(1) H. Baumann, S. Kuenkele, R.Lorenz, Orchideen Europas, Ulmer (2006), p 136.(2) B. Dolinar, Kukavievke v Sloveniji (Orchidaceae of Slovenia) (in Slovenian), Pipinova Knjiga (2015), p 119.(3) H. Kretzschmar, Die Orchideen Deutschlands und angrenzenden Lander, Quelle Meyer (2008), p 184.(4) M.A. Fischer, W. Adler, K. Oswald, Exkursionsflora fr sterreich, Liechtenstein und Sdtirol, LO Landesmuseen, Linz, Austria (2005), p 1044.(5) A. Martini et all., Mala Flora Slovenije (Flora of Slovenia - Key) (in Slovenian), Tehnina Zaloba Slovenije (2007), p 773.