Neottia nidus-avis_16
Neottia nidus-avis
Bird's-nest Orchid
Slo.: rjava gnezdovnica
Date: April 28. 2008 and
May 06. 2008
Lat.: 46.33637 Long.: 13.56961
Code: Bot_259/2008_DSC7529
Habitat: Top of a hill, mixed forest, cretaceous clastic rock (flysh) bedrock, in shade, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 510 m (1.700 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.
Substratum: soil with fungi mycelium.
Place: Bovec basin, Ravelnik hill, East Julian Alps, Posočje, Slovenia EC
Comment: Obligate mycoheterotrophic non-photosynthetic orchid Neottia nidus-avis is a kind of epiparasite (the one that feeds on another parasite) since it takes energy from fungi that in turn get their energy from vascular plants in the context of a common mycorrhizal relation. Enlisted in the Slovene Red List of rare and endangered species, marked by "V" representing a vulnerable species.
Ref:
(1) O.Sebald, S.Seybold, G.Philippi, A.Wöerz, eds., Die Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Bade-Württembergs, Ulmer, Band 8. (1998), pp 322.
(2) M.A.Fischer, W.Adler, K.Oswald, Exkursionsflora Oesterreich Liechtenstein, Suedtirol, LO Landesmuseen, Linz, Austria (2005), p 1037.
(3) H.Baumann, S. Kuenkele, R.Lorenz, Orchideen Europas, Ulmer (2006), p 128.
Neottia nidus-avis_16
Neottia nidus-avis
Bird's-nest Orchid
Slo.: rjava gnezdovnica
Date: April 28. 2008 and
May 06. 2008
Lat.: 46.33637 Long.: 13.56961
Code: Bot_259/2008_DSC7529
Habitat: Top of a hill, mixed forest, cretaceous clastic rock (flysh) bedrock, in shade, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 510 m (1.700 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.
Substratum: soil with fungi mycelium.
Place: Bovec basin, Ravelnik hill, East Julian Alps, Posočje, Slovenia EC
Comment: Obligate mycoheterotrophic non-photosynthetic orchid Neottia nidus-avis is a kind of epiparasite (the one that feeds on another parasite) since it takes energy from fungi that in turn get their energy from vascular plants in the context of a common mycorrhizal relation. Enlisted in the Slovene Red List of rare and endangered species, marked by "V" representing a vulnerable species.
Ref:
(1) O.Sebald, S.Seybold, G.Philippi, A.Wöerz, eds., Die Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Bade-Württembergs, Ulmer, Band 8. (1998), pp 322.
(2) M.A.Fischer, W.Adler, K.Oswald, Exkursionsflora Oesterreich Liechtenstein, Suedtirol, LO Landesmuseen, Linz, Austria (2005), p 1037.
(3) H.Baumann, S. Kuenkele, R.Lorenz, Orchideen Europas, Ulmer (2006), p 128.