Pink ball orchis

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Pink ball orchis
Pink spherical orchids (Traunsteinera globosa) in the Tatra Mountains

Pink spherical orchids
( Traunsteinera globosa ) in the Tatra Mountains

Systematics
Family : Orchids (orchidaceae)
Subfamily : Orchidoideae
Tribe : Orchideae
Sub tribus : Orchidinae (Platantherinae)
Genre : Sphere Orchis ( Traunsteinera )
Type : Pink ball orchis
Scientific name
Traunsteinera globosa
( L. ) Rchb.

The Pink Kugelorchis ( Traunsteinera globosa ), also Kugelorchis or ball orchid called, is a plant type from the kind of Kugelorchis ( Traunsteinera ) in the family of orchids (Orchidaceae).

features

The pink ball orchid is a perennial, herbaceous plant that reaches heights of about 20 to 60 centimeters. Four to six lanceolate leaves of a bluish green color are distributed upright on the thin stem. The initially pyramidal inflorescence becomes hemispherical to ovoid later. The inflorescence is very dense and floriferous.

The flowers are pink with purple spots on the lip. The sepals are drawn out with a button-like tip. The central lobe of the three-lobed lip has an attached tip. The cylindrical spur is shorter than the ovary.

The flowering period is from June to July.

Other features

The number of chromosomes is 2n = 42.

Pink Orchis ( Traunsteinera globosa )

distribution

Area

The distribution area includes the European mountains from the Pyrenees to the Balkans and to the Caucasus. The species occurs from the colline to the subalpine altitude range . In Germany, it rises in the Alps to 2150 m above sea level. It occurs in the Allgäu Alps between 850 and 2150 meters above sea level. At the Linkerskopf in Bavaria it reaches an altitude of 2150 meters. According to Baumann and Künkele , the species has the following altitude limits in the Alpine countries: Germany 420–2110 meters, France 570–2600 meters, Switzerland 450–2630 meters, Liechtenstein 430–2100 meters, Austria 360–2200 meters, Italy 390–2500 meters, Slovenia 250-1840 meters. In Europe, the species occurs between 250 and 2630 meters above sea level. In Austria the species can be found scattered. It is missing in Burgenland and is extinct in Vienna.

Locations

The lime-loving plant prefers fresh limestone grasslands or mountain meadows as a location, and wild hay slopes in the subalpine altitude range. It thrives in societies of the associations Caricion ferrugineae, Calamagrostion, Mesobromion or Polygono-Trisetion.

Systematics and taxonomy

The genus Traunsteinera Rchb. includes only two species, Traunsteinera globosa and Traunsteinera sphaerica (M.Bieb.) Schltr. Traunsteinera sphaerica occurs from central and eastern Turkey to the Caucasus. This species thrives there in fresh mountain meadows and light forests at altitudes between 1600 and 2600 meters above sea level.

Synonyms of Traunsteinera globosa (L.) Rchb. are Orchis globosa L. , Nigritella globosa (L.) Rchb. and Orchis halleri Crantz .

Sources and further information

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Erich Oberdorfer : Plant-sociological excursion flora for Germany and neighboring areas . With the collaboration of Angelika Schwabe and Theo Müller. 8th, heavily revised and expanded edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3131-5 , pp.  278-279 .
  2. ↑ a b Rafaël Govaerts (Ed.): Traunsteinera. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved December 18, 2016.
  3. ↑ Erhard Dörr, Wolfgang Lippert : Flora of the Allgäu and its surroundings. Volume 1, IHW, Eching 2001, ISBN 3-930167-50-6 , pp. 371-372.
  4. ↑ a b Helmut Baumann , Siegfried Künkele : Orchidaceae . In: Oskar Sebald u. a .: The fern and flowering plants of Baden-Württemberg . 1st edition Volume 8, page 374. Verlag Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 1998. ISBN 3-8001-3359-8
  5. ^ Helmut Baumann , Siegfried Künkele and Richard Lorenz: Orchids in Europe with adjacent areas . Verlag Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart, 2006. ISBN 978-3-8001-4162-3 . Page 304.

literature

The article is mainly based on the following documents:

  • Muer, Angerer: Alpine plants. Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-8001-3374-1
  • Manfred A. Fischer , Wolfgang Adler, Karl Oswald: Excursion flora for Austria, Liechtenstein and South Tyrol. 2nd, improved and enlarged edition. State of Upper Austria, Biology Center of the Upper Austrian State Museums, Linz 2005, ISBN 3-85474-140-5 .

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