Milky white orchid

Milky white orchid
	Milky white orchid ( Neotinea lactea ) from Rhodes
Systematics
Family :	Orchids (orchidaceae)
Subfamily :	Orchidoideae
Tribe :	Orchideae
Sub tribus :	Orchidinae
Genre :	Neotinea
Type :	Milky white orchid
Scientific name
	Neotinea lactea
	( Poir. ) RMBateman, Pridgeon & MWChase

The milk White Orchid ( Neotinea lactea (Poir.) RMBateman, Pridgeon & MWChase , Syn .: Orchis lactea Poir. ) Is a plant from the family of orchids (Orchidaceae). It used to be counted it to the genus of orchids ( Orchis ). According to recent molecular genetic research, the species is now included in the genus Neotinea .

description

The milk white orchid is a perennial , herbaceous plant that reaches heights of 7 to 20 centimeters. The stem is strong. The 6 to 8 leaves are light green and unspotted or barely spotted. The basal leaves are 4 to 9 inches long, 1.5 to 2.5 inches wide and broadly ovate-lanceolate. 2 or 3 leaves surround the stem. The bracts are about as long as the ovary. The inflorescence is 2.5 to 5 inches long, dense and egg-shaped. The pale pink bracts curve into a helmet. The outer bracts are long, pointed, bent outwards and darkly veined, in the center they are greenish or completely green. The lip is whitish to pink, mottled red, 6 to 8 millimeters in size and deeply three-lobed with a two-column central part. The lobes are bent downwards. The spur is 6 millimeters long, thick and directed downwards.

blossoms

The flowering period extends from February to April.

The number of chromosomes is 2n = 42.

Distribution and location

Milky-white orchid is found almost all over the Mediterranean . It grows in France, Sardinia, Corsica, Algeria, Italy, Sicily, Tunisia, on the Balkan Peninsula, in Bulgaria, in the Aegean Sea and in Turkey. The lime-loving species grows on grasslands, in maquis and in sparse forests up to the mountain step. It is found at altitudes between 0 and 1800 meters above sea level.

supporting documents

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Peter Schönfelder and Ingrid Schönfelder: What is in bloom on the Mediterranean? . Franckh'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart 1987, ISBN 3-440-05790-9 .
↑ RM Bateman, AM Pridgeon, & MW Chase (1997): Phylogenetics of subtribe Orchidinae (Orchidoideae, Orchidaceae) based on nuclear ITS sequences. 2. Infrageneric relationships and reclassification to achieve monophyly of Orchis sensu stricto, Lindleyana 12: 113-141.
^ Neotinea lactea at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
↑ Rafaël Govaerts (Ed.): Neotinea lactea. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved December 4, 2016.
^ 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 220.

Web links

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Milky white orchid ( Neotinea lactea )

[Schönfelder-1] Peter Schönfelder and Ingrid Schönfelder: What is in bloom on the Mediterranean? . Franckh'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart 1987, ISBN 3-440-05790-9 .

[Bateman-2] RM Bateman, AM Pridgeon, & MW Chase (1997): Phylogenetics of subtribe Orchidinae (Orchidoideae, Orchidaceae) based on nuclear ITS sequences. 2. Infrageneric relationships and reclassification to achieve monophyly of Orchis sensu stricto, Lindleyana 12: 113-141.

[IPCN-3] Neotinea lactea at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis

[WCSP-4] Rafaël Govaerts (Ed.): Neotinea lactea. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved December 4, 2016.

[BaumannKünkeleLorenz2006-5] 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 220.