Gymnadenia conopsea

Gym con 1        Gym con 2     

Gymnadenia conopsea                    
     
taxonomy described by (Linnaeus)  Brown, Robert
  published in Hortus Kewensis  5 : 191    1813
    or, a Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew . London
     
  family Orchidaceae
  subfamily Orchidoideae
  tribe Orchideae
  subtribe Orchidinae
  genus Gymnadenia  R.Brown 1813
  chromosomes  40  (GIROS) 
     
native of origins alpine meadows, dry meadows, woods margins . common on the mountains, very rare in lowland
at Bonate and Pumenengo
     
    Gym con 3  CFCE grid map
     
  altitude (90) 180 - 2500 m  ( (297) 594 - 8250 ft)
     
  exposure Gym con 4
     
the plant         life form geophyte
  roots    two tuberoids well separated
  nr. leaves 3 - 10, in basal rosette
  height 25 - 60 cm  (10" - 24")
  nr. flowers 20 - 50, fragrants
  blooming may to august
  index of rarity     32,38
     
CITES appendix II

   

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