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Gymnadenia Bicolor
''Gymandenia bicolor'' is a species of orchid occurring in the Eastern Alps, the Dinaric Alps and the Carpathian Mountains. It is very similar to ''Gymnadenia miniata ''Gymandenia miniata'' is a species of orchid native to the Eastern Alps and Carpathian Mountains. It is similar in appearance to '' Gymnadenia bicolor''; both species were split from a former less defined taxon ''Nigritella rubra'' which referre ...'' (sometimes called ''Gymnadenia rubra'') and often seen as a variation and not a separate species. Description ''Gymandenia bicolor'' looks very similar to ''Gymnadenia miniata'' but is differentiated by usually having brighter flowers at the base and sepals that are wider than the petals. The middle sepal (at the bottom) is usually bent downwards and very noticeable. The lip (at the top) is less curled than with ''miniata''. Taxonomy Plants now considered ''Gymnadenia bicolor'' were originally placed into ''Gymnadenia rubra'' by Wettstein in 1889. Foelsche sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orchid
Orchids are plants that belong to the family Orchidaceae (), a diverse and widespread group of flowering plants with blooms that are often colourful and fragrant. Along with the Asteraceae, they are one of the two largest families of flowering plants. The Orchidaceae have about 28,000 currently accepted species, distributed in about 763 genera. (See ''External links'' below). The determination of which family is larger is still under debate, because verified data on the members of such enormous families are continually in flux. Regardless, the number of orchid species is nearly equal to the number of bony fishes, more than twice the number of bird species, and about four times the number of mammal species. The family encompasses about 6–11% of all species of seed plants. The largest genera are ''Bulbophyllum'' (2,000 species), ''Epidendrum'' (1,500 species), ''Dendrobium'' (1,400 species) and ''Pleurothallis'' (1,000 species). It also includes ''Vanilla'' (the genus of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern Alps
Eastern Alps is the name given to the eastern half of the Alps, usually defined as the area east of a line from Lake Constance and the Alpine Rhine valley up to the Splügen Pass at the Alpine divide and down the Liro River to Lake Como in the south. The peaks and mountain passes are lower than the Western Alps, while the range itself is broader and less arched. Geography Overview The Eastern Alps include the eastern parts of Switzerland (mainly Graubünden), all of Liechtenstein, and most of Austria from Vorarlberg to the east, as well as parts of extreme Southern Germany (Upper Bavaria), northwestern Italy (Lombardy), northeastern Italy (Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Veneto and Friuli-Venezia Giulia) and a good portion of northern Slovenia (Upper Carniola and Lower Styria). In the south the range is bound by the Italian Padan Plain; in the north the valley of the Danube River separates it from the Bohemian Massif. The easternmost spur is formed by the Vienna Woods range, wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dinaric Alps
The Dinaric Alps (), also Dinarides, are a mountain range in Southern and Southcentral Europe, separating the continental Balkan Peninsula from the Adriatic Sea. They stretch from Italy in the northwest through Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, and Kosovo to Albania in the southeast. The Dinaric Alps extend for approximately along the western Balkan peninsula from the Julian Alps of the northeast Italy, downwards to the Šar and Korab massif, where their direction changes. The Accursed Mountains, is the highest section of the entire Dinaric Alps; this section stretches from Albania to Kosovo and eastern Montenegro. Maja Jezercë is the highest peak and is located in Albania, standing at Metres above the Adriatic, above the Adriatic. The Dinaric Alps are one of the most rugged and extensive mountainous areas of Europe, alongside the Caucasus Mountains, Alps, Pyrenees, Carpathian Mountains and Scandinavian Mountains. They are formed largely of Mesoz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carpathian Mountains
The Carpathian Mountains or Carpathians () are a range of mountains forming an arc across Central Europe. Roughly long, it is the third-longest European mountain range after the Urals at and the Scandinavian Mountains at . The range stretches from the far eastern Czech Republic (3%) and Austria (1%) in the northwest through Slovakia (21%), Poland (10%), Ukraine (10%), Romania (50%) to Serbia (5%) in the south. "The Carpathians" European Travel Commission, in The Official Travel Portal of Europe, Retrieved 15 November 2016 The Carpathian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gymnadenia Miniata
''Gymandenia miniata'' is a species of orchid native to the Eastern Alps and Carpathian Mountains. It is similar in appearance to '' Gymnadenia bicolor''; both species were split from a former less defined taxon ''Nigritella rubra'' which referred to all red flowering ''Gymnadenia''. Description ''Gymnadenia miniata'' are 10–20cm high with about 6 grass-like leaves at the base, about 5 smaller leaves along the stem, and 3–4 bract-like leaves at the top. The inflorescence is cone or egg shaped, 18–26mm long and 15–18mm wide. The flowers are red (carmine to ruby) and all flowers have the same color. Buds are darker than the flowers. Bloom time is end of June to mid July. To distinguish ''G. miniata'' from the very similar and more common ''G. bicolor'', the flower color alone can be tricky. While ''G. miniata'' flowers always have a uniform and darker color and ''G. bicolor'' often has a gradient of colors from light at the bottom to dark at the top, ''G. bicolor'' can ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
