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 ...
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Heinrich Johann Nepomuk Von Crantz
Heinrich Johann Nepomuk von Crantz (Roodt-sur-Eisch, Luxembourg, 25 November 1722 – 18 January 1799, Judenburg, Austria) was a botanist and a physician. In 1750 he obtained his doctorate of medicine in Vienna, where he was a pupil of Gerard van Swieten (1700–1772). He studied obstetrics in Paris and London. In Paris he was influenced by André Levret (1703–1780) and Nicolas Puzos (1686–1753).Crantz (Cranz), Heinrich Johann Nepomuk Edler von (seit 1774)
In: Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB). Band 3, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1957, , S. 400 f. He was first married to Anna Susanne Petrasch and then to Magda Lena de Tremon. He had two sons and one daughter ...
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