Orchis-provincialis_40

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Orchis provincialis Balb. ex Lam. & DC., syn.: Orchis leucostachya Griseb., Orchis cyrilli Ten.Provence Orchid, CR: finobodljasti kaun , DE: Provence-KnabenkrautSlo.: malocvetna kukavica, provansalska kukavicaDat.: April 28. 2015Lat.: 45.09905 Long.: 14.47973Code: Bot_871/2015_IMG7811Habitat: Low, light, predominantly broad leaf wood with many bushes and small open patches of stony grassland, Quercus sp., Fraxinus ornus, Carpinus orientalis, Pinus sp. and different bushes; flat calcareous terrain, predominantly in shade, dry place, elevation 75 m (250 feet), average precipitations 1.000 - 1.200 mm/year, average temperature 13 - 15 deg C, submediterranean phytogeographical region.Substratum: soil. Place: West of village Poljice, north of the dirt road to sea shore, inland of island Krk, Adriatic Sea, Kvarner bay, Croatia EC. Comment: Growing in several groups of many plants. More than ten plants seen on this spot.Protected according to 'Uredba o zavarovanih prostoiveih rastlinskih vrstah'Url. RS, t. 46/2004 (Regulation of protection of wild growing plants, Official Gazette of Republic Slovenia, No.: 46/2004). Enlisted in the Slovene Red List of rare and endangered species, marked by Ex? representing a probably extinct species (erroneously!). This plant was considered extinct in Slovenia just a decade ago, but two new stands have been found recently.Ref.:(1) R. Domac, Flora Hrvatske, Prirunik za odreivanje bilja, kolska Knjiga, Zgreb, II. izdanje (2002), p 463.(2) H. Baumann, S. Kuenkele, R. Lorenz, Orchideen Europas, Ulmer (2006), p 242. (3) B. Dolinar, Kukavievke v Sloveniji (Orchids in Slovenia), Pipinova Knjiga (2015), p 151.