Image of Provence orchid

Description:

Slo.: malocvetna kukavica, provansalska kukavica - syn.: Orchis leucostachya Griseb., Orchis cyrilli Ten. - Habitat: Light, predominantly broad leaved wood, Quercus sp., Fraxinus ornus, Pinus sp. and bushes, flat calcareous terrain, predominantly in shade, dry place, elevation 130 m (430 feet), average precipitations 1.000 - 1.200 mm/year, average temperature 13 - 15 deg C, submediterranean phytogeographical region. - Substratum: soil. - Comment: Growing in several groups of many plants. Several tens of plants in the vicinity. - 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, kolskaKnjiga, Zagreb, 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.