Platanthera bifolia

 Pla bif 1             Pla bif 2

Platanthera bifolia                
     
taxonomy      described by (Linnaeus) Richard, Louis Claude Marie
  published in Mèmoires du Musèum d' Histoire Naturelle   4 : 57    1818
     
  family Orchidaceae
  subfamily Orchidoideae
  tribe Orchideae
  subtribe Orchidinae
  genus Platanthera  C. Richard 1817
  chromosomes  42  (GIROS) 
     
native of       origins deciduous woods, edges of woods, shrubs, alpine meadows and dry meadows -
this spontaneous orchid is present in many places in the Province of Bergamo
     
    Pla bif 3
     
  altitude 230 - 2120 m  (760 - 7000 ft)
     
  exposure Pla bif 4
     
the plant life form geophyte
  roots    two fusiform tuberoids
  nr. leaves 2 basal e 2 / 6 upper
  height 30 - 70 cm  (12" - 28")
  nr. flowers 15 - 20, fragrants
  blooming may to luly  
  index of rarity      35,23
     
CITES appendix II

     

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