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Epipactis muelleri
Forest ground, between trees and grass on a clearing
Thanks to the ID help, I could narrow this orchid down to the 'Epipactis muelleri'. I am fairly sure it's the one pictured. Clay rich soil fits the area it was found in.
Spotted on Aug 1, 2009
Submitted on Jul 25, 2011
12 Comments
I think, I go for 'Epipactis muelleri' - the leaves and stem and distance between leaves etc. looks similar to mine above.
If anyone goes and gets those & gets caught, he's in trouble.
Both were in nature preserves.
Plus, this was 2 years ago,.... :)
Gotta look at it tomorrow - when my brain is working properly again :)
please don´t tell anyone where u found those! I´m always happy about wild orchids, if in europe happy square 2 ;)) as about crab spiders, and carpenter bees.
I once found a lady slipper orchid in the Carpathian Mountains, near a road, and a guy was washing his car just near it :(
I think the leaves match.
Epipactis atrorubens? were there any birch trees? or Epipactis muelleri?
without the flowers not sure
There are actually quite a few.
I need to dig a bit deeper and find photos from a previous guided tour. We found one orchid there too.
But the time for blossoms was already over :(
oh, Hungary! that´s cool! a wild orchid in europe
Not sure, Dan, the leaves in the Helleborine photo look more rounded, no?
I had that in mind too, but wasn't too sure of my memory :)
That's at least a lead, thanks!
You're right monkey-mind. I believe it's this.
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/684...
I´ve got the impression this could have been some orchid, absolutely unsure about it