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Epipactis sp (distans? E. muelleri? E. leptochila?)
found at the Myra Falls, near a track, about 60 cm high herb, oval leaves with parallel veins, small green and dark red flowers, belongs to the Orchideae family, still rare species! First sightings in Austria and the Alps since 1990, they were first spotted in Western Alps in France, then Italy and Switzerland.
Woods, near Myra falls
@ monkey mind & c.i.l.1010
Spotted on Aug 7, 2011
Submitted on Aug 7, 2011
3 Comments
updated info - I´m still not sure about the subspecies...
you are right! I was so upset to find it, that I jumped straight into Ophrys Sp.
Are you sure this is Orphys? Looks more like a species of Epipactus.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epipactis