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ORCHIS PALLENS  L.

Last updated 15/05/2011

 

Sporadic in mountain meadows or at the edges of open woods from 1200 to 1500m on M. Catria, M. Nerone and M. Vermenone. Known from a dozen of sites only. Flowers from the end of May to mid-June. First recorded in 1979 by  A.J.B. Brilli-Cattarini.

Nazzareno Simoncelli showed me a fine population on M. Acuto (M. Catria, PU) on 7 May 2011, but all the plants were were still in bud on that date. The pictures of the fully flowering plants below were taken from the same population on 10 May 2010.

 

 

 

Literature:

 

-BRILLI-CATTARINI, A.J.B. & S. BALLELLI (1979), "Segnalazione di piante nuove,inedite o notevoli per la regione marchigiana IV", in Giornale Botanico Italiano, pp. 327-358, Firenze (p.345).

-CENTRO RICERCHE FLORISTICHE MARCHE (1982), Flora del Massiccio Centrale del Gruppo del Monte Catria, (inedito Pesaro), (p.47).

 -CRESCENTINI, R. & J.M.I. KLAVER, Orchidee Spontanee della Provincia Peasro e Urbino, con osservazioni sulle specie delle Marche, Pesaro, 1997 (p.190).

-KLAVER, J.M.I., "Distribution of the Orchidaceae of the Province Pesaro-Urbino (Central-East Italy)", AHO Baden-Württemberg 23 (4), 1991, pp.557-747 (p.613).

-REGIONE MARCHE (1981b), Assessorato all'Urbanistica e all'Ambiente, Schede Delle Aree Floristiche Delle Marche, Ancona (p.38).

 

M. Nerone, 6/5/2007

(photo: J.M.I. Klaver)

 

M. Nerone, 6/5/2007

(photo: J.M.I. Klaver)

M. Nerone, 13/5/2007

(photo: J.M.I. Klaver)

 

M. Nerone, 27/5/1989

(photo: J.M.I. Klaver)

 

M. Nerone, 6/5/2007

(photo: J.M.I. Klaver)

 

M. Catria, 10/5/2010

(photo: Nazzareno Simoncelli)

M. Catria, 10/5/2010

(photo: Nazzareno Simoncelli)

 

M. Catria, 10/5/2010

(photo: Nazzareno Simoncelli) 

M. Catria, 10/5/2010

(photo: Nazzareno Simoncelli)