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24 Apr 2008

orchids, again

Another fine specimen of Orchid morio, you really find them everywhere in Lobau now (you don't even have to try very hard). However, outside our national parks orchids have become extremely rare in Europe - main reason being that their natural habitats are destroyed. (I haven't yet seen an orchid outside of the Danube national park.)

Apart from O. morio I've already found two other species today, a white one and a pink one (both similar in habitus to O. morio), but I'd first like to determine the species before showing them here.