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| Species: | H. monorchis
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Herminium monorchis, the musk orchid,[3] is a commonly occurring species of orchid. It is widespread across much of Europe and northern Asia from France to Japan, including China, Siberia, Mongolia, Ukraine, Germany, Italy, Scandinavia, etc.[2][4][5]
It has a localised distribution in Britain; sites where it is found include Ham Hill in Wiltshire. Since 1930, the species has been receding from some sites throughout England. As it has been pushed out of sites, such as East Alglia, it has been recently been found in new lowland areas and quarries. [6]
Description[edit]
Herminium monorchis is a tuberous herbaceous perennial which grows to 15-30cm in height and has basal, alternate, leaves in sets of 4. Monorchis flowers between the months of June and July. The flowers grow protective bracts and petals in the form of a hood and contain an oblong, inferior, ovary.[7][8] The Musk Orchid is cross-pollinated by small insects. These insects will walk through the flower of the Orchid where a collection of pollen in the form of pollinium will stick to their legs.[9] The Musk Orchid can also reproduce vegetatively by growing tubers from existing rhizomes.[10]
References[edit]
- ^ Castillo, Kath; Robinson, Lucy. Orchid Observers Identification Guide (PDF). Natural History Museum’s Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity. p. 31.
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ "BSBI List 2007". Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-02-25. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- ^ Altervista Flora Italiana, Orchide ad un bulbo, Musk Orchid, Herminium monorchis (L.) R. Br.
- ^ Flora of China v 25 p 122, 角盘兰 jiao pan lan, Herminium monorchis (Linnaeus) R. Brown in W. T. Aiton, Hortus Kew., ed. 2. 5: 191. 1813.
- ^ http://www.brc.ac.uk/plantatlas/index.php?q=node/333#tabs-0-middle-4.
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{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ Clapham; Tutin; Warburg (1962). Flora of the British Isles (Second ed.). Cambridge: University Press. p. 1029.
- ^ http://www.first-nature.com/flowers/herminium-monorchis.php.
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External links[edit]
- First Nature Herminium monorchis - Musk Orchid
- Rogier van Vugt, Flora of the Netherlands, Herminium monorchis
- Online Atlas of the British and Irish Flora
- Tela Botanica, Orchis musc, Herminium monorchis (L.) R.Br.
- AHO Bayern, Kleine Einknolle, Honigorchis, Elfenständel, Herminium monorchis
- Botany Czech, toříček jednohlízný / trčuľa jednohľuzá, Herminium monorchis
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