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Serapias vomeracea (Burm. f.) Briq., syn.: Orchis vomeracea Burm., Serapiastrum vomeraceum (Burm. f.) Schinz & Thell., Serapias cordigera subsp. vomeracea (Burm. f.) H. Sund., Orchis lingua All., Serapias cordigera var. longipetala Bertol, Helleborine longipetala Ten.
Family: Orchidaceae
EN: Plow-Share Serapias, Long Lipped Serapias, DE: Pflugschar Stendelwurz
Slo.: velecvetni serap, velecvetni ralovec
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Dat.: June 8. 2020
Lat.: 45,09897 Long.: 14,63321
Code: Bot_1305/2020_DSC3412

Habitat: A small opening in the wood, grassland, semi-ruderal place, flat terrain; sunny, dry place; elevation 145 m (475 feet); average precipitations ~ 1.000 mm/year, average temperature 12-14 deg C, Sub-Mediterranean phytogeographical region.

Substratum: soil.

Place: Croatia, Kvarner Bay, island Krk, a small clearing surrounded by forest west of the village of Risika, near a 20 KV power transformer.

Comment about Flick's album Serapias vomeracea: Finding plants from the genus Serapias is always an experience and an irresistible object for nature photographers. The bizarre shape of their flowers is shockingly different from all other flowering plants in our region. At first glance, they would not be attributed to the orchid family. However, a detailed examination of the flowers shows that they have all the 'standard' elements of the flower structure of this family. The only superficially misleading thing is the unusual supporting leaves (bracts), which are very similar in color and shape to the petals.
Serapias vomeracea is the most common member of the genus. This relatively rare species in Slovenia is known from only a few locations (Ref: 4). In Croatia, it is much more common (Ref. 7) but it is spread exclusively along the eastern Adriatic coast and islands from Istria in the north to the extreme southern part of the country. There are many known locations on the island of Krk. In some years and with some luck, one can find meadows where it grows in large numbers – hundreds upon hundreds.

Ref.:
(1) Personal communication with Mr. BrankoDolinar, www.orhidejeslovenije.com
(2) A. Martinči et all., Mala Flora Slovenije, Tehnična Založba Slovenije (2007), p 782.
(3) L. Poldini, Nuovo Atlante corologico delle piante vascolari nel Friuli Venezia Giulia,
University of Trieste (2002), p 454.
(4) N. Jogan (ed.), Gradivoza Atlas floreSlovenije (Materials for the Atlas of Flora of Slovenia), CKSF (2001), p 352.
(5) H. Baumann, S. Kuenkele, R.Lorenz, Orchideen Europas, Ulmer (2006), p 298.
(6) D. Aeschimann, K. Lauber, D.M. Moser, J.P. Theurillat, Flora Alpina, Vol. 2., Haupt (2004), p 1136.
(7) T. Nikolić, Flora Croatica, Vaskularna flora Republike Hrvatske, Vol. 3., Alfa d.d.. Zagreb (2020), p 225,
(8) (x) B. Dolinar, Kukavičevke v Sloveniji (Orchidaceae of Slovenia) (in Slovenian), Pipinova Knjiga (2015), p 163.
(9) W.K. Rottensteiner, Exkursionsflora für Istrien, Verlag des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins Kärten (2014), p 635.

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