<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Orchis purpurea Huds. is protected species both in the Czech Republic and Poland. In 2014 a new locality was found in Kojkovice (district Třinec) in the Cieszyn Foothils near border with Poland. The only one blooming individual was observed in 2014 and 2015 but it was accompanied by other 6 orchid species, that were much more abundant, as: Orchis pallens, Orchis mascula subsp. signifera, Listera ovata, Platanthera bifolia, Cephalanthera damasonium, Neottia nidus-avis. The Kojkovice forest deserves to be protected area due to abundant occurrence of many orchids.</p></abstract>

Orchis purpurea Huds. is protected species both in the Czech Republic and Poland. In 2014 a new locality was found in Kojkovice (district Třinec) in the Cieszyn Foothils near border with Poland. The only one blooming individual was observed in 2014 and 2015 but it was accompanied by other 6 orchid species, that were much more abundant, as: Orchis pallens, Orchis mascula subsp. signifera, Listera ovata, Platanthera bifolia, Cephalanthera damasonium, Neottia nidus-avis. The Kojkovice forest deserves to be protected area due to abundant occurrence of many orchids.

A new locality of orchid Orchis purpurea Huds. in Cieszyn Foothills (Czech Republic)

Gorecki Nature Club Association, Zalesie 12, 43-436 Górki Wielkie, Poland

Institute of Environmental Protection and Engineering, University of Bielsko-Biala Willowa 2, 43-309 Bielsko-Biała, Poland

Acta Musei Silesiae, Scientiae Naturales

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Orchis purpurea Huds. is protected species both in the Czech Republic and Poland. In 2014 a new locality was found in Kojkovice (district Třinec) in the...

A new locality of orchid Orchis purpurea Huds. in Cieszyn Foothills (Czech Republic)

Published Online: Apr 29, 2016

Page range: 63 - 64

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/cszma-2016-0006

Keywords
Ochidaceae family, Lady Orchid, strict protection, endangered species

© Silesian Museum

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

A new locality of orchid Orchis purpurea Huds. in Cieszyn Foothills (Czech Republic)

Published Online: Apr 29, 2016

Page range: 63 - 64

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/cszma-2016-0006

KeywordsOchidaceae family, Lady Orchid, strict protection, endangered species

© Silesian Museum

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
Ochidaceae family, Lady Orchid, strict protection, endangered species