Orchids in Romania

Read about:
* Three villages, three mountain chaines, THE ORCHIDS
The villages are Sirnea in the Carpatian Mountains, Gèdre in the Frensh Pyrénées
and Pfafflar in Tyrol, Austria.

See the list of orchids just before the bibliography at the end of the textes in five languages
(Nederlands, English, Français, Deutsch and Român)

Important orchid guides and photos of other European Orchids: click here!
     

Thanks to the still surviving medieval landscapes
Roumanian nature is very rich in flora and fauna.

During late spring and early summer times
orchids can been found in almost every districty of the country.

Below you will see an impression of the orchids we saw in the Brasov district.

To see the photos: click on the genus name!

Cephalanthera - Coeloglossum - Corallorrhiza
Dactylorhiza - Epipactis - Gymnadenia
Cypripedium- Herminium - Leucorchis
Listera - Malaxis - Neottia - Nigritella
Orchis - Platanthera - Traunsteinera

for photos of all European orchids: click here!

 
Cephalanthera longifolia
(L.) L.C.M. Rich.
Cephalanthera rubra
(L.) Fritsch		 Coeloglossum viride
(L.) Hartmann
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Corallorrhiza trifida Châtelin Dactylorhiza alpestris
(Pugsley) Averyanov
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Dactylorhiza alpestris
(Pugsley) Averyanov 		Dactylorhiza fuchsii
(Druce) Soó
 Dactylorhiza incarnata
(L.) Soó
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Dactylorhiza incarnata
(L.) Soó		 Dactylorhiza saccifera
(Brongniart) Soó		 Dactylorhiza maculata
(L.) Soó
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Dactylorhiza maculata
(L.) Soó		 Dactylorhiza maculata
(L.) Soó f. alba		 Dactylorhiza sambucina
(L.) Hartmann
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Dactylorhiza sambucina
(L.) Hartmann
Epipactis atrorubens
(Hoffmann ex Bernhardi)
Besser
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Epipactis atrorubens
(Hoffmann ex Bernhardi)
Besser
f. sirneensis Neirynck		 Epipactis helleborine
(L.) Crantz

Epipactis palustris
(L.) Crantz
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Gymnadenia conopsea (L.) Brown Herminium monorchis
(L.) R. Brown
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Leucorchis albida
(L.) Meyer		 Listera ovata
(L.) R. Brown		 Malaxis monophyllos
(L.) Swartz
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Neottia nidus-avis
(L.) L.C.M. Richard		 Nigritella miniata
(Crantz) Janchen		 Orchis coriophora
L..
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Orchis laxiflora Lamarck Orchis mascula (L.) L. Orchis militaris L.
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Orchis morio
L.

  
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Orchis ovalis
F.W. Schmidt ex Mayer		 Orchis ustulata
L.
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Platanthera chlorantha
(Custer) Rchb.f.		 Traunsteinera globosa
(L.) Rchb.f.		  

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