Determined according to the botanical key provided in Flora Europaea Vol. 5 (Tutin et al., 1980).
Distribution: Native from Spain to Southeast Europe and Turkey; Northwest Africa according to the Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (accepted as Dactylorhiza maculata subsp. saccifera (Brongn.) Diklic).
Habitat: Moist habitats in forests and woodland, river gorges.
Lifeform: Perrenial; geophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Flowering period: Summer: JUN, JUL.
Dactylorhiza saccifera – habit. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 15.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Dactylorhiza saccifera – habit. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 15.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Dactylorhiza saccifera – inflorescence. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 15.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Dactylorhiza saccifera – inflorescence. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 15.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Dactylorhiza saccifera – inflorescence with flowers. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 15.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Dactylorhiza saccifera – flowers. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 15.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Dactylorhiza saccifera – flowers. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 15.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Dactylorhiza saccifera – flowers. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 15.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Dactylorhiza saccifera – flowers. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 15.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Dactylorhiza saccifera – flowers. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 15.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Dactylorhiza saccifera – capsules. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 15.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Dactylorhiza saccifera – stems with leaves. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 15.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Dactylorhiza saccifera – leaves. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 15.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Dactylorhiza saccifera – habit. “Shtalkovicka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 29.06.2016. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Dactylorhiza saccifera – flowers. “Shtalkovicka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 29.06.2016. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Dactylorhiza saccifera – flowers. “Shtalkovicka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 29.06.2016. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Dactylorhiza saccifera – flowers. “Shtalkovicka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 29.06.2016. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Dactylorhiza saccifera – stem with upper cauline leaves and lower part of inflorescence with bracts and capsules. “Shtalkovicka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 29.06.2016. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Dactylorhiza saccifera – lower part of inflorescence with bracts and capsules. “Shtalkovicka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 29.06.2016. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Dactylorhiza saccifera – basal and lower cauline leaves. “Shtalkovicka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 29.06.2016. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Dactylorhiza saccifera -basal leaf. “Shtalkovicka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 29.06.2016. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Osogovo nature 