Dactylorhiza saccifera (Brongn.) Soó

Posted byTrajche DimitrovskiPosted inOrchidaceae, Plant families

Taxonomy: Fam. Orchidaceae// Genus: Dactylorhiza// Species: Dactylorhiza saccifera (Brongn.) Soó

Determined according to the botanical key provided by de Soó in 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 woods, river gorges.

Lifeform: Perrenial; geophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Flowering period: Summer: JUN, JUL.

Dactylorhiza saccifera – habit in habitat. Osogovo – “Shtalkovichka” River, 09.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Dactylorhiza saccifera – habit in habitat. Osogovo – “Shtalkovichka” River, 09.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Dactylorhiza saccifera – habit. Osogovo – “Shtalkovichka” River, 09.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Dactylorhiza saccifera – habit. Osogovo – “Shtalkovichka” River, 09.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Dactylorhiza saccifera – inflorescence. Osogovo – “Shtalkovichka” River, 09.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Dactylorhiza saccifera – inflorescence. Osogovo – “Shtalkovichka” River, 09.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Dactylorhiza saccifera – inflorescence. Osogovo – “Shtalkovichka” River, 09.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Dactylorhiza saccifera – flowers. Osogovo – “Shtalkovichka” River, 09.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Dactylorhiza saccifera – flowers. Osogovo – “Shtalkovichka” River, 09.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Dactylorhiza saccifera – flowers. Osogovo – “Shtalkovichka” River, 09.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Dactylorhiza saccifera – flowers. Osogovo – “Shtalkovichka” River, 09.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Dactylorhiza saccifera – side view of flowers and bracts. Osogovo – “Shtalkovichka” River, 09.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Dactylorhiza saccifera – lower bracts and capsules. The lower bracts are distinctly longer than the flowers. Osogovo – “Shtalkovichka” River, 09.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Dactylorhiza saccifera – stem with cauline leaves. Osogovo – “Shtalkovichka” River, 09.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Dactylorhiza saccifera – stem with leaves. Osogovo – “Shtalkovichka” River, 09.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Dactylorhiza saccifera – cauline leaves. Osogovo – “Shtalkovichka” River, 09.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Dactylorhiza saccifera – basal leaf. Osogovo – “Shtalkovichka” River, 09.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Dactylorhiza saccifera – adaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – “Shtalkovichka” River, 09.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Dactylorhiza saccifera – abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – “Shtalkovichka” River, 09.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Dactylorhiza saccifera – adaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – “Shtalkovichka” River, 09.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Dactylorhiza saccifera – abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – “Shtalkovichka” River, 09.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
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 – 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 and bracts. 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.

References:

Dactylorhiza maculata subsp. saccifera (Brongn.) Diklic. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:887418-1 [Accessed 11.02.2022].

Dactylorhiza Necker ex Nevski. de Soó, R. in Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1980). Flora Europaea. Volume 5: Alismataceae to Orchidaceae (Monocotyledones). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 333 – 337.

Last update: 18.02.2024.