Andy Adcock
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Rare(?) Orchid, Cyprus (1 Viewer)
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James Eaton
Trent Valley Crew
Worth searching (and uploading) on iNaturalist, Andy - such a wonderful resource.
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James
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James
Andy Adcock
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Gave up mate, continually rejects my password submissions, as far as I can see, all my attempts fit the criteria so binned it.
Andy Adcock
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That isn't the impression I get Shane, why would you look at a travel website?
'This rare orchid is an eastern Mediterranean species and is found in the Aegean Islands, Turkey and Cyprus.'
Anacamptis sancta, Holy Orchid: identification, distribution, habitat
The species is very local or rare[2] and is found in Turkey, Cyprus, Lebanon, Israel and Aegean Islands, and favors dry and stony ground.[1]
Anacamptis sancta - Wikipedia
That isn't the impression I get Shane, why would you look at a travel website?
'This rare orchid is an eastern Mediterranean species and is found in the Aegean Islands, Turkey and Cyprus.'
Anacamptis sancta, Holy Orchid: identification, distribution, habitat
The species is very local or rare[2] and is found in Turkey, Cyprus, Lebanon, Israel and Aegean Islands, and favors dry and stony ground.[1]
Anacamptis sancta - Wikipedia
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If you Google Cyprus's list of orchids, you will find that it lists all the orchids and their status in terms of whether in the country's Red DataBook (as well as if endemic or not) - a half dozen of the country's orchids are listed as Red Data Book species, but this orchid is not - presumably meaning not very rare.
Andy Adcock
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Does seem to suggest that the species is 'common' in April and May so who to believe? It's certainly the first time I've ever found one and it's a single plant, no more anywhere near.
Perhaps it's rare in other pparts of the 'Med'?
Perhaps it's rare in other pparts of the 'Med'?
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ApusApus
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Hi Andy
I just did the same as Jos and googled Cyprus orchids. If you check this site out https://www.flora-of-cyprus.eu/cdm_dataportal/taxon/2432802c-09ea-4529-97e6-3dbcbb36f5b9 you will see that it is found all over Cyprus below 175mts apart from the Troodos area. Unfortunately, it doesn't state the frequency but based on the distribution map it's unlikely to be classed as rare, maybe localised would be a better term!
Shane
I just did the same as Jos and googled Cyprus orchids. If you check this site out https://www.flora-of-cyprus.eu/cdm_dataportal/taxon/2432802c-09ea-4529-97e6-3dbcbb36f5b9 you will see that it is found all over Cyprus below 175mts apart from the Troodos area. Unfortunately, it doesn't state the frequency but based on the distribution map it's unlikely to be classed as rare, maybe localised would be a better term!
Shane
Xenospiza
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It is localised, but not rare. If you check this map, you can see its distribution is limited. No password should be needed (but the specific locations are hidden).
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Were some photographs of very large groups of the flowers, so I would guess localised is indeed a better term than rare in the context of Cyprus
I would urge you to give it another whirl - may have been a bug they had that's now in the past - and it's too good a tool, and too much fun, to miss out on. In my opinion.
As you did ask me, I add my confirmation to the ID ππ» - but my book don't say nowt about abundance.
earthdragon64
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iNat were doing site maintanence yesterday which may have caused some issues. Might be worth trying again, there are some people with good knowledge of European orchids on there.
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