Wild growing orchids of Vienna and surrounding countryside
One would hardly believe that all the 38 species of wild growing orchids on
this page where found inside the border of Vienna or at a maximum distance
of 20 km of it.
Some of them occur more frequently - thousands of Bug orchids might grow at
one meadow - while others are extremely rare like the Monkey orchid, where
only one single plant might grow in the wilderness in Austria.
Some species can be spotted easyly like the Lady's Slipper orchid while others
are difficult to find because they are very tiny and/or camouflaged like the
Frog orchid. But everybody who stroll around Viennas meadows, forrests or
hills should be encouraged to keep his eyes open. There is a good chance to
find very beautiful wild growing orchids.
To protect this very endangerd plants their exact locations will not be revealed.
If you are lucky and find any wildgrowing orchid: PLEASE
DO NOT TOUCH THE PLANTS !
I am very grateful to Diethelm Jobstmann and Horst Krasser who introduced
me to the hobby of photographing wild growing orchids.
Without their help it would have been impossible for me to find most of this
plants, take pictures and create this page.
Very special thanks to Reinhard Böhm-Raffay for guiding me to very rare
orchids, albino forms and hybrids
and to Norbert Novak for substantial help to find out, what kind of species
exists in this area.
Many thanks to Karl Watzer and Brigitte Rieser for their hints on orchid sites
and to Brian Allen for providing help on english taxonomy.
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[ WILD GROWING ORCHIDS
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Österreichisches Orchideenschutz Netzwerk - 15 Orchids of the Wienerwald (german) ]
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© photos by Thomas
Gramanitsch
created: 23.9.2000 - updated: 22.1.2006 - external links updated : 29.1.2022 - minor changes : 11.2.2023 - ©
Th.Gramanitsch