Traunsteinera globosa, 1842

D. M. Moore (ed.), 1980, CCIII Orchidaceae, Flora Europaea, Vol 5: Alismataceae to Orchidaceae, Camebridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 325-350 : 337

1. T. globosa (L.) Reichenb .,

FI. Saxon. 87 (1842).

Stem 15-65 cm, erect, curved, with 2-3 leaves and 2-3 pinkish bracts above. Leaves oblong-lanceolate or subobovate. Spike pyramidal- globose, becoming ellipsoid. Bracts lanceolate, 1 - to 3-veined, as long as or longer than the ovary. Flowers pinkish-lilac; inner perianth-segments and labellum with purple spots. Outer perianth-segments 5-6 mm; inner slightly shorter. Labellum c. 4- 5x3 mm, almost square, widened at the base, deeply 3-lobed to c. i-way; lateral lobes ovate, obtuse or acute; middle lobe broadly oblong, the apex sometimes denticulate. Spur 4 4 as long as ovary, cylindric-conical, directed downwards. 2n=42.

Meadows, mainly in the mountains.

From the Vosges and S. Poland south­ wards to N. Spain, N. C. Italy and S. Bulgaria.?A 1 Au Bu Cz Ga Ge He Hs Hu It Ju Po Rm Rs (W, K).