Herbarium specimen: Neottia nidus-avis
| Taxon: | Orchidaceae: Neottia nidus-avis (L.) Rich. ("Bird's-nest Orchid") |
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| Filed in taxon folder: | Orchidaceae: Neottia nidus-avis (L.) Rich. ("Bird's-nest Orchid") |
| Collected by: | A W Waterfall |
| Collection date: | 1879 |
| Locality: | Great Britain, VC14 East Sussex, Lewes, TQ30, On the chalk |
| ex herb: | Mr Harold Stuart Thompson |
| Institution: | University of Birmingham (BIRM) |
| Image: |  |
| fruits/flowers: | mature flowers |
| notes: | Birds nest orchard. This saprophyte has roots, which give the plant its English name. A few saprophytic orchards have no roots. * Mycorhiza occers in most if not all. In Neothia the fleshy rhizome in humus below the soil has a sort of nest of branches which does all the work of absorption. The bud for the next years growth is laid down at bast of stem, [and] from it is developed a thick and fleshy adventitious root, forming a large tuber which lasts over the winter. |
Inferred details are marked.
Associated records
Other specimen entries from this sheet.| taxon | locality | collectors | date | institution | ||
| + | Neottia nidus-avis | GB, VC34 West Gloucestershire, Wotton-under-Edge | Harold Stuart Thompson | 8/7/1916 | BIRM | |
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Documented by hallucigenia on 8th March 2010.
