Traunsteinera sphaerica (M.Bieb.) Schltr. 1928 Photo by © Ulmer and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website

Common Name The Sphere Shaped Traunsteinera

Flower Size .3" [7.5 mm]

Found in the Caucasus region of the former Soviet Union and Turkey in the sub alpine zone at elevations of 1000 to 3000 meters as a small sized, cold growing terrestrial with an erect stem carrying 2 basal sheaths and 2 to 3 leaves that blooms on an erect, many flowered inflorescence with the flowers held in an apical corymb.

Synonyms *Orchis sphaerica M.Bieb. 1808; Traunsteinera globosa subsp. sphaerica (M.Bieb.) Soó 1927; Traunsteinera globosa var. sphaerica (M.Bieb.) E.G.Camus 1908

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; AOS Bulletin Vol 54 #7 1985; Genera Orchidacearum Vol 2 Part One Pridgeon, Cribb, Chase and Rasmussen 2001 drawing fide;

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------