Acta Botanica Hungarica
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Volume 60: Issue 1-2
Precipitation and timing of flowering in ghost orchids (Epipogium aphyllum Sw.)
Authors:
T. Nagy Department of Plant Sciences and Biotechnology, Faculty of Georgikon, University of Pannonia, H-8360 Keszthely, Festetics u. 7, Hungary

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K. Nótári Department of Botany, Faculty of Sciences, University of Debrecen, H-4032 Debrecen, Egyetem tér 1, Hungary

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A. Takács Department of Botany, Faculty of Sciences, University of Debrecen, H-4032 Debrecen, Egyetem tér 1, Hungary
MTA-DE ‘Lendület’ Evolutionary Phylogenomics Research Group, University of Debrecen, H-4032 Debrecen, Egyetem tér 1, Hungary

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T. Malkócs Department of Botany, Faculty of Sciences, University of Debrecen, H-4032 Debrecen, Egyetem tér 1, Hungary
MTA-DE ‘Lendület’ Evolutionary Phylogenomics Research Group, University of Debrecen, H-4032 Debrecen, Egyetem tér 1, Hungary

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J. Tökölyi MTA-DE Behavioural Ecology Research Group, University of Debrecen, H-4032 Debrecen, Egyetem tér 1, Hungary

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A. Molnár V. Department of Botany, Faculty of Sciences, University of Debrecen, H-4032 Debrecen, Egyetem tér 1, Hungary

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Pages:
223–230
Online Publication Date:
Mar 2018
Publication Date:
01 Mar 2018
Article Category:
Journal Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1556/034.60.2018.1-2.10
Keywords:
herbarium; natural history collections; Orchidaceae; phenology; rainfall
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The rare, fully mycoheterotrophic Ghost Orchid, Epipogium aphyllum is only visible during its short flowering and fruiting season, which lasts for a few weeks between May and October. Due to the apparent unpredictability of its flowering, decades may pass between subsequent observations at the same locality. The factors affecting timing of flowering in this enigmatic species remain largely unexplored. In Hungary, it is an extremely rare species: between 1924 and 2014 only 25 dated observations from 15 locations are known. Hungary is located on the edge of the species’ distribution area where higher precipitation may occur only in higher regions of mountains. Hence, the spatial and temporal pattern of precipitation might limit the emergence of generative shoots. In this paper we compared rainfall patterns in relation with the Ghost Orchids’ observations to multiannual precipitation averages. The year of flowering and the month preceding flowering (but not the year before flowering and the month of flowering) were characterised by significantly more rainfall than the multi-annual average precipitation. These results suggest that the appearance of the species in Hungary is precipitation-dependent.

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0236-6495
Online ISSN:
1588-2578

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Lőkös, László
E-mail: acta@bot.nhmus.hu
Institute: Botanical Department, Hungarian Natural History Museum
Address: Könyves K. krt. 40. H-1097 Budapest, Hungary

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