Nederlands: Rood Bosvogeltje
Español: Sello de nuestra señora
Français: Céphalanthère rouge - Céphalanthère rose
Deutsch: Rote Waldvöglein - Purpur-Waldvöglein
Family: Orchidaceae - Orchid family
Flowering time: May-July
Height: 10-60cm
Altitude: to 1800m
Colour: bright pink, purplish-pink, rarely white
Flower: 2-12 flowers, sepals and petals narrowly pointed
Leaves: 5-8, dark green, oblong to lanceolate, pointed
Habitat: forest, woodland clearings, scrub, pathsides, shady rocky slopes
Distribution: eastern, southern and central Europe
Notes: Cephalanthera rubra is a protected species in most European countries and on the European Red List of vascular plants (Least Concern). In the Netherlands it can no longer be found in the wild, the last observation was in the Biesbosch in 1989. Since then, in this country only two plants have been coming into bloom in the botanical garden in Rockanje. In the Sierra Nevada in southern Spain it is also a threatened species with one population of less than a hundred plants in the Sierra de Mecina in the Granada province at an altitude of 1200m. In Andalucía it can also be found in most other provinces: Cádiz, Málaga, Córdoba, Jaén, and Almería. Cephalanthera longifolia is also a threatened species, but more common than Cephalanthera rubra.
Related key words: Heemtuin Tenellaplas Rockanje, Pitres, Sierra de Mecina, Sierra Nevada, Sierra de Huétor, Granada, Andalucía, Andalusia, Andalusië, Spain, Europese Rode Lijst, Barranco de Aguerri (Hecho), Peña Oroel (Jaca), Ordesa (Torla), Pyrenees, Pyreneeën, Pirineos, Picos de Europa, Alps
