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Fam.:  Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Synon.:  Gymnadenia cenisia  (G.FOELSCHE, W.FOELSCHE, M.GERBAUD & O.GERBAUD) G.FOELSCHE, W.FOELSCHE, M.GERBAUD & O.GERBAUD

Genus:  Nigritella  RICH.,  Gymnadenia  R.BR.
 

Authors:
   G.FOELSCHE:  Gundel Foelsche, orchid specialist, wife of Wolfram Foelsche
   W.FOELSCHE:  Wolfram Foelsche (1933 - ), Austrian musician and botanist from Graz
   M.GERBAUD:  Martine Gerbaud, wife of Olivier Gerbaud
   O.GERBAUD:  Olivier Gerbaud, French physician and botanist
   RICH.:  Louis Claude Marie Richard (1754 - 1821), French botanist
   R.BR.:  Robert Brown (1773 - 1858), British botanist
 

Etymology:
   Nigritella:   nigritia = the black
   cenisia:   from Mont Cenis
   Gymnadenia:   gymnos = naked, aden = gland
 

Nigritella cenisia FOELSCHE & GERBAUD 1998 in L'Orchidophile 29 (134): 248 + Jour.Eur.Orch. 31 (2): 441-494

This Nigritella with biggest flowers of all Nigritella was described from Mont Cenis, it's also growing in the Vanoise, e.g. Col d'Iseran, and in neighbouring parts of Italy.

 

Nigritella cenisia / Mont Cenis Vanilla Orchid, F  Col de l'Iseran 31.7.1999
Fig. 1:  Nigritella cenisia / Mont Cenis Vanilla Orchid
F Col de l'Iseran 31.7.1999
Nigritella cenisia / Mont Cenis Vanilla Orchid, F  Col de l'Iseran 31.7.1999
Fig. 2:  Nigritella cenisia / Mont Cenis Vanilla Orchid
F Col de l'Iseran 31.7.1999
Nigritella cenisia / Mont Cenis Vanilla Orchid, F  Col de l'Iseran 31.7.1999
Fig. 3:  Nigritella cenisia / Mont Cenis Vanilla Orchid
F Col de l'Iseran 31.7.1999
Nigritella cenisia / Mont Cenis Vanilla Orchid (with Widderchen Zygaena exulans), F  Col de l'Iseran 31.7.1999
Fig. 4:  Nigritella cenisia / Mont Cenis Vanilla Orchid (with Widderchen Zygaena exulans)
F Col de l'Iseran 31.7.1999
Nigritella cenisia / Mont Cenis Vanilla Orchid (with Widderchen Zygaena exulans), F  Col de l'Iseran 31.7.1999
Fig. 5:  Nigritella cenisia / Mont Cenis Vanilla Orchid (with Widderchen Zygaena exulans)
F Col de l'Iseran 31.7.1999
Nigritella cenisia / Mont Cenis Vanilla Orchid (with Widderchen Zygaena exulans), F  Col de l'Iseran 31.7.1999
Fig. 6:  Nigritella cenisia / Mont Cenis Vanilla Orchid (with Widderchen Zygaena exulans)
F Col de l'Iseran 31.7.1999
   
 


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