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Gymnadenia runei is a rare orchid endemic to the Tärnaby mountains of north-central Sweden, found in calcium-rich meadows. It is a wild alpine species and is not commonly grown in gardens, so growing it requires cool, damp, lime-rich conditions and ideally local expertise.
Gymnadenia runei is an orchid in the genus Gymnadenia.
It is endemic to the Tärnaby mountains in the central north of Sweden, and found in localities like calcium rich meadows. The species was discovered by Swedish botanist Olof Rune in 1960, and initially considered to be a hybrid between G. conopsea and G. nigra.
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