First record of the rare myco-heterotrophic orchid Epipogium aphyllum Swartz on Mt Velebit

The rare myco-heterotrophic orchid Epipogium aphyllum Swartz was recorded on Mt Velebit for the first time. It was found in beech and fir dominated forest (ass. Omphalodo-Fagetum) in Klepina duliba. After Mt Medvednica, Plitvička jezera and Samoborsko gorje, this is the dourth record of this species in Croatia in last eighty years.