DEPENDENCE BETWEEN SOME MORPHOLOGICAL INDICATORS OF ORCHIS PURPUREA HUDS. AND ORCHIS SIMIA LAM. AND NUMBER AND SPECIES COMPOSITION OF MYCOBIOTA

Members of the Orchidaceae family have formed symbiosis with soil fungi over a very long evolutionary period. Orchid seeds with small, reduced embryos cannot germinate without the action of mycorrhizal fungi. Therefore, most orchid species maintain relationships with symbionts throughout their ontogeny [1]. With this in mind, our studies studied the relationship between some morphological parameters of Orchis purpurea Huds. (Lady orchis) and Orchis simia Lam. (Monkey orchis) plants and the abundance and species composition of micromycetes living in their rhizospheres.