Moos Green Roof Zurich – Orchid roof No1
by Dusty ~ June 10th, 2010. Filed under: Green Roof News.Although I have written about the Moos Filtration Plant green roof – one of the green roof wonders of the world – today I paid my 6th visit to the roof. One of the roofs was built in 1913 and the others in the ’50s. With over 148 flowering plants and grasses and 14 species of orchids this is just one of the best in Europe. However later in the day it was to be surpassed by an even better roof in St. Gallen. But that’s for another blog!The roofs have one of the largest populations of green-winged orchid (Orchis murio) in the Zurich area. There were definately a good number of Man Orchid’s as well as Yellow Rattle, Field Scabious and Greater Knapweed flowering. Fantastic.
A view of two of the five roofs, with yellow rattle growing where the roof was disturbed a few years ago and the soils are drier.
