[Some aspects of underground organs of spotleaf orchis growth and phenolic compound accumulation at the generative stage of ontogenesis].

For the first time, the time courses of the growth and accumulation of phenolic compounds (PHCs) in different parts of the organs of the underground organs of the tuberoid orchid Dactilorhyza maculata during vegetation and the winter dormancy period were studied. It was shown that the replacement of old tuberoids and adventitious roots by new ones is accompanied by active growth, photosynthate redistribution, and PHC accumulation. It was found that the tuberoid performing the function of a storage organ possessed a low PHC content, which increased at the end of vegetation and was stably high during the winter dormancy period; in spring the content decreased, most likely as a result of PHC catabolism and utilization for growth processes. It was proposed that the higher PHC content in adventitious roots and tuberoid terminal parts is determined by mycotrophy of the organs.