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Ophrys ferrum-equinum subsp. labiosa / Horseshoe Ophrys

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Ophrys ferrum-equinum subsp. labiosa / Horseshoe Ophrys

Ophrys ferrum-equinum subsp. labiosa / Horseshoe Ophrys from Ulupınar, Kemer, Antalya


Description: Short plant, 10-30 cm, with 3-8 flowers. Variable species. Dark, purplish-black, mostly hairless labellum, not trilobed. Shiny blue or blue-grey speculum, horsehoe-shaped or drops-shaped. This species is recognized by the spread out lip with grey-violet marginal hair in the shoulders and speculum which is not surrounded by white line and is not reaching the lip base (which is the case for Ophrys spruneri) .


Biology: Flowering from mid-March to mid-May. Pollinator : Chalicodoma parietina. Habitat: Alkaline soils, shady to sunlit locations, phrygana, fields, maquis.


Distribution: From Albania to south-western and southern Turkey. Wide distribution in continental Greece and islands, except Kefallonia where it is replaced by Ophrys gottfriediana, while in eastern Aegean island a close species, Ophrys labiosa exists. Absent from Crete.


Reference/Kaynak: Catherine DIJON

Author Bayram GÖÇMEN
Created on Friday 13 April 2012
Posted on Sunday 30 December 2012
Tags Antalya, TURKEY / TÜRKİYE
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