Spectacle Ragwurz

Spectacle Ragwurz
	Spectacles ragwurz, illustration
Systematics
Family :	Orchids (orchidaceae)
Subfamily :	Orchidoideae
Tribe :	Orchideae
Sub tribus :	Orchidinae
Genre :	Ragwurzen ( Ophrys )
Type :	Spectacle Ragwurz
Scientific name
	Ophrys biscutella
	O.Danesch & E. Danesch

The eyewear Ragwurz ( Ophrys Biscutella ) is a kind of the genus Ragwurzen ( Ophrys ) in the family of the Orchid Family (Orchidaceae). Some authors call it the subspecies Ophrys argolica subsp. biscutella (O.Danesch & E.Danesch) Kreutz . A synonym is Ophrys crabronifera subsp. biscutella (O.Danesch & E. Danesch) Klaver & Kreutz .

This species is similar in general appearance to the hornet ragwort ( Ophrys crabronifera ).

description

This herbaceous perennial plant reaches heights of between 10 and 50 cm. The inflorescence consists of two to ten flowers . The basal field is not or barely colored lighter. Sometimes the bumps are missing. The mark usually consists of two cross-linked spots and is glasses-shaped. The red staminodal points are mostly present. The spectacle ragwurz differs from the hornet ragwurz ( Ophrys crabronifera ) by the darker trapezoidal lip with broad-lobed, projecting side lobes.

The flowering period extends from April to May.

The number of chromosomes is 2n = 36.

ecology

The bee Anthophora retusa is given as the pollinator .

Location and distribution

You can find this orchid in light forests, garrigues and on bushy grasslands with fresh mostly limestone - rarely slate- containing soils up to a height of 1300 m . You can find this plant species in the south of Italy from the province of Cosenza northwards to Salerno and Foggia .

literature

Karl-Peter Buttler : Orchids, the wild species and subspecies of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa . Mosaik Verlag 1986, ISBN 3-5700-4403-3 .

Individual evidence

↑ Rafaël Govaerts (ed.): Ophrys argolica. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved May 11, 2020.
↑ ^a ^b Helmut Baumann , Siegfried Künkele and Richard Lorenz: Orchids of Europe with adjacent areas . Verlag Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart, 2006, page 150.
^ Tropicos. [1]

[WCSP-1] Rafaël Govaerts (ed.): Ophrys argolica. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved May 11, 2020.

[BaumannKünkeleLorenz-2] Helmut Baumann , Siegfried Künkele and Richard Lorenz: Orchids of Europe with adjacent areas . Verlag Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart, 2006, page 150.

[Tropicos-3] Tropicos. [1]