Helene's Ragwurz
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The orchid Helenes Ragwurz ( Ophrys helenae Renz ) is a species of the genus Ragwurzen ( Ophrys ) and thus of the orchid family. It blooms from April to June. It is also classified as a subspecies by some authors: Ophrys sphegodes subsp. helenae (Renz) Soó & DMMoore or Ophrys mammosa subsp. helenae (Renz) Soó .
features
This herbaceous perennial plant reaches heights of between 15 and 40 cm. The inflorescence includes two to eight flowers . The bracts are green and often tinged with red. The sepals look egg-shaped. The lateral petals are between 7 and 12 mm long and hairless. The lip is colored wine-red to dark brown-red and is covered with a velvety covering of short hair. Missing once.
Location and distribution
This species can be found in light forests, garrigues , on rough lawns and meadows with dry or moist soils rich in bases up to a height of 1000 meters above sea level. This orchid appears most frequently in northern Greece , on the Ionian Islands, but also occasionally in southern Albania and central Greece.
literature
- Karl-Peter Buttler : Orchids, the wild species and subspecies of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa . Mosaik Verlag, Munich 1986, ISBN 3-570-04403-3 , ( Steinbach's natural guide ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Helmut Baumann , Siegfried Künkele and Richard Lorenz: Orchids of Europe with adjacent areas . Verlag Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart, 2006, page 162.
- ↑ Rafaël Govaerts (ed.): Ophrys helenae. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved May 13, 2020.