King Ferdinand Ragwurz
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King-Ferdinand-Ragwurz ( Ophrys regis-ferinandii ) |
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The King Ferdinand orchid ( Ophrys regis-ferdinandii (Eight. & Kellerer ex Renz) Buttler , Syn .: Ophrys speculum subsp. Regis-ferdinandii (Eight. & Kellerer ex Renz) Soó ) is a species of the genus Ragwurzen ( Ophrys ) in the family of orchid plants (Orchidaceae). It is named after Ferdinand I of Bulgaria .
Plant description
This herbaceous perennial plant reaches heights of between 5 and 30 centimeters.
The inflorescence includes two to eleven flowers , which are slightly smaller than the flowers of the Spiegel-Ragwurz ( Ophrys speculum ). The sepals have a strong brownish red color , while the often narrow petals are yellow with a brown base or only brown in color. The middle lobe of the strongly three-lobed lip has a dark or yellow hairless edge. This middle lobe is almost flat lengthways, but strongly arched across. The violet-blue to dark purple mark has an orange to yellow-brown border.
The flowering period extends from March to April. This species flowers around the same time as the Iberian mirror ragwurz ( Ophrys vernixia ).
Distribution and site conditions
The area extends over the east of the Aegean Sea and comprises three sub-areas. This species occurs in Chios , on Rhodes , Samos , Simi , Tilos and on the coast of western Turkey at altitudes between 0 and 400 meters above sea level.
The König-Ferdinand-Ragwurz can be found in light forests, garrigues , poor grasslands and on former cultivated land with moderately dry, alkaline soils.
literature
- Karl-Peter Buttler: Orchids. The wild-growing species and subspecies of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. Mosaik, Munich 1986, ISBN 3-5700-4403-3
Individual evidence
- ^ Helmut Baumann , Siegfried Künkele and Richard Lorenz: Orchids in Europe with adjacent areas . Verlag Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart, 2006. ISBN 978-3-8001-4162-3 . Page 194.
Web links
Wikispecies: König-Ferdinand-Ragwurz - species directory