Bianca's Ragwurz

Bianca's Ragwurz
	Bianca's Ragwort ( Ophrys biancae )
Systematics
Family :	Orchids (orchidaceae)
Subfamily :	Orchidoideae
Tribe :	Orchideae
Sub tribus :	Orchidinae
Genre :	Ragwurzen ( Ophrys )
Type :	Bianca's Ragwurz
Scientific name
	Ophrys biancae
	( Death. ) Macch.

Bianca's Orchid ( Ophrys biancae (death.) Macch. Is) a kind of generic Ragwurzen ( Ophrys ) in the family of orchid plants (Orchidaceae). It is also known as the subspecies Ophrys fuciflora subsp. biancae (death) Faurh. or Ophrys oxyrrhynchos subsp. biancae (death.) Galesi, Cristaudo & Maugeri viewed. It usually blooms 2 to 3 weeks earlier than the Schnabel-Ragwurz ( Ophrys oxyrrhyncos ).

description

This herbaceous perennial plant reaches heights of between 10 and 25 cm. It has four to six basal leaves .

The inflorescence includes four to ten flowers . The sepals are usually whitish to pink in color, but they can rarely appear greenish. The lateral petals are pink to red and broadly triangular. The lip, which is hairy all around, is brown-red in the middle or, rarely, dark brown. This clearly stands out from the yellow border.

The flowering period extends from March to April.

Location and distribution

This representative of the Ragwurzen can be found in sparse pine forests and garrigues at altitudes between 45 and 650 meters above sea level. This species is endemic to south-east Sicily .

literature

Karl-Peter Buttler : Orchids, the wild species and subspecies of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa . Mosaik Verlag 1986, ISBN 3-570-04403-3

Individual evidence

↑ Rafaël Govaerts (ed.): Ophrys biancae. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved May 12, 2020.
↑ ^a ^b Helmut Baumann , Siegfried Künkele and Richard Lorenz: Orchids of Europe with adjacent areas . Verlag Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart, 2006, page 186.

Web links

Commons : Biancas Ragwurz ( Ophrys biancae ) - album with pictures, videos and audio files

[WCSP-1] Rafaël Govaerts (ed.): Ophrys biancae. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved May 12, 2020.

[BaumannKünkeleLorenz-2] Helmut Baumann , Siegfried Künkele and Richard Lorenz: Orchids of Europe with adjacent areas . Verlag Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart, 2006, page 186.