Ophrys heldreichii

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Ophrys heldreichii
Ophrys heldreichii in Crete

Ophrys heldreichii in Crete

Systematics
Family : Orchids (orchidaceae)
Subfamily : Orchidoideae
Tribe : Orchideae
Sub tribus : Orchidinae
Genre : Ragwurzen ( Ophrys )
Type : Ophrys heldreichii
Scientific name
Ophrys heldreichii
Schltr.

Ophrys heldreichii German also, hero empire orchid called, is a kind of genre Ragwurzen ( Ophrys ) in the family of orchid plants (Orchidaceae). The independence of the species is partly not recognized, as it isclosely relatedto Ophrys scolopax . Some authors place it as a subspecies of Ophrys scolopax : Ophrys scolopax subsp. heldreichii (Schltr.) E. Nelson .

Heldreich's Ragwurz ( Ophrys heldreichii ) on Crete

features

Ophrys heldreichii is a perennial tuber geophyte that reaches heights of 10 to 65 cm. The sepals are mostly intense pink. The lateral petals often overlap at the base. The lip measures 13 to 16 × 15 to 18 mm. Your appendage is bent forward, often multi-toothed and 2.5 to 5 mm long. The middle lobe is chestnut brown and very strongly arched, so that the lateral edges touch at the bottom. The mark is brownish violet, often H-shaped and surrounds the orange-brown basal field like a lump. The mark is surrounded by a yellowish-white border, which branches out irregularly and can form extensive patterns. The humps of the densely hairy side lobes are elongated horn-shaped.

The flowering period extends from March to May, rarely beginning in February.

ecology

The longhorn bee Synhalonia rufa was observed as pollinator .

Occurrence

The distribution area extends over the Aegean Sea and Anatolia . On Crete, Ophrys heldreichii grows in light forests, bushes, grasslands, pastures, phrygana, wasteland and cultivated terraces at altitudes from 0 to 1200 m. It can usually be found on fresh soil.

Systematics

One can distinguish three subspecies:

  • Calypso ragwurz ( Ophrys heldreichii subsp. Calypsus (M.Hirth & H.Spaeth) Kreutz ): It occurs on the East Aegean islands of Kos, Leipsoi and Rhodes at altitudes from 0 to 60 meters above sea level.
  • Heldreichs Ragwurz ( Ophrys heldreichii subsp. Heldreichii ): It occurs from the Dalmatian island of Hvar , in Greece and Crete at altitudes between 0 and 1200 meters above sea level.
  • Heldreich's corolla ragwurz ( Ophrys heldreichii subsp. Pusilla B. Baumann & H.Baumann ): It occurs on Karpathos, Rhodes, Samos and Lesbos at sea levels from 0 to 400 meters.

literature

  • Ralf Jahn, Peter Schönfelder: Excursion flora for Crete . Verlag Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 1995, ISBN 3-8001-3478-0 , p. 438 .
  • Helmut Baumann , Siegfried Künkele and Richard Lorenz: Orchids of Europe with adjacent areas . Verlag Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart, 2006, page 162.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ophrys heldreichii Schltr. is a synonym of Ophrys scolopax subsp. heldreichii (Schltr.) E. Nelson in The Plant List (2013) , accessed June 17, 2018
  2. ↑ Rafaël Govaerts (ed.): Ophrys heldreichii. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved May 13, 2020.
  3. ↑ Ophrys heldreichii in CRETAN FLORA , accessed June 17, 2018
  4. ↑ Ophrys heldreichii in Mittelmeerflora.de , accessed on June 17, 2018
  5. ↑ a b c d e Helmut Baumann , Siegfried Künkele and Richard Lorenz: Orchids of Europe with adjacent areas . Verlag Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart, 2006, page 162.

Web links

Commons : Ophrys scolopax subsp. heldreichii  - album with pictures, videos and audio files
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