White-luster Ragwort
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White-luster Ragwort ( Ophrys candica ) |
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The white gloss orchid ( Ophrys candica ) is a kind of the genus Ragwurzen ( Ophrys ) in the family of the Orchid Family (Orchidaceae). Synonyms are Ophrys fuciflora subsp. candica E. Nelson ex Soó and Ophrys holoserica subsp. candica (E. Nelson ex Soó) Renz & Taubenheim .
Plant description
This herbaceous perennial plant reaches heights of between 15 and 40 cm.
The inflorescence includes two to seven flowers . The backward-facing sepals appear whitish to pink. The petals are hairy all around, just like the brown lip. The lip is slightly humped and has a large upright appendage. The shield-shaped mark has a white border. The very small basal field is encompassing, this brown-purple area often appears lightly marbled. Clear lines are seldom seen.
The flowering period extends from April to May. The white-luster ragwort always flowers later than the small-spotted ragwort ( Ophrys holoserica ) and the beaked ragwurz ( Ophrys oxyrrhynchos ).
Distribution and location
The distribution area extends over the eastern and central Mediterranean area . The white-luster ragwort is found in southwestern Anatolia , on Samos , on Rhodes , on Crete , on the southern Peloponnese , in southern Puglia and in southern Sicily .
This species can be found in light oak forests , garrigues and on former cultivated land up to a height of 900 m .
Systematics
One can distinguish between two subspecies:
- Ophrys candica subsp. candica : It occurs in Apulia, Crete, Rhodes and southwestern Turkey at altitudes between 0 and 900 meters above sea level.
- Kythera Ragwort ( Ophrys candica subsp. Cytherea B. Baumann & H.Baumann ): It occurs in southern Greece. It was first described in 2006.
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 candica. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved May 12, 2020.
- ↑ a b c Helmut Baumann , Siegfried Künkele and Richard Lorenz: Orchids of Europe with adjacent areas . Verlag Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart, 2006, page 148.
