Ophrys argolica, Fleischm., 1919

D. M. Moore (ed.), 1980, CCIII Orchidaceae, Flora Europaea, Vol 5: Alismataceae to Orchidaceae, Camebridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 325-350 : 347-348

11. O. argolica Fleischm. ,

Verb. Zool. -Bot. Ges. Wien 69: 295 (1919).

Plant 15-35 cm. Basal leaves lanceolate, acute, the cauline similar, smaller. Spike (l-)4- to 6-flowered. Outer perianth-segments 8-12 mm, oblong to oblong-ovate, purple or lilac, rarely whitish or greenish, the median sometimes linear-lanceo­ late; inner at least 1 /2 as long as the outer, lanceolate, ovate or triangular, purple or lilac, velutinous. Labellum 10-12 mm, entire and suborbicular to ovate, or 3-lobed, slightly convex or flat, reddish-brown or brown, papillose, with a small appendage, the margin often with a narrow, glabrous yellowish zone; lateral lobes, if present, without basal protuberances, white- or yellow­ ish-hairy; speculum small, semicircular, transversely linear, H- shaped, horsehoe-shaped or of a single line or spot, violet, with white margin. Connective shortly acuminate.

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