Ophrys lunulata, Pari., 1838

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

10. O. lunulata Pari. ,

Gior. Sei. Sic. 62: 4 (1838).

Plant up to 25 cm. Basal leaves 4-6, oblong-lanceolate. Spike 4- to 7- flowered, lax. Perianth-segments lilac, rarely whitish; outer 10- 13 mm, ovate to oblong, obtuse, the lateral close to the labellum and deflexed-patent; inner f as long as or almost as long as the outer, linear-lanceolate. Labellum 10-12 mm, ovate, 3-lobed, the lateral lobes narrow, without or with small basal protuberances, strongly deflexed, the middle lobe with strongly deflexed margin, brown, rarely blackish-purple, with glabrous, greenish or yellow marginal zone, emarginate at apex, with small appendage; speculum crescentic, whitish or lilac to brown in the centre. Connective acute.

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