Ophrys speculum, Link in Schrader, 1800

D. M. Moore (ed.), 1980, CCIII Orchidaceae, Flora Europaea, Vol 5: Alismataceae to Orchidaceae, Camebridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 325-350 : 345

2. O. speculum Link in Schrader ,

Jour, für die Bot. 1799(2): 324 (1800).

Basal leaves oblong, subobtuse, the cauline lanceolate, acute. Outer perianth-segments 6-8 mm, oblong-ovate, green or yellowish, often brown-striate, glabrous, the lateral patent, the median erect, cucullate; inner as long as the outer, ovate to lanceolate, dark purple, rarely greenish, densely hairy. Labellum up to 13 x 15 mm, dark purple, villous with coloured hairs at margin, deeply 3-lobed, not globose-inflated; lateral lobes patent, obtuse, yellowish in the centre and with darker lines; middle lobe often slightly emarginate, with revolute margin, rarely convex; speculum large, shiny, blue, yellow at margin, sometimes 3-lobed. Connective obtuse. 2n = 36.

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