Serapias vomeracea subsp. orientalis, W. Greuter, 1972

D. M. Moore (ed.), 1980, CCIII Orchidaceae, Flora Europaea, Vol 5: Alismataceae to Orchidaceae, Camebridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 325-350 : 343-344

(b) Subsp. orientalis W. Greuter ,

Florist. Rep. Cretan Area 19 (1972)

: Stem not more than 25(-30) cm. Spike short, rather dense, (2-)3- to 4(-6)-flowered. Bracts equalling or slightly exceeding flowers. Outer median perianth-segments horizontal.

Labellum with middle lobe 11-23 mm wide.

E. Mediterranean region.

Plants from the E. Mediterranean region, here included in subsp. (a), have been distinguished as subsp. laxiflora (So6) Gölz & Reinhard, Orchidee 28: 114 (1977) ( S. parviflora subsp. laxiflora Soö , S. columnae (Ascherson & Graebner) Fleischm., S. hellenica Renz ), on account of their shorter perianth-segments and labellum, narrower hypochile and often reflexed epichile.