Orchis italica Poir. (Σατυρίσκος)

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Orchis italica Poir.

Plant robust, generally 20–40 cm tall. Basal leaves 3–5, forming an indistinct rosette, broadly oblong to narrowly elliptical, often with undulate margins, with or without dark spots. Cauline leaves 1–3, sheathing at least lower half of stem. Spike usually 4–7 × 3–5 cm, ovoid to broadly cylindrical, dense. Bracts short, ovate. Flowers usually rose-pink with purple dots and streaks. Sepals and petals acuminate, all connivent into a hood. Labellum 15–20 mm, ± flat, deeply 3-lobed; lateral lobes narrowly oblong; middle lobe much longer, narrowly obtriangular in outline, divided into 2 narrowly oblong-lanceolate lobules with a long tooth in-between; all lobes and lobules acuminate and sometimes twisted. Spur short, cylindrical, directed downwards.

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Orchis italica

Orchis italica

Orchis italica

Orchis italica