Ophrys cretica subsp. karpathensis E. Nelson (Αριάδνη)

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Ophrys cretica subsp. karpathensis E. Nelson συνώνυμο: Ophrys ariadnae Paulus

Plant medium-sized. Flowers 2–6(–10) in a rather lax spike. Sepals 10–17 mm, elliptic-lanceolate, patent or somewhat reflexed, green to purplish-brown, the lateral ones often bicoloured. Petals 6–9 mm, narrowly triangular to lanceolate, pale purplish-brown. Labellum 10–16 mm, elliptical in outline, deeply 3-lobed, with obliquely conical, velvety lateral bulges (side lobes); middle lobe much longer, with a short triangular point; ground colour dark brown to purplish-black; mirror distinct, consisting of a large, white-margined, H-shaped or more complicated figure, connected to the base of labellum by distinct broad bands. Column acute to subobtuse.

Με 2 σαφώς διακριτά υποείδη, την O. cretica subsp. cretica και την O. cretica subsp. karpathensis με κατανομή σε Πελοπόννησο, Κρήτη, Δ.Αιγαίο και Κυκλάδες. Αυτή είναι η δεύτερη αναφορά απο Αττική. Περισσότερες πληροφορίες στα Χλωρίδα μας, Φυτολόγιο, greekflora.gr, Flora of Greece.

Ophrys ariadnae

Ophrys ariadnae