| Ophrys bombyliflora Link , it is a tuberous geophyte, erect, glabrous herb, up to 7·29 cm. Tuber subglobose or ovoid, shortly or long stipitate. Basal leaves 4-8, forming a rosette, elliptic-lenticular to lanceolate, shortly attenuate at base, cauline leaves 1-2, reduced and sheathing. Inflorescence laxly 1-6-flowered, attaining about 8 cm in height. Bracts oblong or broadly lanceolate, ± pointed, distinctly green. Flowers small, spreading. Sepals sub equal, ovale or oval, oblong, minute, green with slightly violate base, 1-nerved, densely papillose, velutinlous inside. Labellum very much convex and isodiametric, nearly orbicular, trifid; lateral lobes linear-oblong, villous, midlobe much longer, bigibbous at base, hemispherical, owing to the strongly recuverved margins, brown, velvety, with the exception of a smooth strip from base to recurved lip. Gynostemium short with obtuse beak, rostellum obtuse, notched. Stigma semi-oval. Anther obovate, obtuse, reddish, pollinia yellow, with clearly yellow caudicles. Ovary cylindrical, glabrous. Capsul. Oblong, often stipitate and 6-ribbcd. Life Form: G, Flowering in: Feb-Apr, Vern:——————-, Phytochoria: MED, The native range of this species is Canary Islands, Medit. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:647801-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/647801-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000257560, https://www.gbif.org/species/2793699, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/161176/ophrys-bombyliflora-link, https://maltawildplants.com/ORCH/Ophrys_bombyliflora.php, https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/3081.html, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_ophrysbombyliflora.php, https://botany.cz/en/ophrys-bombyliflora/ |
| Distribution in Libya |
| Al-Jabal Al-Akhder |
| Slonta 1939 (5 km) from Faidia 1983 Wadi Zaza 2003 |
| Bibliographic references: | |
| First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan: | |
| Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1985) Flora of Libya, Orchidaceae Vol. (119) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. | |
| Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest: | pdf files |
| El-Barasi, Y. M., EI-Sherif, l. M. & Gawhari, A. M. H.(2003) Checklist and analysis of the flora and vegetation of Wadi Zaza at AI-Jabal AI Akhdar (Cyrenaica, Libya). Bocconea 16 (2): 1091-1105. 2003. – ISSN 1120-4060. https://bit.ly/3VowJ3q, http://www.herbmedit.org/bocconea/16-1091.pdf | flora and vegetation of Wadi Zaza 2003 |
