| Ophrys holoserica (Burm.f.) Greuter , it is a tuberous geophyte, glabrous, erect, green or glauscent herb, up to 55 cm. Tuber globular. Basal leaves 2-4, forming a rosette, oval-oblong or oblong-lanceolate, pointed or apiculate. Inflorescence laxly few-flowered. Bracts spreading, distinctly green, lanceolate, ± apiculate. Flowers large, spreading. Sepals, sub equal, 3-nerved, ovate-oblong, pink or rose with green lines; median lobe oboval, shortly cucullate. Petals triangular, obtuse, 1-nerved, cordate-hastate at base, rose or pink, papillose-velutinous at the inner face. Labellum ± reflected, largely convex, sub orbicular or obovate-quadrate, longer than sepals, margin not folded back, bigibbous at base, truncate at apex and furnished near its middle with a glabrous, yellow, up curved appendix, and with the exception of obscure, glabrous spots and lines with yellow borders situated near its base, velvety tawny; lateral lobes indistinct; midlobe glabrous, ± recurved, usually trilobulate. Gynostemium spreading, tip acute; rostellum obtuse, apiculate; stigma concave, semi-oval. Anther spreading, oboval, apiculate. Ovary cylindrical, glabrous. Life Form: G, Flowering in: Apr-May, Vern:———————, Phytochoria: MED, The native range of this species is W. & Central Europe to Medit. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:647934-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/647934-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000257918, https://www.gbif.org/species/8922104, https://botany.cz/cs/ophrys-holoserica/ |
| Distribution in Libya |
| Al-Jabal Al-Akhder |
| Al-Merj 1925 Barce, Sidi Ahmed el Cheila, Lamluda, Gubba 1933 Lamluda, Baida, Wadi Scisu, Taknis, Wadi Al-Athrun 1934 Above Barce 1939 (16 km) from Faidia on way to Taknis 1978 |
| 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 |
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