Orchis mascula
Orchis mascula
subsp longicalcarata: Er salebi; subsp. pinetorum: Çam salebi
Plant 20-40 cm. Stem slender, often flexuous. Basal leaves 4-6, obovate to oblong, spreading, c. 8-12 x 1.5-3 cm, shining-green, unspotted . Spike cylindrical, lax, many-flowered. Flowers mauve to red. Sepals obtuse, lateral ones spreading to reflexed. Labellum 3-lobed, convex, with few darker dots near base or undotted; middle lobe elongate, clearly exceeding the ovate lateral lobes, reniform to nearly 2-lobed. Spur slightly curved upwards, ± dilated at tip, ± equalling ovary. Fl. 5-6. Glades and edges of coniferous forest, Fagus forest, Quercus scrub, 150-2400 m.
Lebanon, Anti-Lebanon; possibly also in Greece, Aegean, Cyprus, Palestine, Latakia? E. Medit. element.
