Himantoglossum comperianum
Himantoglossum comperianum
Meşe keşkeşi
Syn: Comperia comperiana
Plants to 60 cm. Leaves 3-4, oblong-ligulate to lanceolate, to 15 x 4 cm. Spike broadly cylindrical, rather lax. Bracts linear-lanceolate. Hood olivegreen, often flushed brownish-purple or rose, to 20 mm. Petals with sinuate margins and 1-2 fine teeth. Labellum 3-lobed, base rose-tinged or whitish, lateral lobes prolonged into pendulous segments, middle lobe divided into 2 segments, all up to 8 cm. Column c. 5 mm, brownish-purple. Ovary to 15 mm. Fl. 5-7. Coniferous and deciduous forests, mainly in montane region, 500-1750 m.
N. Iraq, W. Iran. Ir.-Tur. element.
