Ophrys oestrifera
Ophrys oestrifera
Sinek salebi
Ssp akcakarae; Ssp akcaliensis; Ssp bremifera ; Ssp hygrophila ; Ssp karadenizensis ; Ssp minutiflora; Ssp minutula ; Ssp oestrifera
Plants 15-60 cm. Leaves 3-6, erecto-patent. Spike fairly dense, to 20 cm, 2-12-flowered. Sepals rose-purple or greenish-white, with dark green mid-vein. Petals lanceolate, ± broadened or slightly auriculate at base, rose-purple, 4-5.5 mm, velvety. Labellum deeply 3-lobed, 8-12 mm, dark brown or brownish-purple velvety; lateral lobes ±villous, extended above into pointed horns or ± obtuse humps ; middle lobe ovate, strongly convex, with forwardly or slightly upward-directed, glabrous, greenishyellow appendix at apex; speculum occupying most of middle lobe, forming a pattern of pale yellowish to greyish-blue lines, enclosing 1-3 dark brown velvety ovate zones. Column with apiculate connective.
1. Flowers moderately large, labellum 8-10 mm subsp.oestrifera
1. Flowers very large, labellum 15-16 mm subsp. heldreichii
