Ophrys umbilicata

Rhodian navel Orchid ( Ophrys umbilicata ssp. Rhodia )

Called the navel - orchid (Ophrys umbilicata ), also Karmel orchid or orchid Attic, is a species of the genus Ragwurzen ( Ophrys ) in the orchid family ( Orchidaceae). It was described in 1807 by the French botanist René Louiche Desfontaines.

Features

This perennial herbaceous plant produces two spherical - ovoid tubers as outlasting and reaches heights of growth between 10 and 60 cm. At the base of the stem are no up two scale leaves. Three to eight leaves are grouped in a basal rosette, and one or two bay leaves further up the stalk.

The loose inflorescence consists of two to twelve wide protruding flowers. The sepals are green to greenish or reddish- white and hairy petals are colored yellow-green to reddish- white. The tiefdreilappige lip appears reddish to dark brown. The time is very extended and appears brownish- purple with a bright rim.

The flowering period extends from February to May

Location and distribution

One finds this orchid on Magerrasen, Garriguen, clear pine, cypress and oak forests with predominantly calcareous soils, rarely on sandstone, up to an altitude of 800 m. The distribution area covers the Middle East, the southern Balkan peninsula, northward to southern Albania and the Bosphorus. There are also findings in Iraq and Iran.

Subspecies

This group is very rich in form. Depending on the view you divided it into seven species or subspecies, some of which are listed below:

This will nominate the stems 10-25 cm, rarely 45 cm long and the sepals are greenish to reddish - white in color.

The stem grows as the Ophrys umbilicata subsp. umbilicata 10 to 25 inches high, 35 cm high, in rare cases, however. The inflorescence is up to 6 cm wide and the sepals appear always green.

In this subspecies the stem grows up to 60 cm in rare cases in the height. But normal is 25 to 45 cm. The inflorescence is up to 4 cm wide and the sepals are green. This subspecies is considered by some authors as a separate subspecies subsp not, but as Ophrys umbilicata. attica classified.

The flowers are larger than all other subspecies here. The sepals are green and flowering time is earlier to settle as described above. This subspecies occurs in Cyprus and the Levant. The botanist of the Royal Botanical Gardens defining this subspecies as the separate species: Ophrys flavomarginata ( Renz ) H. Baumann & Künkele 1981.

This species is endemic in the southeastern Aegean Sea. Kew Gardens regarded this name as a synonym, and referred to this species as Ophrys scolopax subsp. rhodia (H. Baumann & Künkele ) H. A. Pedersen & Faurh. In 1997.