Ophrys spruneri, Nyman

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1980, Flora Europaea. Volume 5. Alismataceae to Orchidaceae (Monocotyledones), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 347

7. O. spruneri Nyman , Consp. 698 (1882).

Plant 10-30 cm. Basal leaves 3-6, oblong-lanceolate, acute. Spike 2- to 4- flowered, lax. Perianth-segments green or greenish-purple, rarely white, pink or purple; outer 8-10 mm, oblong-ovate to -lanceolate; inner 5-8 mm, at least | as long as the outer, lanceolate or oblong, subobtuse to acute, glabrous or hairy. Labellum 10—13(—15) x 10—13(—15) mm, orbicular, ovate or obovate, blackish-brown or -purple, 3-lobed, very rarely subentire; lateral lobes ovate, convex, deflexed, rarely almost patent; middle lobe much longer than the lateral, semi-orbicular, reniform or oblong, the margin usually strongly deflexed; speculum bluish-violet, with white margin. Connective acute. • Greece and Aegean region; Sicilia. Cr Gr Si.