Ophrys fuciflora, (F. W. Schmidt) Moench

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 : 348

16. O. fuciflora (F. W. Schmidt) Moench , Meth., Suppl. 311 (1802)

( Orchis fuciflora F. W. Schmidt , Ophrys arachnites (L.) Reichard ).

Plant 15-55 cm. Basal leaves ovate-oblong, obtuse, the cauline narrower, acute. Spike 2- to 6(-14)-flowered, lax. Perianth-segments pink, pale pinkish, whitish or green; outer 9-13 mm, ovate-oblong, obtuse, glabrous, the median concave; inner triangular, rarely linear-lanceolate, hairy. Labellum 9-13 (-16) mm, ovate, suborbicular or transversely elliptical, entire, rarely 3-lobed, brown or dark brownish-purple, velutinous, papillose in the centre, sometimes with a yellowish marginal zone, usually with basal protuberances up to 3 mm, with a wide, often 3-dentate, usually upeurved appendage; speculum variable, large. Connective acute. 2/2 = 36. S., W. & C. Europe, northwards to S. England and C. Czechoslovakia. Al Au Be BI Br Co Cr Cz Ga Ge Gr He Hs Hu It Ju Rm Sa?Si Tu.

1 Perianth-segments green; labellum with very indistinct basal protuberances

2 Inner perianth-segments as long as the outer

(c) subsp. oxyrrhynchos 2 Inner perianth-segments at least I as long as the outer

(d) subsp. exaitata 1 Perianth-segments pink, pale purplish or whitish; labellum with distinct basal protuberances

3 Speculum scutelliform, brown or violet-brown, with wide whitish or yellowish margin; inner perianth-segments | as long as the outer (b) subsp. candica 3 Speculum variable, violet or blue, with narrow yellow or greenish margin; inner perianth-segments usually as long as the outer (a) subsp. fuciflora