Ophrys cretica, (Vierh.) E. Nelson, 1962

D. M. Moore (ed.), 1980, CCIII Orchidaceae, Flora Europaea, Vol 5: Alismataceae to Orchidaceae, Camebridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 325-350 : 348

13. O. cretica (Vierh.) E. Nelson ,

Gestaltwandel 146 (1962).

Plant 20-30 cm. Basal leaves oblong-lanceolate, acute. Spike 3- to 8-flowered. Perianth-segments green, purplish or brown; outer 8-10 mm, ovate to oblong; inner i as long as the outer, linear-lanceolate to triangular, velutinous. Labellum 11-14 mm, distinctly 3-lobed, blackish-purple, with strongly deflexed margins; lateral lobes elliptical, convex, with small basal pro­ tuberances, purplish- or blackish-hairy; middle lobe oblong to ovate, with small appendage; speculum of 2 sometimes inter­ connected lines and H-shaped or scutelliform, or of small spots, white, or bluish with white margin. Connective acute.

• S. Greece and S. Aegean region. Cr Gr.