Ophrys lutea subsp. melena, Renz, 1928

D. M. Moore (ed.), 1980, CCIII Orchidaceae, Flora Europaea, Vol 5: Alismataceae to Orchidaceae, Camebridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 325-350 : 346

(c) Subsp . melena Renz ,

Feddes Repert. 25: 264 (1928):

Labellum 9-12 mm, the lobes subequal or the middle lobe smaller, with marginal zone 1 -2 mm wide with blackish-purple hairs, blackish-purple (except the marginal zone and speculum); speculum 2 -lobed, wide in relation to labellum.

• Greece.

Subspp. (b) and (c) are perhaps of hybrid origin.