Orchis punctulata, Steven ex Lindley, 1835

D. M. Moore (ed.), 1980, CCIII Orchidaceae, Flora Europaea, Vol 5: Alismataceae to Orchidaceae, Camebridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 325-350 : 340

13. O. punctulata Steven ex Lindley ,

Gen. Sp. Orchid. 273 (1835).

Tubers ellipsoid. Stem 25-60 cm, erect, with 4-7 leaves in lower half, usually with sheaths above. Leaves oblong. Spike cylindrical, many-flowered. Bracts ovate, much shorter than ovary. Perianth-segments all convergent into a galea; outer 8-15 mm, oblong-ovate, more or less obtuse, pink; inner shorter, linear-oblong; galea yellowish-green. Labellum longer than wide, yellowish-green, often with purple spots, 3-lobed; lateral lobes oblong, truncate; middle lobe narrowed toward the base, widened and subreniform at the apex, 2-lobed, the lobules with short apiculum between. Spur broadly cylindrical, directed downwards.

E. part of Balkan peninsula; Krym.?Bu Gr Rs (K) Tu. (Caucasus, S. W. Asia.)