Orchis boryi, Reichenb., 1851

D. M. Moore (ed.), 1980, CCIII Orchidaceae, Flora Europaea, Vol 5: Alismataceae to Orchidaceae, Camebridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 325-350 : 338

2. O. boryi Reichenb. fil .,

Icon. FI. Germ. 13: 19 (1851).

Tubers globose. Stem 20-45 cm, with a basal rosette of leaves and crowded sheaths above. Leaves lanceolate to oblong-obo­ vate. Spike short, often capitate, dense, the distal flowers open­ ing first. Bracts lanceolate, 1 /2as long as ovary. Flowers violet. Outer perianth-segments c. 7 mm, oblong-ovate, more or less patent; inner 4—5 mm, ovate. Labellum c. 8 x 8 mm, sub- orbicular, with 3 subequal lobes; middle lobe entire, longer than the lateral. Spur c. 15x2 mm, filiform, obtuse, somewhat shorter than ovary, patent or somewhat curved upwards.

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