Ophrys umbilicata is a species of orchid found from Albania to Iran, including Greece, Israel, Lebanon, Turkey and Cyprus.
Description
Ophyrys umbilicata is a perennial, erect, glabrous herb, 10âÂÂ20 cm high. Leaves alternate, simple, entire, thick, narrowly elliptic with parallel nerves. Flowers spirally arranged on top of the shoot, sepals 10-15 x 6âÂÂ9 mm, petals small. Labellum broader on other half 9âÂÂ12 mm, 3-dentate on the apex, purple-blackish. Flowers MarchâÂÂApril. Fruit a capsule. Habitat garigue, Maquis and open pine woodlands at 0âÂÂ600 m altitude.
Subspecies
At present (May 2014), 7 subspecies are recognized:
- Ophrys umbilicata subsp. beerii <small>Shifman</small> - Palestine
- Ophrys umbilicata subsp. bucephala <small>(Gölz & H.R.Reinhard) Biel</small> - Turkey and the Greek islands
- Ophrys umbilicata subsp. calycadniensis <small>Perschke</small> - Turkey
- Ophrys umbilicata subsp. flavomarginata <small>(Renz) Faurh.</small> - Cyprus, Lebanon, Syria, Palestine
- Ophrys umbilicata subsp. lapethica <small>(Gölz & H.R.Reinhard) Faurh.</small> - Cyprus
- Ophrys umbilicata subsp. latakiana <small>(M.Schönfelder & H.Schönfelder) Faurh. & H.A.Pedersen</small> - Turkey, Syria
- Ophrys umbilicata subsp. umbilicata - from Albania to Iran
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