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Ophrys tenthredinifera
The Ophrys tenthredinifera is a plant from 10 to 60 cm high with two tubers. Stem erect and slightly flexed. 3 to 8 basal leaves ovate-lanceolate or oblong. Spikes with three to eight flowers have a large lip. The three-lobed lip is dark brown, velvety central lobe, trapezoidal, elongated and curved.
In grasslands, scrublands, bush and forest sites in soils of calcareous sandstone and limestone. It grows at altitudes from 850 to 1100 m
Spotted on Apr 13, 2012
Submitted on Apr 14, 2012
2 Comments
si, son te altitudes un poco mas elevadas, pero tampoco mucho, no se si conoces la montaña de Bernia? por Benissa, pues ahi las encontré, pero imagino que en Serra Gelada deben de haber tambien!
Estas si no las he visto aun en la naturaleza. Son mas de montaña?