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Ophrys lunulata

Posted by Johan Dierckx (Wijnegem, Belgium) on 18 May 2012 in Plant & Nature and Portfolio.

Series: European Terrestial Orchids

Ophrys lunulata (NL: Maanophrys / EN: Moon Orchid / DE: Halbmond-Ragwurz / FR: Ophrys à lunules) is an Ophrys endemic to the island of Sicily and the offshore Eolian Islands which was first described from the Palermo region in 1838. It is both distinctive, highly attractive and locally common to the south and west of Mount Etna where as well as the classic calcareous terrain's, it happily grows on stable, colonized lava formations. Its name literally means "with lunula" where lunula presumably refers to the small loosely crescent shaped speculum.

Image: Ferla (IT-SI) – 04/04/2012

More images and info on this species (and on European terrestrial orchids) can be found on my Wordpress-Blog about European Orchids.

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