~Ophrys eleonorae J. & P. Devillers-Terschuren 1991 - See Ophrys fusca Link 1799 subsp. iricolor (Desf.) O.Schwarz 1934 Photo courtesy of Pascal Pernot and the Orchids of France and Europe

Common Name Eleanor's Ophyrs [Sardinian Princess current]

Flower Size

A small to medium sized, cold growing terrestrial orchid at elevations up to 950 meters witha more slender plant than O fusca ssp iricolorand with 1 to 2 more flowers, smaller sepals in relation to the lip, petals that are paler, a longer lip, a speculum that is a duller blue, often grooved, underside less intensely purple, sometimes orange, and frequently bordered yellowish green that blooms in the spring and is from Corfu, Capri, Sardinia Algeria and Tunisia.

Synonyms Ophrys fusca f. maxima Terracciano ; Ophrys iricolor subsp. eleonorae (Devillers-Tersch. & Devillers) Paulus & Gack 1995

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Ophyrs The Bee Orchids of Europe Pederson & Faurholdt 2007 Orchids of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East Delforge 2005

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