Serapias bergoni Camus 1908 Photo courtesy of Th. Pain and the Orchids of France and Europe

Common Name Bergon's Searapias

A cold growing terrestrial orchid Found in Sicily, Italy, Yugoslavia, Albania, Greece, Turkey and Cyprus that has an erect, racemose inflorescence with large brown bracts almost covering the many flowers occuring in the spring.

Synonyms Serapias cordigera subsp. laxiflora (Soó) H.Sund. 1980; Serapias laxiflora Chaub. 1838; Serapias parviflora subsp. laxiflora Soó 1928; Serapias wettsteinii Fleischm. 1925

Serapias vomeracea subsp. laxiflora (Soó) Gölz & H.R.Reinhard 1977 Photo courtesy of J-M Lewin and the Orchids of France and Europe

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