Anacamptis morio subsp. syriaca

الوصف النباتي

Flowers : Helmet (sepals + petals) pink-lilac to pale rose, veins green. Labellum (lip) three-lobed, 6 – 8 mm, always immaculate (spot-free) in the central field — a constant character separating subsp. syriaca from other subspecies of A. morio . Spur straight to slightly up-curved, 4 – 6 mm, shorter than the ovary.

الأوراق

Leaves : 4 – 7 unspotted, narrowly lanceolate leaves forming a loose basal rosette; largest blades 6 – 10 cm × 0.5 – 1.5 cm ; 1 – 2 smaller sheathing leaves clasp the lower stem.

الأزهار

Inflorescence : Dense, ovoid-to-cylindrical spike 4 – 8 cm long bearing 15 – 40 flowers; green lanceolate bracts reach or slightly exceed the ovary; pedicels sub-equal, 5 – 10 mm.، Reproductive organs : Column bears two yellow pollinia transferred chiefly by solitary bees; fruit an erect, narrow capsule that releases dust-like seeds in early summer.

مواسم النبات

الفنلوجية

Flowering period : March – May at low elevations; in montane turf (≥ 1 200 m) flowering may continue into early June.

الانتشار الموثق

Native range : Eastern Mediterranean: Cyprus, southern Turkey, western Syria and Lebanon . In Lebanon it is local on Jabal Sannine, the Barouk cedar slopes and Mount Hermon, with scattered stations in the northern Mount-Lebanon mid-belt

Diagnostic characters : Subsp. syriaca is distinguished from the European subsp. morio and the central-Mediterranean subsp. picta by its (i) immaculate pale lip, (ii) slightly shorter spur, and (iii) paler, often whitish overall flower colour

Key references — Camus 1908 (protologue); Bateman & al. 2006 ( J. Hardy Orchid Soc. 3 (3): 78-83); Kretzschmar, Eccarius & Dietrich 2007; Vela & Viglione 2015 ( Acta Bot. Gallica 162: 337-359); POWO entry for accepted nomenclature and range.

الارتفاع الموثق

الارتفاع

400 m، 600 m

لمحة نباتية

بنية النبات

Life-form & habit : Tuberous perennial geophyte, usually 12 – 30 cm tall (rarely to 40 cm); single, unbranched green scape arises from a pair of ovoid tubers. Plants emit no unpleasant odour , unlike the closely related A. coriophora group.

دورة الحياة

معمرة

الفصيلة والتصنيف

الاسم العلمي المقبول

Anacamptis morio subsp. syriaca

الفصيلة

أوركيد

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Anacamptis coriophora subsp. fragrans

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سحلب مسنن

Neotinea tridentata (Scop.) R.M.Bateman

حاجِبية زُنبور

Ophrys fuciflora (F.W.Schmidt) Moench