Ophrys flavomarginata (Renz) H. Baumann & Künkele 1981 Photo courtesy of Th. Pain and the Orchids of France and Europe
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Common Name The Yellow Rimmed Ophyrs
Flower Size 1.1" [2.9 cm]
A small sized, cool to warm growing terrrestrial orchid that blooms in the late winter and spring on a 4 to 11 flowered, erect inflorescence and comes from Cyprus, Israel and Jordan in short grasslands, abandoned cultivation, garrigue and scrub at elevations up to 600 meters .
Synonyms *Ophrys attica f. flavomarginata Renz 1929; Ophrys umbilicata subsp. flavomarginata (Renz) Faurh 2003
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East Delforge 2005
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