Taxonomy: Fam. Orchidaceae// Genus: Ophrys// Species: Ophrys sphegodes Mill.// Subspecies: Ophrys sphegodes subsp. mammosa (Desf.) Soó ex E. Nelson.
Determined according to the botanical key provided by de Soó in Tutin et al. (1980).
O.sphegodes subsp. mammosa is distinguished from other subspecies by the dark red-purplish brown labellum usually longer than wide, with large basal protuberances; speculum of labellum H-shaped, glabrous, the rest of the labellum shortly velutinous; outer perianth segments yellowish-green, the innermore or less acute, yellow; both outer and inner segments suffused with purple.
Lifeform: Perrenial; Geophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Southeast Europe to West Asia according to the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Habitat: Dry grasslands/ hill pastures; calcicole species.
Flowering period: Spring: APR, MAY.
Ophrys sphegodes subsp. mammosa – habit in habitat. Osogovo- hills near village of Beli, 01.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Ophrys sphegodes subsp. mammosa – habit. Osogovo- hills near village of Beli, 01.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Ophrys sphegodes subsp. mammosa – habit. Osogovo- hills near village of Beli, 01.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Ophrys sphegodes subsp. mammosa – inflorescence. Osogovo- hills near village of Beli, 01.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Ophrys sphegodes subsp. mammosa – inflorescence. Osogovo- hills near village of Beli, 01.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Ophrys sphegodes subsp. mammosa – flowers and flower buds. Osogovo- hills near village of Beli, 01.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Ophrys sphegodes subsp. mammosa – flower. Osogovo- hills near village of Beli, 01.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Ophrys sphegodes subsp. mammosa – flower and bract. Osogovo- hills near village of Beli, 01.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Ophrys sphegodes subsp. mammosa – flower. Osogovo- hills near village of Beli, 01.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Ophrys sphegodes subsp. mammosa – flower. Osogovo- hills near village of Beli, 01.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Ophrys sphegodes subsp. mammosa – flower. Osogovo- hills near village of Beli, 01.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Ophrys sphegodes subsp. mammosa – flower . Osogovo- hills near village of Beli, 01.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Ophrys sphegodes subsp. mammosa – flower. Osogovo- hills near village of Beli, 01.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Ophrys sphegodes subsp. mammosa –side view of flower and bract. Osogovo- hills near village of Beli, 01.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Ophrys sphegodes subsp. mammosa – side view of flower and bract. Osogovo- hills near village of Beli, 01.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Ophrys sphegodes subsp. mammosa – side view of flower. Osogovo- hills near village of Beli, 01.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Ophrys sphegodes subsp. mammosa – side view of flower. The Osogovo- hills near village of Beli, 01.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Ophrys sphegodes subsp. mammosa – side view of flower and bract. Osogovo- hills near village of Beli, 01.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Ophrys sphegodes subsp. mammosa – iner and outer periant segments. Osogovo- hills near village of Beli, 01.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Ophrys sphegodes subsp. mammosa – abaxial side of perianth. Osogovo- hills near village of Beli, 01.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Ophrys sphegodes subsp. mammosa – ovary and bract. Osogovo- hills near village of Beli, 01.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Ophrys sphegodes subsp. mammosa – flower buds. Osogovo- hills near village of Beli, 01.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Ophrys sphegodes subsp. mammosa – stem and bractbract. Osogovo- hills near village of Beli, 01.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Ophrys sphegodes subsp. mammosa – stem and leaves. Osogovo- hills near village of Beli, 01.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Ophrys sphegodes subsp. mammosa – basal leaves and stem with cauline leaves. Osogovo- hills near village of Beli, 01.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Ophrys sphegodes subsp. mammosa – basal leaves. Osogovo- hills near village of Beli, 01.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Ophrys sphegodes subsp. mammosa – basal leaves. Osogovo- hills near village of Beli, 01.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Ophrys sphegodes subsp. mammosa – habitat. Osogovo- hills near village of Beli, 03.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Ophrys sphegodes subsp. mammosa – habit in habitat. Osogovo- hills near village of Beli, 03.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Ophrys sphegodes subsp. mammosa – habit in habitat. Osogovo- hills near village of Beli, 03.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Ophrys sphegodes subsp. mammosa – habit in habitat. Osogovo- hills near village of Beli, 03.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Ophrys sphegodes subsp. mammosa – habit. Osogovo- hills near village of Beli, 03.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Ophrys sphegodes subsp. mammosa – inflorescence. Osogovo- hills near village of Beli, 03.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Ophrys sphegodes subsp. mammosa – inflorescence. Osogovo- hills near village of Beli, 03.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Ophrys sphegodes subsp. mammosa – inflorescence. Osogovo- hills near village of Beli, 03.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Ophrys sphegodes subsp. mammosa – inflorescence. Osogovo- hills near village of Beli, 03.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Ophrys sphegodes subsp. mammosa – flowers. Osogovo- hills near village of Beli, 03.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Ophrys sphegodes subsp. mammosa – flower. Osogovo- hills near village of Beli, 03.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Ophrys sphegodes subsp. mammosa – flower. Osogovo- hills near village of Beli, 03.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Ophrys sphegodes subsp. mammosa – flower. Osogovo- hills near village of Beli, 03.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Ophrys sphegodes subsp. mammosa – flower. Osogovo- hills near village of Beli, 03.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Ophrys sphegodes subsp. mammosa – flower. Osogovo- hills near village of Beli, 03.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Ophrys sphegodes subsp. mammosa – flower. Osogovo- hills near village of Beli, 03.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Ophrys sphegodes subsp. mammosa – spent flower and bract. Osogovo- hills near village of Beli, 03.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Ophrys sphegodes subsp. mammosa – basal leaves. Osogovo- hills near village of Beli, 03.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Ophrys sphegodes subsp. mammosa – basal leaves. Osogovo- hills near village of Beli, 03.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Ophrys sphegodes subsp. mammosa – basal leaves. Osogovo- hills near village of Beli, 03.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Ophrys sphegodes subsp. mammosa – basal leaves. Osogovo- hills near village of Beli, 03.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
References:
Ophrys L. de Soó, R. in Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1980). Flora Europaea. Volume 5: Alismataceae to Orchidaceae (Monocotyledones). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 344 – 349.
