Ophrys, Serapias - more Mediterranean terrestrials
Another batch of the European Mediterranean terrestrials. Here are two species in the Ophrys scolopax group, Oph. cerastes (scolopax ssp. cornuta) and Oph. hygrophila (Oph. scolopax ssp. scolopax). The taxonomy is messy, the scolopax subspecies epithets are from Kew. Serapias are the "tongue orchids" starting with Srps. lingua. The red form is more common, but there's a pink one in this bunch too. Srps. cordigera and Srps. bergonii are bigger, and have delightfully fuzzy lips.
Like the ones that have shown before, these are summer-dormant (no water), watering starts in October once nights cool off. Where the photos show foliage, you can see that it's yellowing, the plants will be going dormant shortly after the flowers fade.
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