ORCHID FAMILY
Ophrys mammosa(Salep, Kazan karası, Kedi gözü)
(Ragwurz)
Orchidaceae
Tuberous perennial herbs. Stem erect, up to 50 cm. Leaves oblong-ovate to lanceolate, up to 6. Inflorescence up to 10-flowered spike. Flowers large. Sepals green laterals spreading, redish or purplish-brown. Petals ovate-lanceolate, lanceolate, yellowish or brownish-green. Labellum rounded or ovate; speculum H-shaped, pale bluish. Fl. March-April. Grassy hillsides, phygnna, macchie, Quercus scrub and woodland, open Pinus forest, s.l.
Widespread in Eastern Mediterranean.
