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Ophrys bertolonii (Bertoloni's Bee Orchid) |
Ophrys bertolonii (ORCHIDACEAE.)
Images for this profile are taken from the Maltese Islands at or after year 2000. |
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| Nomenclature and Basic Information |
Species name : |
Ophrys bertolonii Moretti
Published in Moretti, Pl. Ital. 6: 9 (1823) | Synonyms :
(basionym or principal syn.) |
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Plant Family : | Orchidaceae
Juss. (The Orchid Family)
41 species from the Orchidaceae family are recorded from the Maltese Islands. | English name(s) : | Bertoloni's Bee Orchid, Bertoloni's Orchid | Maltese name(s) : | Dubbiena ta' Bertoloni, Orkida ta' Bertoloni | Status for Malta : | Indigenous. Present on the Maltese islands before man | Frequency : | Very Common Common Frequent
Scarce Rare
Very Rare Extinct
| Growth form : |
Raunkiaer lifeform [info]: GEOPHYTE (bearing underground bulbs, rhizomes, stolons, etc.)
Germination [info]: Monocotyledon | Legal Protection [link]: | Protected by law: schedule VI of legal notice LN311/2006. (strictly protected species) | Red List (1989) : | This species has a threatened status and is listed in the Red Data Book of the Maltese Islands | Flowering Time : | Mar-Apr | Colour of Flowers: | Brown or Pink |
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| Species Description and Distribution |
Habitat in Europe: |
Data will be available in the next update of this website. |
Preferred habitat in Malta: |
Garigue and rocky places. |
Botanical Description: |
Plant 25-45 cm. Basal leaves lanceolate, acute. Spike 3- to 8-flowered. Outer perianth-segments 10-12 mm, broadly ovate or oblong-ovate, lilac or purple; inner 6-8 mm, at least ½ as long as the outer, linear-lanceolate to lanceolate, purple or lilac, glabrous or papillose, with flat margin. Labellum 10-15 x 10-13 mm, orbicular- to oblong-ovate, entire, rarely indistinctly 3-lobed, curved upwards and more or less concave anteriorly, blackish-purple, villous-velutinous with a very narrow, glabrous marginal zone, without basal protuberances, with a conspicuous appendage, deeply emarginate at apex; speculum usually scutelliform, violet. Connective acute. |
Chromosome number: |
2n=36 |
Distributional range: |
. W. & C. Mediterranean region. |
Distributional map in Europe
and the Mediterranean region (2018):
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Occurrences in Europe.
(from Flora Europaea pre year 1993): |
Albania, Doubtful in the Balaeric Islands, Corse, France (incl. Monaco and Channel Islands but excluding Corse), Spain (incl. Andorra but excl. the Balaerics), Italy (excl. Sicily and Sardignia), ex-Jugoslavia, Doubtful in Sardinia, Sicily and/or Malta |
Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region.
(Euro+Med Checklist, 2017) -
Country codes |
Gr It Ju Si |
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