Ophrys argolica ssp climacis Endemic
This Turkish endemic bee orchid is another which suffers from taxonomic schizophrenia. It was identified to us as Ophrys climacis but World Flora online run by Kew botanists amongst others, regard this as a subspecies of Ophrys argolica. It has the same sorts of labellum markings as Ophrys argolica ssp biscutella which suggests more of a subspecies than fully ranked species (to me anyway).
So here it is presented as Ophrys argolica subsp climacis (Heimer & Perschke) H.A. Pederson & P J Cribb
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| Ophrys argolica ssp climacis No English name |
Behind Mount Olympos near snowline, S.W. Turkey 6th April 2015
Added on February 2nd 2025