Himantoglossum caprinum (M.Bieb.) Spreng.
RO: Ouăle popii
DE: Ziegen-Riemenzunge
EN: Lizard Orchid
- a very robust plant (with more than 50 cm in height), sometime when in flower the leaves are dead
- the inflorescence is relatively lax with numerous flowers (~40) with very long lip (even to 100mm)
- in flower late from june to august
- pollination is done by different species of insect atracted by fetid scent
- rare and local in full sun or mid shade, on calcareous, dry station
- found in Balkans and Anatolia
- 2n = …
Embedded map with records for Romania found in myNature database.
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