Serapias vomeracea
Serapias vomeracea (Orchidaceae) 144 24
This is one of the commoner members of a relatively small genus whose name refers to the ploughshare shape of its lip. Serapias vomeracea is easily the largest of the genera and on occasion can reach a height of 60cms, with up to 12 individual flowers arranged along a lax inflorescence, colour varying from yellow/orange to deep mahogany red.
It has a wide distribution ranging from the lower Alps of Switzerland down to the Mediterranean and Cyprus in the east, where although it can be abundant.,
Unfortunately identification is seldom straightforward and interbreeding with S. bergonii and indeed other Serapias species has in many places produced large hybrid swarms of indeterminate parentage.
Source: John and Gerry's Orchids of Britain and Europe
Serapias vomeracea
Serapias vomeracea (Orchidaceae) 144 24
This is one of the commoner members of a relatively small genus whose name refers to the ploughshare shape of its lip. Serapias vomeracea is easily the largest of the genera and on occasion can reach a height of 60cms, with up to 12 individual flowers arranged along a lax inflorescence, colour varying from yellow/orange to deep mahogany red.
It has a wide distribution ranging from the lower Alps of Switzerland down to the Mediterranean and Cyprus in the east, where although it can be abundant.,
Unfortunately identification is seldom straightforward and interbreeding with S. bergonii and indeed other Serapias species has in many places produced large hybrid swarms of indeterminate parentage.
Source: John and Gerry's Orchids of Britain and Europe