Tongue Orchids
Orchid Family - Orchidaceae
Small-flowered Tongue Orchid Serapias parvifloraNative from Macaronesia and western France, through the Mediterranean Region to Cyprus. Has small, narrow flowers with a relatively short labellum that is often bent strongly backwards under the flower.
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Bergon's Tongue Orchid Serapias bergonii
(Serapias vomeracea subsp. laxiflora) Native from Italy and Malta eastwards to Turkey in the Mediterranean Region. Spike rather lax at flowering time with flowers well spaced along the stem. Hypochile (inner, lobed section of labellum) 10-155mm broad when flattened. Epichile ('tongue' of labellum) 4-8mm broad and only sparsely hairy at the base.
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Eastern Long-lipped Tongue Orchid Serapias orientalis
(Serapias vomeracea ssp. orientalis) Native to the central and eastern Mediterranean Region, eastwards to the Caucasus. Spike short, 3-6-flowered, bracts shortly exceeding the flowers.
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Heart-flowered Tongue Orchid Serapias cordigera
Native from Macaronesia and extreme western Europe, through the Mediterranean Region to the Caucasus. Differs from all other tongue orchids in the region in its broad labellum.
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