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Orchid Species: Ophrys mirabilis

Kew currently accepted name is Ophrys omegaifera

Ophrys mirabilis is an orchid species identified by Geniez & Melki in 1991. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Ophrys omegaifera.
Genus
Ophrys (Oph.)
Grex
mirabilis
Parents
Species
Author
Geniez & Melki
Year
1991
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ORIGIN: Found in southern Spain, Sicily and on the islands of Crete and Rhodes in grasslands, Garrigue, olive groves and open pinewoods at elevations of sea level to 2000 meters.

DESCRIPTION: Miniature to just medium sized, cold growing terrestrial with an erect stem carrying a few basal, elliptic, subacute, basallly clasping leaves and has a few conduplicate, acute sheaths along the stem and blooms in the winter and spring on a terminal, to 12 [30 cm] long, 1 to 8 flowered inflorescence that blooms in the spring.

FLOWER SIZE: 1.4 inches [3.4 cm] -- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
Other Names
Genus Name Genus Grex Name Year Author
Add+ Ophrys Oph appolonae 2009 Paulus & M.Hirth
Add+ Ophrys Oph heldreichii 1925 H.Fleischm.
Add+ Ophrys Oph polycratis 2008 P.Delforge
Add+ Ophrys Oph omegaifera 1925 H.Fleischm.
Add+ Ophrys Oph algarvensis 2003 D.Tyteca
Add+ Ophrys Oph basilissa 1990 C.Alibertis
Add+ Ophrys Oph fleischmannii 1926 Hayek
Add+ Ophrys Oph israelitica 1988 H.Baumann & Künkele
Add+ Ophrys Oph sitiaca 1988 Paulus
Add+ Ophrys Oph lenae 2012 M.R.Lowe & D.Tyteca
Add+ Ophrys Oph dyris 1931 Maire
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