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Ophrys tenthredinifera subsp. grandiflora
  (Large-flowered Sawfly Orchid)


Ophrys tenthredinifera subsp. grandiflora  (ORCHIDACEAE.) 
Images for this profile are taken from the Maltese Islands after year 2000.

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Profile Date Jul-2009 (taxon update: none)
Citation for this page Mifsud, S. (2022). Ophrys tenthredinifera subsp. grandiflora - datasheet created on Jul-2009. Retrieved from MaltaWildPlants.com on 28-Mar-2024

Nomenclature and Basic Information

Species name :

Ophrys tenthredinifera subsp. grandiflora(Ten.) Kreutz
Published in Kompend. Eur. Orchid. : 118 (2004)

Synonyms :
(basionym or principal syn.)

Ophrys grandiflora Ten.
Full list of synonyms : [Euro+Med] [PlantList] [IPNI] [POWO] [Catalogue of Life] [Worldplants.de]

Plant Family :

Orchidaceae Juss. (The Orchid Family)
41 species from the Orchidaceae family are recorded from the Maltese Islands.

English name(s) :

Large-flowered Sawfly Orchid, Sicilian Sawfly Orchid

Maltese name(s) :

Naħla kbira

Status for Malta :

Subendemic. Found in Malta and neighbouring territories such as in Sicily, Lampedusa, Pantelleria, and other islands.

Frequency :

Very Common     Common    Frequent     Scarce     Rare    Very rare     Extinct

Growth form :

Raunkiaer lifeform [info]: GEOPHYTE ( bearing underground bulbs, rhizomes, stolons, etc. )
Germination [info]: Monocotyledon

Legal Protection :

Protected by law: Schedule III and VI of [S.L. 549.44] (strictly protected species)

Red List (1989) :

Threatened status for the Maltese Islands and has been listed in the Red Data Book (1st ed.)

Flowering Time :

March – April

Colour of Flowers:

Pink or Brown

Toxicity:

Not particularly toxic

Name Derivation :

Ophrys: Eyebrow, referring to the brown, furry edges found in the flowering lips of several. (Latin origin )
tenthredinifera subsp. grandiflora:

Planting in rural areas :

Can be planted in rural areas according to ERA Guidelines

Remarks :

Photos in this profile are not from the Maltese Islands and are intended for educational purposes. If you find in Malta plants which look similar to the ones illustrated below kindly email me and send some photos for verification. This species is very rare and if still exists in our islands, it should be safeguarded. If you would like to submit photos in the website, you will be acknowledged accordingly on the photo. Many thanks to Alenka for submitting these beautiful photos to MaltaWildPlants.com


Description, Habitat and Distribution
Habitat in Europe: Grassland, garigue, rocky scrub; calcicole.
Preferred habitat in Malta: Garigue and steppes somewhat preffering sites close to the coast.
Botanical Description: Plant 10-45 cm. Basal leaves ovate to lanceolate, subobtuse or acute, the cauline similar, acute. Spike 3- to 8-flowered, lax. Perianth-segments purplish or purplish-violet, rarely whitish; outer 6-12 mm, broadly ovate, obtuse, glabrous, concave; inner usually 1/3 as long as the outer, broadly triangular, papillose-velutinous. Labellum (8-)11-14 x 11-14 mm, obovate, square or flabelliform, convex, entire, rarely oblong and emarginate or indistinctly 3-lobed, purplish-brown, velutinous, usually with a wide, yellow, densely hairy marginal zone, with a glabrous appendage, with short, inconspicuous basal protuberances; speculum reduced, often 2-fid, rarely scutelliform, composed of brown spots. Connective obtuse.
Chromosome number: 2n=36
Distributional range: Mediterranean region, C. & S. Portugal.

Distributional map in Europe
and the Mediterranean region (2018):
Occurrences in Europe.
(from Flora Europaea pre year 1993):
the Balaeric Islands, Corse, Crete, France (incl. Monaco and Channel Islands but excluding Corse), Greece, Spain (incl. Andorra but excl. the Balaerics), Italy (excl. Sicily and Sardignia), Portugal, Sardinia, Sicily and/or Malta, Turkey (European part)
Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region.
(from Euro+Med Checklist, 2019)
  Country codes  
AE(G) Ag Al Bl Co Cr Cy Ga Gr Hs It Li Lu Ma Sa Si Tn Tu(A E)

Links & Further literature (4 papers)

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Two hybrid orchids described from Malta: Ophrys ×tumentia nothosubsp. tumentia and Ophrys ×tumentia nothosubsp.sancti-martinii Stephen Mifsud  (2014)
Recent observations on Ophrys-species and hybrids of the Maltese Archipelago Stephen Mifsud & Leslie Lewis  (2011)
Recent observations on the Ophrys of Malta and Gozo: an Addendum Stephen Mifsud & leslie Lewis  (2013)
The Ophrys iricolor group from the book Orchids of the Maltese Islands Stephen Mifsud  (2018)
Kindly Email if there are papers and publications about local studies or information about this species to be included in the list above.

Species Images (5 images)
   Ophrys tenthredinifera subsp. grandiflora   -   Image Code: OPHTG-0.
Ophrys tenthredinifera subsp. grandiflora / Large-flowered Sawfly Orchid / Naħla kbira
   Ophrys tenthredinifera subsp. grandiflora   -   Image Code: OPHTG-1.
Ophrys tenthredinifera subsp. grandiflora / Large-flowered Sawfly Orchid / Naħla kbira
   Ophrys tenthredinifera subsp. grandiflora   -   Image Code: OPHTG-2.
Ophrys tenthredinifera subsp. grandiflora / Large-flowered Sawfly Orchid / Naħla kbira
   Ophrys tenthredinifera subsp. grandiflora   -   Image Code: OPHTG-3.
Ophrys tenthredinifera subsp. grandiflora / Large-flowered Sawfly Orchid / Naħla kbira
   Ophrys tenthredinifera subsp. grandiflora   -   Image Code: OPHTG-4.
Ophrys tenthredinifera subsp. grandiflora / Large-flowered Sawfly Orchid / Naħla kbira

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