Orchis punctulata ssp. adenocheila

А это разве не Orchis punctulata ssp. adenocheila?

After my inquiry, Tamar Galtsjan replied:
The Armenian institute of botany insists that Orchis adenocheila is not found in Armenia. Actually, it is not even recorded in the list of the Armenian plants. And that pale form I found among the population of Orchis purpurea subsp. caucasica.
Stanislav Gloc

In the book by Delforge (2016: p. 198), such a plant (almost identical form!) is considered to be O. adenocheila. What a problem to occur together with another species (O. purpurea subsp. caucasica)?
Pale O. purpurea subsp. caucasica should be without dark papillae on the labellum:

Отредактировано Александр Фатерыга (2024-02-12 10:37:18)