Ophrys incubacea

Ophrys incubacea Bianca 1842 is a species of terrestrial orchid in the orchid family.

Distribution and Habitat

Found in Portugal, Spain, Balearic Islands, France, Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, Italy, Yugoslavia, and Albania grasslands, prairies, garrigues, scrublands, and open woodlands at elevations up to 1,300 feet ms. no. m.

Description

Ophrys incubacea can be easily recognized because the labellum of the flowers is hairy and dark, and has purplish H-shaped lines in the center. It lives, like the other species of Ophrys, in the clearings of scrub and pine forests. It blooms in the month of March and April.

Synonymy

• Ophrys sphegifera Willd. Basónimo (Published for the first time in Species Plantarum. Fourth Edition 1805)
• Ophrys atrata Lindl. (1836) (Basionymum)
• Ophrys aranifera var. atrata Rchb.f. (1851)
• Arachnites atrata (Rchb.f.) Tod. (1886)
• Ophrys sphegodes subsp. atrata (Rchb.f.) E. Mayer (1952)
• Ophrys sphegodes subsp. atrata (Rchb.f.) Malag. (1977)

Common names

• Corso: Ufridi niriccia
• German: Schwarze Ragwurz
• French: Ophrys noir