Overall Length Of Growth Cane: 13.2 cm
Number Of Leaves Per Growth Or Cane: 5 - 6
Leaf Length: 3.5 cm
Leaf Width: 1.3 cm
Leaf Margin: entire
Leaf Shape: oblong, pale green, visible green tessellation
Pseudobulb Width: 7.0 cm
Pseudobulb Margin: rosette
Pseudobulb Distance: n/a
Pseudobulb Root Tip: roots muddy white, medium thickness near growth, 0.2 cm
Inflorescence Overall Length: 12 cm long; 0.3 cm wide
Inflorescence Arrangement: alternating, apparently sequential
Inflorescence Dist Base To Bud: 8.0 cm, color pale green, shape round
Inflorescence Dist Bet Flowers: 2.5 cm
Inflorescence Dist To Sepal: 0.5 cm
Floral Bracts Length: 3.0 cm - pale green
Floral Bracts Width: 1.0 cm
Ovary Length: 0.7 cm
Ovary Width: 0.2 cm
Ovary Shape: cylindrical
Ovary Color: pale green
Ovary Texture: smooth
Flower Natural Spread Length: 3.5 cm
Flower Natural Spread Width: 2.5 cm
Dorsal Sepal Length: 1.3 cm
Dorsal Sepal Width: 0.5 cm
Lateral Sepals Length: 1.5 cm
Lateral Sepals Width: 0.7 cm
Petals Length: 0.7 cm
Petals Width: 0.3 cm
Judging Center: Northeast
Award Number: 20194519
Award Date: February 22, 2019
Awarded As: Ophrys scolopax subsp. heldreichii
One intriguing and charming flower and 2 buds prominently displayed on a single erect 10.4 cm inflorescence emerging from a rosette of light green variegated foliage grown in a 5.8 cm square plastic pot; sepals lavender, distinct red raspberry spots long margins, apple green line centrally; lip deeply trilobed, dark purple, broad, full, and rounded mid-lobe cordovan along distal margin, two symmetrical white markings begin as narrow lines at column ending in rhomboid eye spots surrounding their cordovan center, side lobes triangular, strongly reflexed from midlobe; column multi-hued on obverse, white speckled purple on inverse, prominently displayed and held perpendicular to lip in a hammer-like formation; substance firm; texture cyrstalline; recognized as a unique subspecies of a diverse and widely spread European species; subspecies native to Turkey, Greece, and Apulia (Italy); confirmed by SITF
