Description ³

Growth: 5-12cm
Habitat: Garigues and damp soil
Threats: Loss of habitat, grazing, human disturbance.
Facts: Flowers From March to May. It is endemic and found only in the Maltese islands and I also endangered. It joins some 40 other species of wild orchids in Malta (half are rare).
Protected

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Mg-k, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/Mg-k_d1001081_ophrys_benacensis_x_insectifera.jpg
2. (c) Mg-k, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a2/Mg-k_d1001080_ophrys_benacensis.jpg
3. (c) xampejn, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• eFloras.org
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• World Flora Online

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