Small-flowered Tongue Orchid (Serapias parviflora Parl.)
Etymology
Serapias = after the Greco-Egyptian god of the sun, Serapis.
parviflora = small flowered.
1989 P. Cobbing: "In the spring of 1989 two plants ...were discovered at a site in East Cornwall (VC2)" (Pearman). It appears to have died out, and there are no records since 2008 at that location or indeed elsewhere in Britain and Ireland. This is a species that I missed.
The Plant
These are photos from Sierra de la Culebra in Spain:
Sierra de la Culebra, Spain 8.5.11 (IMG 0888) Sierra de la Culebra, Spain 8.5.11 (IMG 0882)
Sierra de la Culebra, Spain 8.5.11 (IMG 0883) Sierra de la Culebra, Spain 8.5.11 (IMG 0884)
Sierra de la Culebra, Spain 8.5.11 (IMG 0889)
Description
Stems to 20 (40) cm (Stace).
Leaves
Linear lanceolate (Stace).
Leaf Edge
No details.
Seeds
No details
Seed Pods
No details
Habitat
Grazed, cliff-top grassland in UK (Stace). In Europe, garigue, dune slacks, meadows and olive groves, on calcareous to slightly acid soils (Kuhn)
BSBI records from 1989 to 2008
Distribution Worldwide
Mediterranean - atlantic. Canary Islands, W France, Iberia, Mediterranean area east to Cyprus.
Hybrids and Recognised Varieties
None
References
Pearman: Discovery of the Native Flora of Britain and Ireland - Pearman D 2018
Claessens and Kleynen: Flower of the European Orchid -Claessens J and Kleynen J 2011
Kuhn: Orchids of Europe and the Mediterranean - Kuhn R, Pedersen H A, Cribb P, 2019.
Stems to 20 (40) cm (Stace).
Leaves
Linear lanceolate (Stace).
Leaf Edge
No details.
Roots
No details
No details
Seeds
No details
Seed Pods
No details
Habitat
Grazed, cliff-top grassland in UK (Stace). In Europe, garigue, dune slacks, meadows and olive groves, on calcareous to slightly acid soils (Kuhn)
Mychorrhiza
No data.
Pollination
Self pollinating; one continental record shows fruit set at 59% (Claessens and Kleynen).
Flowering time
Analysing the BSBI records for the single location where it occurred from 1989 to the last record in 2008, omitting any records where the date is not given in full, gives 35 records. Assuming that all these records were made when the plant was in flower, then the median flowering date was 26 May. My date for flowering in Sierra de la Culebra in Spain was 8 May, 18 days earlier.
Distribution in Britain and Ireland
No data.
Pollination
Self pollinating; one continental record shows fruit set at 59% (Claessens and Kleynen).
Flowering time
Analysing the BSBI records for the single location where it occurred from 1989 to the last record in 2008, omitting any records where the date is not given in full, gives 35 records. Assuming that all these records were made when the plant was in flower, then the median flowering date was 26 May. My date for flowering in Sierra de la Culebra in Spain was 8 May, 18 days earlier.
Distribution in Britain and Ireland
Found in only 1 vice county, East Cornwall, VC2 in 1989- 2019 and found in just 1 monad. Not seen anywhere since 2008.
Distribution Worldwide
Mediterranean - atlantic. Canary Islands, W France, Iberia, Mediterranean area east to Cyprus.
Hybrids and Recognised Varieties
None
References
Pearman: Discovery of the Native Flora of Britain and Ireland - Pearman D 2018
Claessens and Kleynen: Flower of the European Orchid -Claessens J and Kleynen J 2011
Kuhn: Orchids of Europe and the Mediterranean - Kuhn R, Pedersen H A, Cribb P, 2019.
Stace: New Flora off the British Isles - Stace C 4th Edn, 2019
Updated 3.2021
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