Mirror orchid | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily: | Orchidoideae |
Genus: | Ophrys |
Species: | O. speculum
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Binomial name | |
Ophrys speculum Link 1799
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Synonyms | |
Ophrys ciliata Biv., 1806
Ophrys vernixia subsp. ciliata (Biv.) Del Prete, 1984 |
Ophrys speculum, the mirror orchid, is a species of Ophrys distributed throughout the Mediterranean that is pollinated exclusively by a single species of scoliid wasp.