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Ophrys atlantica
Atlantic Ophrys is a small wild terrestrial orchid from southern Spain and northwest Africa, grown mainly by enthusiasts and not as a garden or houseplant. Its key requirement is a dormant summer and a basic soil, and it is rarely cultivated.
Ophrys atlantica is a species of flowering plant in the family Orchidaceae, native to southern Spain and northwest Africa (Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia). It was first described by Giles Munby in 1899. It has been treated as a subspecies of Ophrys fusca.
O. atlantica is mainly found in northwest Africa (Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia). It occurs very locally on the Costa del Sol in southern Spain. Typical habitats include open woodland, garrigue and scrubby grassland, where the soil is basic. It occurs from sea level up to altitudes of 1,500 m (4,900 ft).
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ophrys atlantica by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
