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Ophrys cilicica is a small wild orchid from southwest Asia whose flowers mimic wasps to attract pollinators. It is a terrestrial tuberous plant of dry meadows and open scrub on limestone soils, best left in the wild rather than grown in gardens.
Ophrys cilicica is a species of flowering plant in the Orchid family, native to Western Asia. It was first described by Rudolf Schlechter in 1923.
It is native to four countries in southwest Asia, Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran. In Turkey it grows in isolated areas of the south and southeast. In Iraq it grows in Kurdistan and it grows in the northwest of Syria. It can be found at elevations of 500 to 1400 meters.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ophrys cilicica 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.
