CHARACTERISTICS: perennial bulbous herb with green stem; flowers sepals red- -grayish to red-greenish with red veins; lip petals dark red to reddish-yellow with greenish tones. ECOLOGY: meadows and shrubland and woodland clearings. OBSERVATIONS: due to the pale colors, the orchids of Serapias genus are among the most discrete in this family.
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