Orchid of the genus Ophrys from an olive grove of central Lesbos island (Akrasi village), 13-4-04, 460m. Only one plant between many Ophrys sicula.  Elongated lip, very convex transversally and amphoroid-globose. Its most obvious characteristic is the big, toothed, pointing upwards appendage, which is inserted into a notch. This last particularity, the long marginal hairs, the long petals and the dark basal lip region are characteristics of Ophrys homeri, which, on the other hand, has different lip and macula colorations and a lip which is not so convex. This plant from central Lesbos, also, has many characteristics of members of the scolopax group, like the sepals which are bending backwards, the amphoroid and convex lip and the big gynostegium. In Lesbos, this group is represented especially by Ophrys minutula and cerastes, which, however, have small lip, shorter and horizontal appendage and basal lip region with lighter color, usually orange (you may see above, a slide comparison).