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Serapiastrum neglectum is an orchid species identified by (De Not.) A.A.Eaton in 1908. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Serapias neglecta.
ORIGIN: Found in France, Italy, and the islands of Corsica, Sardinia and Sicily as a small sized, cold to cool growing terrestrial orchid of wet grasslands, olive groves, scrub and light pine forests at elevations below 600 meters.
DESCRIPTION: Found in France, Italy, and the islands of Corsica, Sardinia and Sicily as a small sized, cold to cool growing terrestrial orchid of wet grasslands, olive groves, scrub and light pine forests at elevations below 600 meters with 2 ovoid tubers giving rise to 4 to 10, ovate to linear-lanceolate leaves that blooms on an erect, terminal, 12 [30 cm] long, laxly few [2 to 8] flowered inflorescence, that has large bracts that almost cover the flower occurring in the spring.
FLOWER SIZE: 1 1/2 inches [4 cm]
-- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the
Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
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