Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Anadolu Tarım Bilimleri Dergisi, cilt.35, sa.2, ss.238-244, 2020 (Hakemli Dergi)
Salep orchids are annual plants. Planted salep tuber produces a slightly larger tuber than itself and completes its life. Microscopic seeds without endosperm do not germinate under normal conditions. Therefore, they cannot be reproduced and are protected species. There is no data on the growth and development of salep orchids in natural flora over the years. Ophrys apifera Huds. species was selected as plant material in this research. The germinated sprouts of this species have been identified and observed. Plants observed in their natural habitats for five years, morphological characteristics were measured at the end of each vegetation year. According to the obtained data, germinated seed completed its life as a tiny two-leaf plant capable of producing 0.19 grams of tuber in the first year. In the following years, each tuber has completed its life by producing larger tubers. At the end of five years, the plants reached an average length of 43.1 cm and 4.01 g of salep tubers were formed.