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Ophrys exaltata TEN. subsp. exaltata |
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| Fam.: Orchidaceae / Orchid Family |
| Genus: Ophrys L. |
| Ophrys exaltata subsp. exaltata is indicated for Sicily and Calabra. According to PAULUS and GACK (1990 in Jber.naturwiss.Ver.Wuppertal 43) it has the same pollinator bee Colletes cunicularius as several further arachnitiforme orchids along the coasts of Italy and France. Since the lip of Ophrys exaltata subsp. exaltata is strongly bended back, it's usually looking rather narrow. There is the danger to confuse the species with Ophrys panormitana subsp. panormitana which usually has a broader to trilobed lip with stronger pilosity at the edges, and which is adapted to the pollinating bee Andrena thoracica. The perigon of Ophrys exaltata subsp. exaltata can be green as well as coloured. |
| Authors: | |||
| Michele Tenore (1780 - 1861), Italian botanist at Naples | |||
| Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals | |||
| Etymology: | |||
| Ophrys: | Greek plant name, from ophrys = eyebrow | ||
| exaltata: | raised | ||
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Fig. 1: Ophrys exaltata subsp. exaltata / Raised Bee Orchid Sicily, Villafrati 30.3.1998 |
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Fig. 2: Ophrys exaltata subsp. exaltata / Raised Bee Orchid Sicily, Villafrati 30.3.1998 |
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Fig. 3: Ophrys exaltata subsp. exaltata / Raised Bee Orchid Sicily, Villafrati 30.3.1998 |
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Fig. 4: Ophrys exaltata subsp. exaltata / Raised Bee Orchid Sicily, Villafrati 30.3.1998 |
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Fig. 5: Ophrys exaltata subsp. exaltata / Raised Bee Orchid Sicily, Isnello 6.4.1998 |
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Fig. 6: Ophrys exaltata subsp. exaltata / Raised Bee Orchid Sicily, Villafrati 30.3.1998 |
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Fig. 7: Ophrys exaltata subsp. exaltata / Raised Bee Orchid Sicily, Enna 3.4.1998 |
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Fig. 8: Ophrys exaltata subsp. exaltata / Raised Bee Orchid Sicily, Niscemi 11.3.2002 |
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Fig. 9: Ophrys exaltata subsp. exaltata / Raised Bee Orchid Sicily, Niscemi 11.3.2002 |
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Fig. 10: Ophrys exaltata subsp. exaltata / Raised Bee Orchid I Calabria Spezzano 14.4.1992 (Photo: Helmut Presser) |
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Fig. 11: Ophrys exaltata subsp. exaltata / Raised Bee Orchid I Calabria Spezzano 14.4.1992 (Photo: Helmut Presser) |
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