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		Ophrys obaesa  LOJAC.

Fam.:  Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Genus:  Ophrys  L.

Authors:
	LOJAC.:		Michele Lojacono Pojero (1853 - 1919), Italian botanist
	L.:		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
	obaesa:		swollen

Fig. 1:  Ophrys obaesa / Led-Colored Bee Orchid Sicily, Mineo 1.4.1998

Fig. 2:  Ophrys obaesa / Led-Colored Bee Orchid Sicily, S.Stefano Quisquina 13.4.1999

Fig. 3:  Ophrys obaesa / Led-Colored Bee Orchid Sicily, S.Stefano Quisquina 13.4.1999

Fig. 4:  Ophrys obaesa / Led-Colored Bee Orchid Sicily, Madonie 6.4.1998

Fig. 5:  Ophrys obaesa / Led-Colored Bee Orchid Sicily, Cammarata 29.4.1998

Fig. 6:  Ophrys obaesa / Led-Colored Bee Orchid Sicily, Cammarata 29.4.1998

Fig. 7:  Ophrys obaesa / Led-Colored Bee Orchid Sicily, S.Stefano Quisquina 13.4.1999

Fig. 8:  Ophrys obaesa / Led-Colored Bee Orchid Sicily, Prov. Ragusa 31.3.1998

Fig. 9:  Ophrys obaesa / Led-Colored Bee Orchid Sicily, Mineo 1.4.1998

Fig. 10:  Ophrys obaesa / Led-Colored Bee Orchid Sicily, S.Stefano Quisquina 13.4.1999

Fig. 11:  Ophrys obaesa / Led-Colored Bee Orchid (bottom side of lips) Sicily, S.Stefano Quisquina 13.4.1999

   

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