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		Ophrys parvula PAULUS

Fam.: Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Genus: Ophrys L.

Authors:
	PAULUS:	Hannes Franz Paulus (1943 - ), German biologist
	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
	parvula:	small

In the south of Rhodos grows Ophrys parvula, a very small flowered Ophrys fusca s.l. with uniformly bluish gray speculum, still in the most over-pastured and bald phrygana. It has been described not until 2001 by Prof. Paulus in Ber.Arbeitskrs.Heim.Orchid. 18 (1): 38-86, which communicated thereby also the pollinating bee, Andrena tomora.


Fig. 1: Ophrys parvula / Smallest Dull Orchid Rhodos, Kattavia 23.3.2005


Fig. 2: Ophrys parvula / Smallest Dull Orchid Rhodos, Kattavia 23.3.2005


Fig. 3: Ophrys parvula / Smallest Dull Orchid Rhodos, Kattavia 23.3.2005


Fig. 4: Ophrys parvula / Smallest Dull Orchid Rhodos, Prasonisi 21.3.2005


Fig. 5: Ophrys parvula / Smallest Dull Orchid Rhodos, Prasonisi 21.3.2005


Fig. 6: Ophrys parvula / Smallest Dull Orchid Rhodos, Prasonisi 21.3.2005


Fig. 7: Ophrys parvula / Smallest Dull Orchid Rhodos, Prasonisi 26.3.2019


Fig. 8: Ophrys parvula / Smallest Dull Orchid Rhodos, Prasonisi 26.3.2019


Fig. 9: Ophrys parvula / Smallest Dull Orchid Rhodos, Prasonisi 26.3.2019


Fig. 10: Ophrys parvula / Smallest Dull Orchid Rhodos, Prasonisi 26.3.2019


Fig. 11: Ophrys parvula / Smallest Dull Orchid Rhodos, Prasonisi 26.3.2019


Fig. 12: Ophrys parvula / Smallest Dull Orchid Rhodos, Prasonisi 1.4.2019

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