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		Ophrys speculum  LINK

Fam.:  Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Synon.:  Ophrys ciliata  BIV.

Genus:  Ophrys  L.

Authors:
	LINK:		Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link (1767 - 1851), German botanist
	BIV.:		Antonio de Bivona-Bernardi (1774 - 1837), Sicilian 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
	speculum:		mirror
	ciliata:		ciliate

Fig. 1:  Ophrys speculum / Mirror Orchid E Coin 20.4.1999

Fig. 2:  Ophrys speculum / Mirror Orchid F Massif de l'Estaque 11.4.2004

Fig. 3:  Ophrys speculum / Mirror Orchid F Toreilles 28.3.2003

Fig. 4:  Ophrys speculum / Mirror Orchid Sardinia, Dorgali 5.4.2000

Fig. 5:  Ophrys speculum / Mirror Orchid I Palombara Sabina 20.4.2019 (Photo: Enzo Lanza)

Fig. 6:  Ophrys speculum / Mirror Orchid Sicily, Palermo,Monte Catalfano 30.3.1998

Fig. 7:  Ophrys speculum / Mirror Orchid Sicily, Noto 14.4.1999

Fig. 8:  Ophrys speculum / Mirror Orchid Tunisia, Hammamet 18.3.1997

Fig. 9:  Ophrys speculum / Mirror Orchid Tunisia, Cap Bon 16.3.1997

Fig. 10:  Ophrys speculum / Mirror Orchid Majorca, Soller 23.4.2011

Fig. 11:  Ophrys speculum / Mirror Orchid Majorca, Betlem 28.4.2011

Fig. 12:  Ophrys speculum / Mirror Orchid Majorca, Sa Raixa 6.4.2012

Fig. 13:  Ophrys speculum / Mirror Orchid Majorca, Sa Raixa 6.4.2012

Fig. 14:  Ophrys speculum / Mirror Orchid Majorca, Sa Raixa 6.4.2012

Fig. 15:  Ophrys speculum / Mirror Orchid E Alhaurin El Grande 3.4.2018 (Photo: Christian Schlomann)

   

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