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Ophrys mammosa DESF. farbvariante_color-variant |
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| Fam.: Orchidaceae / Orchid Family |
| Genus: Ophrys L. |
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| René Louiche Desfontaines (1750 - 1833), French botanist | |||
| 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 | ||
| mammosa: | with large breasts | ||
| farbvariante_color-variant: | color variant | ||
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Fig. 1: Ophrys mammosa farbvariante_color-variant / Bosom Orchid Cyprus, Souni 11.3.2002 (Photo: Jan & Liesbeth Essink) |
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Fig. 2: Ophrys mammosa farbvariante_color-variant / Bosom Orchid GR Larissa 19.4.2003 (Photo: Helmut Presser) |
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Orchids acc. to scientific Names
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Color Variants
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Orchid Hybrids
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Other Plants
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