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Fam.:  Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Synon.:  Ophrys lutea  (GOUAN) CAV.  subsp. minor  (TOD.) O.DANESCH & E.DANESCH

Genus:  Ophrys  L.
 

Authors:
   TINEO:  Vincenzo Tineo (1791 - 1856), Sicilian botanist
   GOUAN:  Antoine Gouan (1733 - 1821), French botanist
   CAV.:  Antonio José Cavanilles (1745 - 1804), Spanish naturalist
   TOD.:  Agostino Todaro, Baron della Galia (1818 - 1892), Sicilian politician and botanist
   O.DANESCH:  Othmar Danesch (1919 - 2014), Austrian architect and botanist
   E.DANESCH:  Edeltraud Danesch (1922 - 1996), Austrian writer, wife of Othmar Danesch
   L.:  Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
   TURCO:  Alessio Turco (fl. 2011), Italian botanist
   MEDAGLI:  Pietro Medagli (1951 - ), Italian orchid specialist
 

Etymology:
   Ophrys:   Greek plant name, from ophrys = eyebrow
   sicula:   from Sicily
   lutea:   yellow
   minor:   small
 

The small yellow orchid Ophrys sicula is widely distributed in the Mediterranean. Not only the lip is smaller than that of Ophrys lutea and Ophrys phryganae, but also the position of the lip is different. Ophrys sicula holds it more or less horizontally, while it is more or less steeply bowed down in the other species, which seems to be an adaption for the particular pollinating bee.
Plants from Promontorio del Gargano (Italy) with brown over-colored lips have been separated as an own species Ophrys pseudomelena by TURCO, MEDAGLI & D'EMERICO in GIROS Notizie 50, 8-9 (2012), which seems to be exaggerated from my point of view.

 

Ophrys sicula / Sicilian Bee Orchid, Crete,  Knossos 3.4.1990
Fig. 1:  Ophrys sicula / Sicilian Bee Orchid
Crete, Knossos 3.4.1990
Ophrys sicula / Sicilian Bee Orchid, Crete,  Rodovani 21.4.2001
Fig. 2:  Ophrys sicula / Sicilian Bee Orchid
Crete, Rodovani 21.4.2001
Ophrys sicula / Sicilian Bee Orchid, Crete,  Phaistos 11.2.2002
Fig. 3:  Ophrys sicula / Sicilian Bee Orchid
Crete, Phaistos 11.2.2002
Ophrys sicula / Sicilian Bee Orchid, Crete,  Arhanes, Jouhtas 30.3.2015
Fig. 4:  Ophrys sicula / Sicilian Bee Orchid
Crete, Arhanes, Jouhtas 30.3.2015
Ophrys sicula / Sicilian Bee Orchid, Crete,  Arhanes, Jouhtas 30.3.2015
Fig. 5:  Ophrys sicula / Sicilian Bee Orchid
Crete, Arhanes, Jouhtas 30.3.2015
Ophrys sicula / Sicilian Bee Orchid, Crete,  Arhanes, Jouhtas 30.3.2015
Fig. 6:  Ophrys sicula / Sicilian Bee Orchid
Crete, Arhanes, Jouhtas 30.3.2015
Ophrys sicula / Sicilian Bee Orchid, Crete,  Armeni 7.4.2015
Fig. 7:  Ophrys sicula / Sicilian Bee Orchid
Crete, Armeni 7.4.2015
Ophrys sicula / Sicilian Bee Orchid, Crete,  Armeni 7.4.2015
Fig. 8:  Ophrys sicula / Sicilian Bee Orchid
Crete, Armeni 7.4.2015
Ophrys sicula / Sicilian Bee Orchid, Rhodos,  Lindos 22.3.2005
Fig. 9:  Ophrys sicula / Sicilian Bee Orchid
Rhodos, Lindos 22.3.2005
Ophrys sicula / Sicilian Bee Orchid, Rhodos,  Lardos 19.3.2005
Fig. 10:  Ophrys sicula / Sicilian Bee Orchid
Rhodos, Lardos 19.3.2005
Ophrys sicula / Sicilian Bee Orchid, Rhodos,  Lardos 3.4.2019
Fig. 11:  Ophrys sicula / Sicilian Bee Orchid
Rhodos, Lardos 3.4.2019
Ophrys sicula / Sicilian Bee Orchid, Rhodos,  Archangelos 17.3.2023
Fig. 12:  Ophrys sicula / Sicilian Bee Orchid
Rhodos, Archangelos 17.3.2023
Ophrys sicula / Sicilian Bee Orchid, Samos,  Mytilini 10.4.2017
Fig. 13:  Ophrys sicula / Sicilian Bee Orchid
Samos, Mytilini 10.4.2017
Ophrys sicula / Sicilian Bee Orchid, Samos,  Potami 15.4.2017
Fig. 14:  Ophrys sicula / Sicilian Bee Orchid
Samos, Potami 15.4.2017
Ophrys sicula / Sicilian Bee Orchid, Lesbos,  Plomari 20.4.2014
Fig. 15:  Ophrys sicula / Sicilian Bee Orchid
Lesbos, Plomari 20.4.2014
Ophrys sicula / Sicilian Bee Orchid, GR  Hymettos 2.4.2013
Fig. 16:  Ophrys sicula / Sicilian Bee Orchid
GR Hymettos 2.4.2013
Ophrys sicula / Sicilian Bee Orchid, GR  Peloponnes, Figalia 29.3.2013
Fig. 17:  Ophrys sicula / Sicilian Bee Orchid
GR Peloponnes, Figalia 29.3.2013
Ophrys sicula / Sicilian Bee Orchid, Cephalonia,  Ainos 18.4.2024
Fig. 18:  Ophrys sicula / Sicilian Bee Orchid
Cephalonia, Ainos 18.4.2024
Ophrys sicula / Sicilian Bee Orchid, Cephalonia,  Ainos 23.4.2024
Fig. 19:  Ophrys sicula / Sicilian Bee Orchid
Cephalonia, Ainos 23.4.2024
Ophrys sicula / Sicilian Bee Orchid, Cephalonia,  Komitata 16.4.2024
Fig. 20:  Ophrys sicula / Sicilian Bee Orchid
Cephalonia, Komitata 16.4.2024
Ophrys sicula / Sicilian Bee Orchid, Cephalonia,  Komitata 16.4.2024
Fig. 21:  Ophrys sicula / Sicilian Bee Orchid
Cephalonia, Komitata 16.4.2024
Ophrys sicula / Sicilian Bee Orchid, Cephalonia,  Pastra 23.4.2024
Fig. 22:  Ophrys sicula / Sicilian Bee Orchid
Cephalonia, Pastra 23.4.2024
Ophrys sicula / Sicilian Bee Orchid, Cephalonia,  Pastra 23.4.2024
Fig. 23:  Ophrys sicula / Sicilian Bee Orchid
Cephalonia, Pastra 23.4.2024
Ophrys sicula / Sicilian Bee Orchid, Cephalonia,  Road 50 n Fragkata 18.4.2024
Fig. 24:  Ophrys sicula / Sicilian Bee Orchid
Cephalonia, Road 50 n Fragkata 18.4.2024
Ophrys sicula / Sicilian Bee Orchid, Cephalonia,  Road 50 n Fragkata 18.4.2024
Fig. 25:  Ophrys sicula / Sicilian Bee Orchid
Cephalonia, Road 50 n Fragkata 18.4.2024
Ophrys sicula / Sicilian Bee Orchid, Cephalonia,  Ainos 18.4.2024
Fig. 26:  Ophrys sicula / Sicilian Bee Orchid
Cephalonia, Ainos 18.4.2024
Ophrys sicula / Sicilian Bee Orchid, Lesbos,  Agiasos 15.4.2014
Fig. 27:  Ophrys sicula / Sicilian Bee Orchid
Lesbos, Agiasos 15.4.2014
Ophrys sicula / Sicilian Bee Orchid, Sicily,  Niscemi 2.4.1998
Fig. 28:  Ophrys sicula / Sicilian Bee Orchid
Sicily, Niscemi 2.4.1998
Ophrys sicula / Sicilian Bee Orchid, Sicily,  Niscemi 11.3.2002
Fig. 29:  Ophrys sicula / Sicilian Bee Orchid
Sicily, Niscemi 11.3.2002
Ophrys sicula / Sicilian Bee Orchid, Sicily,  Niscemi 14.3.2002
Fig. 30:  Ophrys sicula / Sicilian Bee Orchid
Sicily, Niscemi 14.3.2002
Ophrys sicula / Sicilian Bee Orchid (over-colored: pseudomelena), I  Promontorio del Gargano, Mattinata 9.4.1998
Fig. 31:  Ophrys sicula / Sicilian Bee Orchid (over-colored: pseudomelena)
I Promontorio del Gargano, Mattinata 9.4.1998
Ophrys sicula / Sicilian Bee Orchid (over-colored: pseudomelena), I  Promontorio del Gargano, Mattinata 9.4.1998
Fig. 32:  Ophrys sicula / Sicilian Bee Orchid (over-colored: pseudomelena)
I Promontorio del Gargano, Mattinata 9.4.1998
Ophrys sicula / Sicilian Bee Orchid (over-colored: pseudomelena), I  Promontorio del Gargano, Mattinata 9.4.1998
Fig. 33:  Ophrys sicula / Sicilian Bee Orchid (over-colored: pseudomelena)
I Promontorio del Gargano, Mattinata 9.4.1998
Ophrys sicula / Sicilian Bee Orchid (over-colored: pseudomelena), I  Promontorio del Gargano, Mattinata 9.4.1998
Fig. 34:  Ophrys sicula / Sicilian Bee Orchid (over-colored: pseudomelena)
I Promontorio del Gargano, Mattinata 9.4.1998
   
 


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1295 k=1 count(liwo)=2 wo=id="IMGB">
1295 k=0 count(liwo)=13 wo=Ophrys
1295 k=1 count(liwo)=13 wo=sicula
,
1295 k=2 count(liwo)=13 wo=die
1295 k=3 count(liwo)=13 wo=kleine
1295 k=4 count(liwo)=13 wo=gelbe
1295 k=5 count(liwo)=13 wo=Ragwurz,
1295 k=6 count(liwo)=13 wo=ist
1295 k=7 count(liwo)=13 wo=in
1295 k=8 count(liwo)=13 wo=weiten
1295 k=9 count(liwo)=13 wo=Teilen
1295 k=10 count(liwo)=13 wo=des
1295 k=11 count(liwo)=13 wo=Mittelmeergebiets
1295 k=12 count(liwo)=13 wo=verbreitet.
1295 k=0 count(liwo)=14 wo=Nicht
1295 k=1 count(liwo)=14 wo=nur
1295 k=2 count(liwo)=14 wo=die
1295 k=3 count(liwo)=14 wo=Lippe
1295 k=4 count(liwo)=14 wo=ist
1295 k=5 count(liwo)=14 wo=kleiner
1295 k=6 count(liwo)=14 wo=als
1295 k=7 count(liwo)=14 wo=bei
1295 k=8 count(liwo)=14 wo=1295 k=9 count(liwo)=14 wo=href="artseite.php?par=Ophrys+lutea&lan=D"
1295 k=10 count(liwo)=14 wo=target="blank">Ophrys
1295 k=11 count(liwo)=14 wo=lutea

1295 k=12 count(liwo)=14 wo=und
1295 k=13 count(liwo)=14 wo=
1295 k=0 count(liwo)=11 wo=1295 k=1 count(liwo)=11 wo=href="artseite.php?par=Ophrys+phryganae&lan=D
1295 k=2 count(liwo)=11 wo=target="blank"">Ophrys
1295 k=3 count(liwo)=11 wo=phryganae
,
1295 k=4 count(liwo)=11 wo=sondern
1295 k=5 count(liwo)=11 wo=auch
1295 k=6 count(liwo)=11 wo=die
1295 k=7 count(liwo)=11 wo=Haltung
1295 k=8 count(liwo)=11 wo=der
1295 k=9 count(liwo)=11 wo=Lippe
1295 k=10 count(liwo)=11 wo=
1295 k=0 count(liwo)=15 wo=ist
1295 k=1 count(liwo)=15 wo=verschieden.
1295 k=2 count(liwo)=15 wo=Ophrys
1295 k=3 count(liwo)=15 wo=sicula

1295 k=4 count(liwo)=15 wo=hält
1295 k=5 count(liwo)=15 wo=sie
1295 k=6 count(liwo)=15 wo=mehr
1295 k=7 count(liwo)=15 wo=oder
1295 k=8 count(liwo)=15 wo=weniger
1295 k=9 count(liwo)=15 wo=waagerecht,
1295 k=10 count(liwo)=15 wo=während
1295 k=11 count(liwo)=15 wo=sie
1295 k=12 count(liwo)=15 wo=bei
1295 k=13 count(liwo)=15 wo=den
1295 k=14 count(liwo)=15 wo=
1295 k=0 count(liwo)=17 wo=anderen
1295 k=1 count(liwo)=17 wo=Arten
1295 k=2 count(liwo)=17 wo=mehr
1295 k=3 count(liwo)=17 wo=oder
1295 k=4 count(liwo)=17 wo=weniger
1295 k=5 count(liwo)=17 wo=steil
1295 k=6 count(liwo)=17 wo=nach
1295 k=7 count(liwo)=17 wo=unten
1295 k=8 count(liwo)=17 wo=geneigt
1295 k=9 count(liwo)=17 wo=ist,
1295 k=10 count(liwo)=17 wo=was
1295 k=11 count(liwo)=17 wo=eine
1295 k=12 count(liwo)=17 wo=Anpassung
1295 k=13 count(liwo)=17 wo=an
1295 k=14 count(liwo)=17 wo=die
1295 k=15 count(liwo)=17 wo=jeweilige
1295 k=16 count(liwo)=17 wo=
1295 k=0 count(liwo)=5 wo=bestäubende
1295 k=1 count(liwo)=5 wo=Biene
1295 k=2 count(liwo)=5 wo=darstellen
1295 k=3 count(liwo)=5 wo=dürfte.
1295 k=4 count(liwo)=5 wo=
1295 k=0 count(liwo)=14 wo=
Pflanzen
1295 k=1 count(liwo)=14 wo=mit
1295 k=2 count(liwo)=14 wo=braun
1295 k=3 count(liwo)=14 wo=überfärbten
1295 k=4 count(liwo)=14 wo=Lippen
1295 k=5 count(liwo)=14 wo=aus
1295 k=6 count(liwo)=14 wo=dem
1295 k=7 count(liwo)=14 wo=Promontorio
1295 k=8 count(liwo)=14 wo=del
1295 k=9 count(liwo)=14 wo=Gargano
1295 k=10 count(liwo)=14 wo=Italien)
1295 k=11 count(liwo)=14 wo=wurden
1295 k=12 count(liwo)=14 wo=von
1295 k=13 count(liwo)=14 wo=
1295 k=0 count(liwo)=16 wo=TURCO,
1295 k=1 count(liwo)=16 wo=MEDAGLI
1295 k=2 count(liwo)=16 wo=&
1295 k=3 count(liwo)=16 wo=D'EMERICO
1295 k=4 count(liwo)=16 wo=in
1295 k=5 count(liwo)=16 wo=GIROS
1295 k=6 count(liwo)=16 wo=Notizie
1295 k=7 count(liwo)=16 wo=50,
1295 k=8 count(liwo)=16 wo=8-9
1295 k=9 count(liwo)=16 wo=2012)
1295 k=10 count(liwo)=16 wo=als
1295 k=11 count(liwo)=16 wo=eigene
1295 k=12 count(liwo)=16 wo=Art
1295 k=13 count(liwo)=16 wo=Ophrys
1295 k=14 count(liwo)=16 wo=pseudomelena

1295 k=15 count(liwo)=16 wo=
1295 k=0 count(liwo)=6 wo=abgetrennt,
1295 k=1 count(liwo)=6 wo=was
1295 k=2 count(liwo)=6 wo=ich
1295 k=3 count(liwo)=6 wo=für
1295 k=4 count(liwo)=6 wo=übertrieben
1295 k=5 count(liwo)=6 wo=halte.
1295 k=0 count(liwo)=2 wo=

1295 k=1 count(liwo)=2 wo=id="IMGB">
1295 k=0 count(liwo)=12 wo=The
1295 k=1 count(liwo)=12 wo=small
1295 k=2 count(liwo)=12 wo=yellow
1295 k=3 count(liwo)=12 wo=orchid
1295 k=4 count(liwo)=12 wo=Ophrys
1295 k=5 count(liwo)=12 wo=sicula

1295 k=6 count(liwo)=12 wo=is
1295 k=7 count(liwo)=12 wo=widely
1295 k=8 count(liwo)=12 wo=distributed
1295 k=9 count(liwo)=12 wo=in
1295 k=10 count(liwo)=12 wo=the
1295 k=11 count(liwo)=12 wo=Mediterranean.
1295 k=0 count(liwo)=15 wo=Not
1295 k=1 count(liwo)=15 wo=only
1295 k=2 count(liwo)=15 wo=the
1295 k=3 count(liwo)=15 wo=lip
1295 k=4 count(liwo)=15 wo=is
1295 k=5 count(liwo)=15 wo=smaller
1295 k=6 count(liwo)=15 wo=than
1295 k=7 count(liwo)=15 wo=that
1295 k=8 count(liwo)=15 wo=of
1295 k=9 count(liwo)=15 wo=1295 k=10 count(liwo)=15 wo=href="artseite.php?par=Ophrys+lutea&lan=E
1295 k=11 count(liwo)=15 wo=target="blank"">Ophrys
1295 k=12 count(liwo)=15 wo=lutea

1295 k=13 count(liwo)=15 wo=and
1295 k=14 count(liwo)=15 wo=
1295 k=0 count(liwo)=12 wo=1295 k=1 count(liwo)=12 wo=href="artseite.php?par=Ophrys+phryganae&lan=E
1295 k=2 count(liwo)=12 wo=target="blank"">Ophrys
1295 k=3 count(liwo)=12 wo=phryganae
,
1295 k=4 count(liwo)=12 wo=but
1295 k=5 count(liwo)=12 wo=also
1295 k=6 count(liwo)=12 wo=the
1295 k=7 count(liwo)=12 wo=position
1295 k=8 count(liwo)=12 wo=of
1295 k=9 count(liwo)=12 wo=the
1295 k=10 count(liwo)=12 wo=lip
1295 k=11 count(liwo)=12 wo=
1295 k=0 count(liwo)=18 wo=is
1295 k=1 count(liwo)=18 wo=different.
1295 k=2 count(liwo)=18 wo=Ophrys
1295 k=3 count(liwo)=18 wo=sicula

1295 k=4 count(liwo)=18 wo=holds
1295 k=5 count(liwo)=18 wo=it
1295 k=6 count(liwo)=18 wo=more
1295 k=7 count(liwo)=18 wo=or
1295 k=8 count(liwo)=18 wo=less
1295 k=9 count(liwo)=18 wo=horizontally,
1295 k=10 count(liwo)=18 wo=while
1295 k=11 count(liwo)=18 wo=it
1295 k=12 count(liwo)=18 wo=is
1295 k=13 count(liwo)=18 wo=more
1295 k=14 count(liwo)=18 wo=or
1295 k=15 count(liwo)=18 wo=less
1295 k=16 count(liwo)=18 wo=steeply
1295 k=17 count(liwo)=18 wo=
1295 k=0 count(liwo)=18 wo=bowed
1295 k=1 count(liwo)=18 wo=down
1295 k=2 count(liwo)=18 wo=in
1295 k=3 count(liwo)=18 wo=the
1295 k=4 count(liwo)=18 wo=other
1295 k=5 count(liwo)=18 wo=species,
1295 k=6 count(liwo)=18 wo=which
1295 k=7 count(liwo)=18 wo=seems
1295 k=8 count(liwo)=18 wo=to
1295 k=9 count(liwo)=18 wo=be
1295 k=10 count(liwo)=18 wo=an
1295 k=11 count(liwo)=18 wo=adaption
1295 k=12 count(liwo)=18 wo=for
1295 k=13 count(liwo)=18 wo=the
1295 k=14 count(liwo)=18 wo=particular
1295 k=15 count(liwo)=18 wo=pollinating
1295 k=16 count(liwo)=18 wo=bee.
1295 k=17 count(liwo)=18 wo=
1295 k=0 count(liwo)=15 wo=
Plants
1295 k=1 count(liwo)=15 wo=from
1295 k=2 count(liwo)=15 wo=Promontorio
1295 k=3 count(liwo)=15 wo=del
1295 k=4 count(liwo)=15 wo=Gargano
1295 k=5 count(liwo)=15 wo=Italy)
1295 k=6 count(liwo)=15 wo=with
1295 k=7 count(liwo)=15 wo=brown
1295 k=8 count(liwo)=15 wo=over-colored
1295 k=9 count(liwo)=15 wo=lips
1295 k=10 count(liwo)=15 wo=have
1295 k=11 count(liwo)=15 wo=been
1295 k=12 count(liwo)=15 wo=separated
1295 k=13 count(liwo)=15 wo=as
1295 k=14 count(liwo)=15 wo=
1295 k=0 count(liwo)=17 wo=an
1295 k=1 count(liwo)=17 wo=own
1295 k=2 count(liwo)=17 wo=species
1295 k=3 count(liwo)=17 wo=Ophrys
1295 k=4 count(liwo)=17 wo=pseudomelena

1295 k=5 count(liwo)=17 wo=by
1295 k=6 count(liwo)=17 wo=TURCO,
1295 k=7 count(liwo)=17 wo=MEDAGLI
1295 k=8 count(liwo)=17 wo=&
1295 k=9 count(liwo)=17 wo=D'EMERICO
1295 k=10 count(liwo)=17 wo=in
1295 k=11 count(liwo)=17 wo=GIROS
1295 k=12 count(liwo)=17 wo=Notizie
1295 k=13 count(liwo)=17 wo=50,
1295 k=14 count(liwo)=17 wo=8-9
1295 k=15 count(liwo)=17 wo=2012),
1295 k=16 count(liwo)=17 wo=
1295 k=0 count(liwo)=10 wo=which
1295 k=1 count(liwo)=10 wo=seems
1295 k=2 count(liwo)=10 wo=to
1295 k=3 count(liwo)=10 wo=be
1295 k=4 count(liwo)=10 wo=exaggerated
1295 k=5 count(liwo)=10 wo=from
1295 k=6 count(liwo)=10 wo=my
1295 k=7 count(liwo)=10 wo=point
1295 k=8 count(liwo)=10 wo=of
1295 k=9 count(liwo)=10 wo=view.
1295 k=0 count(liwo)=1 wo=



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