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Fam.:  Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Genus:  Ophrys  L.
 

Authors:
   TEN.:  Michele Tenore (1780 - 1861), Italian botanist at Naples
   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
   exaltata:   raised
 

Deutsch:
 
Für Sizilien und Kalabrien angegeben wird Ophrys exaltata subsp. exaltata, die laut PAULUS und GACK (1990 in Jber.naturwiss.Ver.Wuppertal 43) den gleichen Bestäuber, die Seidenbiene Colletes cunicularius, besitzt wie mehrere weitere arachnitiforme Ophrys entlang der Küsten Italiens und Frankreichs.

Da die Lippe der Ophrys exaltata subsp. exaltata stark zurückgeschlagen ist, wirkt sie meist sehr schmal. Es besteht die Gefahr, sie mit Ophrys panormitana subsp. panormitana zu verwechseln, die meist eine breitere bis dreilappige Lippe mit stärkerer Randbehaarung besitzt, und an einen anderen Bestäuber, die Sandbiene Andrena thoracica, angepaßt ist. Das Perigon der Ophrys exaltata subsp. exaltata kann sowohl grün als auch bunt sein.
 
English:
Ophrys exaltata subsp. exaltata is indicated for Sicily and Calabra. According to PAULUS and GACK (1990 in Jber.naturwiss.Ver.Wuppertal 43) it has the same pollinator bee Colletes cunicularius as several further arachnitiforme orchids along the coasts of Italy and France.

Since the lip of Ophrys exaltata subsp. exaltata is strongly bended back, it's usually looking rather narrow. There is the danger to confuse the species with Ophrys panormitana subsp. panormitana which usually has a broader to trilobed lip with stronger pilosity at the edges, and which is adapted to the pollinating bee Andrena thoracica. The perigon of Ophrys exaltata subsp. exaltata can be green as well as coloured.
 

Ophrys exaltata subsp. exaltata / Raised Bee Orchid, Sicily,  Villafrati 30.3.1998
Fig. 1:  Ophrys exaltata subsp. exaltata / Raised Bee Orchid
Sicily, Villafrati 30.3.1998
Ophrys exaltata subsp. exaltata / Raised Bee Orchid, Sicily,  Villafrati 30.3.1998
Fig. 2:  Ophrys exaltata subsp. exaltata / Raised Bee Orchid
Sicily, Villafrati 30.3.1998
Ophrys exaltata subsp. exaltata / Raised Bee Orchid, Sicily,  Villafrati 30.3.1998
Fig. 3:  Ophrys exaltata subsp. exaltata / Raised Bee Orchid
Sicily, Villafrati 30.3.1998
Ophrys exaltata subsp. exaltata / Raised Bee Orchid, Sicily,  Villafrati 30.3.1998
Fig. 4:  Ophrys exaltata subsp. exaltata / Raised Bee Orchid
Sicily, Villafrati 30.3.1998
Ophrys exaltata subsp. exaltata / Raised Bee Orchid, Sicily,  Isnello 6.4.1998
Fig. 5:  Ophrys exaltata subsp. exaltata / Raised Bee Orchid
Sicily, Isnello 6.4.1998
Ophrys exaltata subsp. exaltata / Raised Bee Orchid, Sicily,  Villafrati 30.3.1998
Fig. 6:  Ophrys exaltata subsp. exaltata / Raised Bee Orchid
Sicily, Villafrati 30.3.1998
Ophrys exaltata subsp. exaltata / Raised Bee Orchid, Sicily,  Enna 3.4.1998
Fig. 7:  Ophrys exaltata subsp. exaltata / Raised Bee Orchid
Sicily, Enna 3.4.1998
Ophrys exaltata subsp. exaltata / Raised Bee Orchid, Sicily,  Niscemi 11.3.2002
Fig. 8:  Ophrys exaltata subsp. exaltata / Raised Bee Orchid
Sicily, Niscemi 11.3.2002
Ophrys exaltata subsp. exaltata / Raised Bee Orchid, Sicily,  Niscemi 11.3.2002
Fig. 9:  Ophrys exaltata subsp. exaltata / Raised Bee Orchid
Sicily, Niscemi 11.3.2002
Ophrys exaltata subsp. exaltata / Raised Bee Orchid, I  Calabria Spezzano 14.4.1992 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 10:  Ophrys exaltata subsp. exaltata / Raised Bee Orchid
I Calabria Spezzano 14.4.1992
(Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys exaltata subsp. exaltata / Raised Bee Orchid, I  Calabria Spezzano 14.4.1992 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 11:  Ophrys exaltata subsp. exaltata / Raised Bee Orchid
I Calabria Spezzano 14.4.1992
(Photo: Helmut Presser)
   
 


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