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		Ophrys brachyotus RCHB.

Fam.: Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Synon.: Ophrys brachyotes RCHB.

Genus: Ophrys L.

Ophrys brachyotus was described by Reichenbach in 1830. The name refers to plants with rather small-flowered bumblebee flowers, which mostly grow in the valleys of the Western and Southern Alps. The species is likely closely related to Ophrys tetraloniae. Some authors include also Ophrys holoserica subsp. lorenae, which occurs mainly in the Northern Italian provinces Emilia-Romagna, Tuscany, and Marche to Ophrys brachyotus.

Authors:
	RCHB.:	Heinrich Gottlieb Ludwig Reichenbach (1793 - 1879), German 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
	brachyotus:	brachy = short, otes = ears
	tetraloniae:	genus name of the pollinating bee
	holoserica:	holo = totally, sericeus = silk-haired
	lorenae:	Franca Lorena Moruzzi (1946 - 2003), found the first stem of this species


Fig. 1: Ophrys brachyotus / Short-Eared Orchid I Lago del Benaco, Albisano 18.5.1996


Fig. 2: Ophrys brachyotus / Short-Eared Orchid I Lago del Benaco, Albisano 18.5.1996


Fig. 3: Ophrys brachyotus / Short-Eared Orchid I Lago del Benaco, Albisano 3.6.1988


Fig. 4: Ophrys brachyotus / Short-Eared Orchid I Lago del Benaco, Albisano 3.6.1988


Fig. 5: Ophrys brachyotus / Short-Eared Orchid I Lago del Benaco, Albisano 3.6.1988


Fig. 6: Ophrys brachyotus / Short-Eared Orchid I Lago del Benaco, Albisano 3.6.1988

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