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Fam.:  Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Genus:  Ophrys  L.
 

Authors:
   DESF.:  René Louiche Desfontaines (1750 - 1833), French botanist
   B.BAUMANN:  Brigitte Dorothee Baumann (1938 - ), pharmacist, wife of Helmut Baumann
   H.BAUMANN:  Helmut Adolf Baumann (1937 - 2014), pharmacist and orchid specialist from Boeblingen (Germany)
   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
   ferrum-equinum:   horseshoe
   convexa:   convex (labellum)
 

Ophrys ferrum-equinum subsp. convexa has a smaller and more convexly curved labellum than the nominate species. It is spread in the Cyclades, but is not separated from the nominate species by all authors. It has been described in Jour.Eur.Orch 37(4): 948 in 2005.

 

Ophrys ferrum-equinum subsp. convexa / Small Horseshoe Orchid, Cyclades,  Iraklea 24.3.2022 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 1:  Ophrys ferrum-equinum subsp. convexa / Small Horseshoe Orchid
Cyclades, Iraklea 24.3.2022
(Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys ferrum-equinum subsp. convexa / Small Horseshoe Orchid, Cyclades,  Iraklea 24.3.2022 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 2:  Ophrys ferrum-equinum subsp. convexa / Small Horseshoe Orchid
Cyclades, Iraklea 24.3.2022
(Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys ferrum-equinum subsp. convexa / Small Horseshoe Orchid, Cyclades,  Iraklea 24.3.2022 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 3:  Ophrys ferrum-equinum subsp. convexa / Small Horseshoe Orchid
Cyclades, Iraklea 24.3.2022
(Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys ferrum-equinum subsp. convexa / Small Horseshoe Orchid, Cyclades,  Iraklea 24.3.2022 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 4:  Ophrys ferrum-equinum subsp. convexa / Small Horseshoe Orchid
Cyclades, Iraklea 24.3.2022
(Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys ferrum-equinum subsp. convexa / Small Horseshoe Orchid, Cyclades,  Iraklea 24.3.2022 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 5:  Ophrys ferrum-equinum subsp. convexa / Small Horseshoe Orchid
Cyclades, Iraklea 24.3.2022
(Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys ferrum-equinum subsp. convexa / Small Horseshoe Orchid, Cyclades,  Iraklea 24.3.2022 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 6:  Ophrys ferrum-equinum subsp. convexa / Small Horseshoe Orchid
Cyclades, Iraklea 24.3.2022
(Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys ferrum-equinum subsp. convexa / Small Horseshoe Orchid, Cyclades,  Iraklea 24.3.2022 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 7:  Ophrys ferrum-equinum subsp. convexa / Small Horseshoe Orchid
Cyclades, Iraklea 24.3.2022
(Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys ferrum-equinum subsp. convexa / Small Horseshoe Orchid, Cyclades,  Iraklea 24.3.2022 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 8:  Ophrys ferrum-equinum subsp. convexa / Small Horseshoe Orchid
Cyclades, Iraklea 24.3.2022
(Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys ferrum-equinum subsp. convexa / Small Horseshoe Orchid, Cyclades,  Iraklea 24.3.2022 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 9:  Ophrys ferrum-equinum subsp. convexa / Small Horseshoe Orchid
Cyclades, Iraklea 24.3.2022
(Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys ferrum-equinum subsp. convexa / Small Horseshoe Orchid, Cyclades,  Iraklea 24.3.2022 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 10:  Ophrys ferrum-equinum subsp. convexa / Small Horseshoe Orchid
Cyclades, Iraklea 24.3.2022
(Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys ferrum-equinum subsp. convexa / Small Horseshoe Orchid, Cyclades,  Iraklea 24.3.2022 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 11:  Ophrys ferrum-equinum subsp. convexa / Small Horseshoe Orchid
Cyclades, Iraklea 24.3.2022
(Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys ferrum-equinum subsp. convexa / Small Horseshoe Orchid, Cyclades,  Iraklea 24.3.2022 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 12:  Ophrys ferrum-equinum subsp. convexa / Small Horseshoe Orchid
Cyclades, Iraklea 24.3.2022
(Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys ferrum-equinum subsp. convexa / Small Horseshoe Orchid, Cyclades,  Iraklea 24.3.2022 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 13:  Ophrys ferrum-equinum subsp. convexa / Small Horseshoe Orchid
Cyclades, Iraklea 24.3.2022
(Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys ferrum-equinum subsp. convexa / Small Horseshoe Orchid, Cyclades,  Iraklea 24.3.2022 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 14:  Ophrys ferrum-equinum subsp. convexa / Small Horseshoe Orchid
Cyclades, Iraklea 24.3.2022
(Photo: Helmut Presser)
   
 


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