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		Ophrys sphegodes  MILL.

Fam.:  Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Synon.:  Ophrys aranifera  HUDS.

Genus:  Ophrys  L.

Already in 1768 Ophrys sphegodes has been described from county Kent in Southern England. In Central Europe and England Ophrys sphegodes s.str. is pollinated by the bees Andrena nigroaenea and limata. Long time many similar orchids as e.g. Ophrys araneola have also been counted to Ophrys sphegodes, many of these have only been separated in the 20th century. In 2002 ERROL VELA wrote an article in L'Orchidophile 33 (154) to prove that "aranifera" is the correct name of the orchid, while "sphegodes" shall have meant Ophrys apifera and / or holoserica then. The Spanish Ophrys sphegodes often has big petals and / or an arachnitiforme touch. Very rarely also sphegodes with coloured petals can be found in Eastern Spain. Whether the last photos from Spain, Italy, and Croatia are also showing Ophrys sphegodes s.str. has to be clearified by further investigation.

Authors:
	MILL.:		Philip Miller (1691 - 1771), English gardener
	HUDS.:		William Hudson (1730 - 1793), British pharmacist and 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
	sphegodes:		wasp-like
	aranifera:		bearing spiders

Fig. 1:  Ophrys sphegodes / Early Spider Orchid D Grünstadt-Asselheim 20.4.2022

Fig. 2:  Ophrys sphegodes / Early Spider Orchid D Grünstadt-Asselheim 20.4.2022

Fig. 3:  Ophrys sphegodes / Early Spider Orchid D Grünstadt-Asselheim 20.4.2022

Fig. 4:  Ophrys sphegodes / Early Spider Orchid D Taubergießen 27.5.1985

Fig. 5:  Ophrys sphegodes / Early Spider Orchid D Taubergießen 18.5.2003

Fig. 6:  Ophrys sphegodes / Early Spider Orchid D Grünstadt-Asselheim 1.5.2021

Fig. 7:  Ophrys sphegodes / Early Spider Orchid D Grünstadt-Asselheim 1.5.2021

Fig. 8:  Ophrys sphegodes / Early Spider Orchid D Palatinate 6.5.2003

Fig. 9:  Ophrys sphegodes / Early Spider Orchid D Saarland Gersheim 18.5.1988

Fig. 10:  Ophrys sphegodes / Early Spider Orchid D Mosbach 16.4.2011

Fig. 11:  Ophrys sphegodes / Early Spider Orchid D Mosbach 16.4.2011

Fig. 12:  Ophrys sphegodes / Early Spider Orchid D Mosbach 12.5.2012

Fig. 13:  Ophrys sphegodes / Early Spider Orchid D Mosbach 12.5.2012

Fig. 14:  Ophrys sphegodes / Early Spider Orchid D Mosbach 12.5.2012

Fig. 15:  Ophrys sphegodes / Early Spider Orchid D Apfelberg 3.5.2021

Fig. 16:  Ophrys sphegodes / Early Spider Orchid D Werbach 20.5.2017

Fig. 17:  Ophrys sphegodes / Early Spider Orchid D Königheim 3.5.2021

Fig. 18:  Ophrys sphegodes / Early Spider Orchid D Königheim 3.5.2021

Fig. 19:  Ophrys sphegodes / Early Spider Orchid D Königheim 3.5.2021

Fig. 20:  Ophrys sphegodes / Early Spider Orchid D Karlstadt 30.4.2007

Fig. 21:  Ophrys sphegodes / Early Spider Orchid D Bad Ditzenbach 4.5.2014

Fig. 22:  Ophrys sphegodes / Early Spider Orchid (twin blossom) D Bad Ditzenbach 4.5.2014

Fig. 23:  Ophrys sphegodes / Early Spider Orchid (twin blossom) D Bad Ditzenbach 4.5.2014

Fig. 24:  Ophrys sphegodes / Early Spider Orchid (triple blossom) D Bad Ditzenbach 4.5.2014

Fig. 25:  Ophrys sphegodes / Early Spider Orchid D Bad Ditzenbach 4.5.2014

Fig. 26:  Ophrys sphegodes / Early Spider Orchid D Bad Ditzenbach 3.5.2019

Fig. 27:  Ophrys sphegodes / Early Spider Orchid D Bad Ditzenbach 3.5.2019

Fig. 28:  Ophrys sphegodes / Early Spider Orchid D Bad Ditzenbach 4.7.2004

Fig. 29:  Ophrys sphegodes / Early Spider Orchid D Grünstadt-Asselheim 15.6.2020

Fig. 30:  Ophrys sphegodes / Early Spider Orchid D Tübingen 7.5.2016

Fig. 31:  Ophrys sphegodes / Early Spider Orchid D Tübingen 7.5.2016

Fig. 32:  Ophrys sphegodes / Early Spider Orchid A Seewinkel, Apetlon 8.5.2022

Fig. 33:  Ophrys sphegodes / Early Spider Orchid A Seewinkel, Apetlon 8.5.2022

Fig. 34:  Ophrys sphegodes / Early Spider Orchid F Grenoble 4.5.2004

Fig. 35:  Ophrys sphegodes / Early Spider Orchid F Corbières, Bugarach 1.5.2002

Fig. 36:  Ophrys sphegodes / Early Spider Orchid Sicily, Prov. Ragusa 11.3.2021 (Photo: Enzo Lanza)

Fig. 37:  Ophrys sphegodes / Early Spider Orchid Sicily, Prov. Ragusa 11.3.2021 (Photo: Enzo Lanza)

Fig. 38:  Ophrys sphegodes / Early Spider Orchid (s.l.) E Catalunya Vic 6.5.2000

Fig. 39:  Ophrys sphegodes / Early Spider Orchid (s.l.) E Catalunya Vic 6.5.2000

Fig. 40:  Ophrys sphegodes / Early Spider Orchid (s.l.) E Navarra, Pamplona 26.5.2002

Fig. 41:  Ophrys sphegodes / Early Spider Orchid (s.l.) E La Rioja, Ezcaray 27.5.2002

Fig. 42:  Ophrys sphegodes / Early Spider Orchid (s.l.) E Navarra, Pamplona 21.5.2003

Fig. 43:  Ophrys sphegodes / Early Spider Orchid (s.l.) E La Rioja, Haro 22.5.2003

Fig. 44:  Ophrys sphegodes / Early Spider Orchid (s.l.) E Alava, Ocio 22.5.2003

Fig. 45:  Ophrys sphegodes / Early Spider Orchid (s.l.) E Prov. Teruel, La Iglesuela del Cid 24.5.2004

Fig. 46:  Ophrys sphegodes / Early Spider Orchid (s.l.) E Prov. Teruel, La Iglesuela del Cid 24.5.2004

Fig. 47:  Ophrys sphegodes / Early Spider Orchid (s.l.) E Prov. Cuenca, Huelamo 26.5.2004

Fig. 48:  Ophrys sphegodes / Early Spider Orchid (s.l.) E Navarra, Pamplona 21.5.2003

Fig. 49:  Ophrys sphegodes / Early Spider Orchid (s.l.) I Prov. Cosenza, Sant'Agata di Esaro 9.5.1989

Fig. 50:  Ophrys sphegodes / Early Spider Orchid (s.l.) I Prov. Cosenza, Sant'Agata di Esaro 22.4.2003

Fig. 51:  Ophrys sphegodes / Early Spider Orchid (s.l.) Croatia, Hvar, Stari Grad 7.4.2006

   

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