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Fam.:  Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Synon.:  Ophrys mammosa  DESF.  subsp. falsomammosa  B.BAUMANN & H.BAUMANN

Genus:  Ophrys  L.
 

Authors:
   H.FLEISCHM.:  Hans Fleischmann (1875 - 1928), German orchid specialist
   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
   doerfleri:   Ignaz Dörfler (1866 - 1950), Austrian botanist (DÖRFL. )
   mammosa:   with large breasts
   falsomammosa:   similar to Ophrys mammosa
 

The "Ophrys mammosa" of Crete differs from the Ophrys mammosa of other regions of the Eastern Meterranean, partly it tends towards Ophrys spruneri. Already in 1925 it has been described as Ophrys doerfleri by FLEISCHMANN. In 2005 H.BAUMANN and R.LORENZ described it as subspecies falsomammosa of Ophrys mammosa in Jour.Eur.Orch. 37(3):725.

 

Ophrys doerfleri / Doerfler's Orchid, Crete,  Knossos 3.4.1990
Fig. 1:  Ophrys doerfleri / Doerfler's Orchid
Crete, Knossos 3.4.1990
Ophrys doerfleri / Doerfler's Orchid, Crete,  Knossos 3.4.1990
Fig. 2:  Ophrys doerfleri / Doerfler's Orchid
Crete, Knossos 3.4.1990
Ophrys doerfleri / Doerfler's Orchid, Crete,  Knossos 3.4.1990
Fig. 3:  Ophrys doerfleri / Doerfler's Orchid
Crete, Knossos 3.4.1990
Ophrys doerfleri / Doerfler's Orchid, Crete,  Arhanes, Jouhtas 30.3.2015
Fig. 4:  Ophrys doerfleri / Doerfler's Orchid
Crete, Arhanes, Jouhtas 30.3.2015
Ophrys doerfleri / Doerfler's Orchid, Crete,  Arhanes, Jouhtas 30.3.2015
Fig. 5:  Ophrys doerfleri / Doerfler's Orchid
Crete, Arhanes, Jouhtas 30.3.2015
Ophrys doerfleri / Doerfler's Orchid, Crete,  Arhanes, Jouhtas 30.3.2015
Fig. 6:  Ophrys doerfleri / Doerfler's Orchid
Crete, Arhanes, Jouhtas 30.3.2015
Ophrys doerfleri / Doerfler's Orchid, Crete,  Afrati 24.4.2001
Fig. 7:  Ophrys doerfleri / Doerfler's Orchid
Crete, Afrati 24.4.2001
Ophrys doerfleri / Doerfler's Orchid, Crete,  Afrati 24.4.2001
Fig. 8:  Ophrys doerfleri / Doerfler's Orchid
Crete, Afrati 24.4.2001
Ophrys doerfleri / Doerfler's Orchid, Crete,  Afrati 24.4.2001
Fig. 9:  Ophrys doerfleri / Doerfler's Orchid
Crete, Afrati 24.4.2001
Ophrys doerfleri / Doerfler's Orchid, Crete,  Afrati 22.4.2001
Fig. 10:  Ophrys doerfleri / Doerfler's Orchid
Crete, Afrati 22.4.2001
Ophrys doerfleri / Doerfler's Orchid, Crete,  Vai 29.3.2005 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 11:  Ophrys doerfleri / Doerfler's Orchid
Crete, Vai 29.3.2005 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys doerfleri / Doerfler's Orchid, Crete,  Vai 29.3.2005 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 12:  Ophrys doerfleri / Doerfler's Orchid
Crete, Vai 29.3.2005 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys doerfleri / Doerfler's Orchid, Crete,  Vai 29.3.2005 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 13:  Ophrys doerfleri / Doerfler's Orchid
Crete, Vai 29.3.2005 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys doerfleri / Doerfler's Orchid, Crete,  Vai 29.3.2005 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 14:  Ophrys doerfleri / Doerfler's Orchid
Crete, Vai 29.3.2005 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys doerfleri / Doerfler's Orchid, Crete,  Vai 29.3.2005 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 15:  Ophrys doerfleri / Doerfler's Orchid
Crete, Vai 29.3.2005 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys doerfleri / Doerfler's Orchid, Crete,  Vai 29.3.2005 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 16:  Ophrys doerfleri / Doerfler's Orchid
Crete, Vai 29.3.2005 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys doerfleri / Doerfler's Orchid, Crete,  Vai 29.3.2005 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 17:  Ophrys doerfleri / Doerfler's Orchid
Crete, Vai 29.3.2005 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys doerfleri / Doerfler's Orchid, Crete,  Vai 29.3.2005 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 18:  Ophrys doerfleri / Doerfler's Orchid
Crete, Vai 29.3.2005 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys doerfleri / Doerfler's Orchid, Crete,  Vai 29.3.2005 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 19:  Ophrys doerfleri / Doerfler's Orchid
Crete, Vai 29.3.2005 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
   
 


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