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Ophrys spectabilis  (KREUTZ & ZELESNY) PAULUS

Fam.:  Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Synon.:  Ophrys tenthredinifera  WILLD.  subsp. spectabilis  KREUTZ & ZELESNY

Genus:  Ophrys  L.

Authors:
	KREUTZ:		Carolus (Carel) Adrianus Johannes Kreutz (1954 - ), Dutch orchid specialist
	ZELESNY:		Helmuth Zelesny, German orchid specialist
	PAULUS:		Hannes Franz Paulus (1943 - ), German biologist
	WILLD.:		Carl Ludwig Willdenow (1765 - 1812), 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
	spectabilis:		lovely
	tenthredinifera:		bearing sawflies

Fig. 1:  Ophrys spectabilis / Spectacular Sawfly Orchid Majorca, Andratx 23.4.2011

Fig. 2:  Ophrys spectabilis / Spectacular Sawfly Orchid Majorca, Andratx 23.4.2011

Fig. 3:  Ophrys spectabilis / Spectacular Sawfly Orchid Majorca, Andratx 23.4.2011

Fig. 4:  Ophrys spectabilis / Spectacular Sawfly Orchid Majorca, Andratx 23.4.2011

Fig. 5:  Ophrys spectabilis / Spectacular Sawfly Orchid Majorca, Andratx 26.4.2011

Fig. 6:  Ophrys spectabilis / Spectacular Sawfly Orchid Majorca, Andratx 26.4.2011

Fig. 7:  Ophrys spectabilis / Spectacular Sawfly Orchid Majorca, Andratx 26.4.2011

Fig. 8:  Ophrys spectabilis / Spectacular Sawfly Orchid Majorca, Andratx 26.4.2011

Fig. 9:  Ophrys spectabilis / Spectacular Sawfly Orchid Majorca, Andratx 26.4.2011

Fig. 10:  Ophrys spectabilis / Spectacular Sawfly Orchid Majorca, Punta de n'Amer 25.4.2011

   

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