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		Ophrys speculum  LINK  subsp. orientalis  PAULUS

Fam.:  Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Synon.:  Ophrys eos  DEVILLERS-TERSCH. & DEVILLERS

Genus:  Ophrys  L.

Authors:
	LINK:		Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link (1767 - 1851), German botanist
	PAULUS:		Hannes Franz Paulus (1943 - ), German biologist
	DEVILLERS-TERSCH.:		Jean Devillers-Terschuren (1955 - ), Canadian orchid specialist in Belgium
	DEVILLERS:		Pierre Devillers (1938 - ), French orchid specialist in Belgium
	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
	speculum:		mirror
	orientalis:		Eastern, from the Orient
	eos:		dawn

Fig. 1:  Ophrys speculum subsp. orientalis / Eastern Mirror Orchid GR Peloponnes, Gramousa 1.4.2013

Fig. 2:  Ophrys speculum subsp. orientalis / Eastern Mirror Orchid Rhodos, Lardos 19.3.2005

Fig. 3:  Ophrys speculum subsp. orientalis / Eastern Mirror Orchid Rhodos, Lardos 19.3.2005

Fig. 4:  Ophrys speculum subsp. orientalis / Eastern Mirror Orchid Rhodos, Lardos 19.3.2005

Fig. 5:  Ophrys speculum subsp. orientalis / Eastern Mirror Orchid Rhodos, Lardos 24.3.2019

Fig. 6:  Ophrys speculum subsp. orientalis / Eastern Mirror Orchid Rhodos, Kolymbia 18.3.2023

Fig. 7:  Ophrys speculum subsp. orientalis / Eastern Mirror Orchid Rhodos, Kolymbia 18.3.2023

Fig. 8:  Ophrys speculum subsp. orientalis / Eastern Mirror Orchid Rhodos, Kamiros 22.3.2023

Fig. 9:  Ophrys speculum subsp. orientalis / Eastern Mirror Orchid Rhodos, Kamiros 18.3.2019 (Photo: Christian Schlomann)

   

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