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Ophrys minipassionis

In the Promontorio del Gargano a spider-like Ophrys is wide spread. Its lip is maller than that of normal Central-European sphegodes. I think it is an arachnitiforme Ophrys, not Ophrys sphegodes s.str. How far it is distributed out of the Gargano I don't know.

Only in 2011 in Jour.Eur.Orch. 43 (4) ROMOLINI and SOCA described this species most probably under the name Ophrys minipassionis.

In the region of Martina Franca, which is located in the Italian province of Apulia, too, similar plants with coloured perigon can rarely be found.

Ophrys minipassionis
left: I Promontorio del Gargano 10.4.1998
right: I Promontorio del Gargano 25.4.2003

Ophrys minipassionis
left: I Promontorio del Gargano 25.4.2003
right: I Puglia, Martina Franca 23.4.2003



Start page Contents	Rev: 15-Dec-2011

Arachnitiforme Ophrys in Western Europe

Introduction
Comparison of Stigmatic Caves



Ophrys ...
... sipontensis				x
... garganica				x	x	x
... passionis	x	x
... majellensis				x
... castri-caesaris		x		x
... incubacea	x	x		x	x	x
... brutia				x
... minipassionis				x
... classica				x
... sphegodes	x	x	x	x
... massiliensis		x		x
... araneola		x	x	?
... virescens	?	x		?
... argensonensis		x
... illyrica				?
... tommasinii				?
'small from Gargano'				x
'early near Naples'				x
... riojana	x
... argentaria				x
... tarquinia				x
'western arachnitif.'	x	x
... arachnitiformis		x		x
... splendida		x		x
... aveyronensis	x	x
... castellana	x
... tyrrhena				x
... cilentana				x
... archipelagi				x
... mateolana				x
... cephalonica
... exaltata				x		x
... panormitana						x
... praecox					x
... morisii					x
... provincialis		x
... panattensis					x
... lunulata						x
... tarentina				x
... promontorii				x
... melitensis



Arachnitiforme Ophrys in Western Europe