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Fam.:  Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Genus:  Ophrys  L.
 

Authors:
   RCHB.:  Heinrich Gottlieb Ludwig Reichenbach (1793 - 1879), 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
   araneola:   small spider
 

Deutsch:
In dem Waldstück nordwestlich von Neapel, in dem ich Ophrys tyrrhena antraf, wachsen auch diese kleinblütigen Ophrys, die in dem küstennahen Kiefernwald schon Mitte März blühen.

Würden die abgebildeten Pflanzen nicht wesentlich früher blühen als die im April 1851 von aus Nordkroatien beschriebene Ophrys tommasinii, könnte man sie für diese halten. Auch der Narbenkopf der westitalienischen Pflanzen ist wie bei Ophrys tommasinii eher breit. Doch Ophrys tommasinii blüht nach HERTEL (Jour.Eur.Orch.34(3)) in Istrien erst ab Mitte April, was eine Identität unwahrscheinlich macht.
 
English:
In the coastal pine forest northwest of Naples, in which I found Ophrys tyrrhena, these small flowered Ophrys are growing, too, which are already in flower in middle of march.

If the orchids wouldn't be much earlier in flower than Ophrys tommasinii, which has been described from the northern Croatia in April 1851, one could regard it as this species. As for Ophrys tommasinii the stigmatic head is rather wide. But according to HERTEL (Jour.Eur.Orch.34(3)) Ophrys tommasinii is not in flower before middle of april in Istria, so an identity seems improbable.
 

Ophrys araneola s.l. Napoli, I  Naples 16.3.2002
Fig. 1:  Ophrys araneola s.l. Napoli
I Naples 16.3.2002
Ophrys araneola s.l. Napoli, I  Naples 16.3.2002
Fig. 2:  Ophrys araneola s.l. Napoli
I Naples 16.3.2002
   
 


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