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Fam.:  Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Genus:  Ophrys  L.
 

Authors:
   RAKOSY:  Demetra Rakosy (fl. 2020), German ecologist
   PAULUS:  Hannes Franz Paulus (1943 - ), German biologist
   M.HIRTH:  Monika Hirth, German orchid specialist
   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
   dimidiata:   according to the pollinating bee Eucera dimidiata BRULLÉ
 

In Jour.Eur.Orch. 52 (1): 207 - 226 Ophrys dimidiata from Crete was described, which for the human eye hardly differs from two of the three other Ophrys tenthredinifera s.l. species occurring there, but has a different pollinating bee, Eucera dimidiata. The plant is similar in color to, but smaller in all parts than Ophrys tenthredinifera subsp. villosa, which is pollinated by the eastern Eucera nigrilabris subspecies rufitarsis, and also somewhat more delicate than Ophrys dictynnae, pollinated by Eucera albofasciata.

 

Ophrys dimidiata / Dimidiata Orchid, Crete,  Southeast 7.3.2019 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 1:  Ophrys dimidiata / Dimidiata Orchid
Crete, Southeast 7.3.2019 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys dimidiata / Dimidiata Orchid, Crete,  Southeast 7.3.2019 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 2:  Ophrys dimidiata / Dimidiata Orchid
Crete, Southeast 7.3.2019 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys dimidiata / Dimidiata Orchid, Crete,  Southeast 7.3.2019 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 3:  Ophrys dimidiata / Dimidiata Orchid
Crete, Southeast 7.3.2019 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys dimidiata / Dimidiata Orchid, Crete,  Southeast 7.3.2019 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 4:  Ophrys dimidiata / Dimidiata Orchid
Crete, Southeast 7.3.2019 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys dimidiata / Dimidiata Orchid, Crete,  Southeast 7.3.2019 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 5:  Ophrys dimidiata / Dimidiata Orchid
Crete, Southeast 7.3.2019 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys dimidiata / Dimidiata Orchid, Crete,  Southeast 7.3.2019 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 6:  Ophrys dimidiata / Dimidiata Orchid
Crete, Southeast 7.3.2019 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys dimidiata / Dimidiata Orchid, Crete,  Southeast 7.3.2019 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 7:  Ophrys dimidiata / Dimidiata Orchid
Crete, Southeast 7.3.2019 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys dimidiata / Dimidiata Orchid, Crete,  Southeast 7.3.2019 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 8:  Ophrys dimidiata / Dimidiata Orchid
Crete, Southeast 7.3.2019 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
   
 


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