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Ophrys lucana P.DELFORGE, DEVILLERS-TERSCH. & DEVILLERS |
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| Fam.: Orchidaceae / Orchid Family |
| Genus: Ophrys L. |
| Authors: | |||
| Pierre Delforge (1945 - ), Belgian orchid specialist | |||
| Jean Devillers-Terschuren (1955 - ), Canadian orchid specialist in Belgium | |||
| Pierre Devillers (1938 - ), French orchid specialist in Belgium | |||
| 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 | ||
| lucana: | from Lucania (Italy) | ||
Ophrys lucana is an Ophrys fusca s.l. with relative big dark lip from Southern Italy, mainly province of Potenza, which has been described not until 2000 in Natural.belges 81 (Orchid.13): 257-258. In Natural.belges 82(Orchid.14): 140-143 DELFORGE states that Andrena labialis is the pollinator of the species. |
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Fig. 1: Ophrys lucana / Lucanian Orchid I Prov. Potenza 6.6.2002 |
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Fig. 2: Ophrys lucana / Lucanian Orchid I Prov. Potenza 6.6.2002 |
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Fig. 3: Ophrys lucana / Lucanian Orchid I Prov. Potenza 6.6.2002 |
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Fig. 4: Ophrys lucana / Lucanian Orchid I Prov. Potenza 6.6.2002 |
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Fig. 5: Ophrys lucana / Lucanian Orchid I Prov. Potenza 6.6.2002 |
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Fig. 6: Ophrys lucana / Lucanian Orchid (?) I Abruzzo Isernia 6.6.2002 |
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Fig. 7: Ophrys lucana / Lucanian Orchid (?) I Abruzzo Isernia 6.6.2002 |
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Orchids
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Orchids acc. to scientific Names
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.. Relationship
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.. German Names
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.. English Names
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.. Bloom Colors
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.. Regions
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.. Photo Date
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.. Rosettes
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.. Tubers + Roots
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.. Seed Stems
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Color Variants
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Deformations
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Orchid Hybrids
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Other Plants
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