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		Ophrys magniflora GENIEZ & MELKI

Fam.: Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Genus: Ophrys L.

Authors:
	GENIEZ:		Philippe Geniez (1960 - ), French zoologist and botanist
	MELKI:		Fréderic Melki (1960 - ), French pharmacist and 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
	magniflora:		large-flowered

The big flowered Ophrys magniflora from the Corbières could perhaps be the same as Ophys aurelia. Unfortunately the pollinating insect isn't known yet.


Fig. 1: Ophrys magniflora / Large-Flowered Bee Orchid F Corbières, Arquettes-en-Val 27.5.2005


Fig. 2: Ophrys magniflora / Large-Flowered Bee Orchid F Corbières, Arquettes-en-Val 27.5.2005


Fig. 3: Ophrys magniflora / Large-Flowered Bee Orchid F Corbières, Arquettes-en-Val 27.5.2005


Fig. 4: Ophrys magniflora / Large-Flowered Bee Orchid F Corbières, Arquettes-en-Val 27.5.2005


Fig. 5: Ophrys magniflora / Large-Flowered Bee Orchid F Corbières, Arquettes-en-Val 29.4.2001


Fig. 6: Ophrys magniflora / Large-Flowered Bee Orchid F Corbières, Arquettes-en-Val 29.4.2001


Fig. 7: Ophrys magniflora / Large-Flowered Bee Orchid F Corbières, Montlaur 13.5.1996


Fig. 8: Ophrys magniflora / Large-Flowered Bee Orchid F Corbières, Montlaur 13.5.1996


Fig. 9: Ophrys magniflora / Large-Flowered Bee Orchid F Corbières, Montlaur 13.5.1996


Fig. 10: Ophrys magniflora / Large-Flowered Bee Orchid F Corbières, Montlaur 13.5.1996

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