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Fam.:  Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Synon.:  Ophrys panormitana  (TOD.) SOÓ

Genus:  Ophrys  L.
 

Authors:
   TOD.:  Agostino Todaro, Baron della Galia (1818 - 1892), Sicilian politician and botanist
   SOÓ:  Károly Rezsö Soó von Bere (1903 - 1980), Austrian 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
   panormitana:   from Palermo (Sicily)
 

Deutsch:
Als ein Endemit Siziliens gilt Ophrys panormitana subsp. panormitana, die schon 1842 nach einem alten Namen für die Stadt Palermo benannt wurde. Auch in anderen Teilen Siziliens ist sie weit verbreitet. Sie blüht etwas früher als die nahe verwandte Ophrys exaltata subsp. exaltata, von der sie sich durch eine meist breitere und an der Seite stärker behaarte Lippe unterscheidet, die auch dreilappig sein kann. Das Perigon kann sowohl grün als auch bunt sein. Laut PAULUS and GACK (1990 in Jber.naturwiss.Ver.Wuppertal 43) wird Ophrys panormitana subsp. panormitana von der Sandbiene Andrena thoracica bestäubt.
 
English:
Ophrys panormitana subsp. panormitana is passed for an endemism of Sicily, which has been described after an old name for the city of Palermo already in 1842. Also in other parts of Sicily it's not rare. Ophrys panormitana subsp. panormitana is somewhat earlier in flower than the closely related Ophrys exaltata subsp. exaltata, from which it differs by a usually wider lip with stronger hairs at the side. The lip can even be trilobed. There are orchids with green as well as those with coloured perigon. According to PAULUS and GACK (1990 in Jber.naturwiss.Ver.Wuppertal 43) Ophrys panormitana subsp. panormitana is pollinated by the bee Andrena thoracica.
 

Ophrys panormitana subsp. panormitana / Palermo Spider Orchid, Sicily,  Monte Grosso 1.4.1998
Fig. 1:  Ophrys panormitana subsp. panormitana / Palermo Spider Orchid
Sicily, Monte Grosso 1.4.1998
Ophrys panormitana subsp. panormitana / Palermo Spider Orchid, Sicily,  Monte Grosso 11.4.1999
Fig. 2:  Ophrys panormitana subsp. panormitana / Palermo Spider Orchid
Sicily, Monte Grosso 11.4.1999
Ophrys panormitana subsp. panormitana / Palermo Spider Orchid, Sicily,  Monte Grosso 11.4.1999
Fig. 3:  Ophrys panormitana subsp. panormitana / Palermo Spider Orchid
Sicily, Monte Grosso 11.4.1999
Ophrys panormitana subsp. panormitana / Palermo Spider Orchid, Sicily,  Monte Grosso 11.4.1999
Fig. 4:  Ophrys panormitana subsp. panormitana / Palermo Spider Orchid
Sicily, Monte Grosso 11.4.1999
Ophrys panormitana subsp. panormitana / Palermo Spider Orchid, Sicily,  Monte Grosso 11.4.1999
Fig. 5:  Ophrys panormitana subsp. panormitana / Palermo Spider Orchid
Sicily, Monte Grosso 11.4.1999
Ophrys panormitana subsp. panormitana / Palermo Spider Orchid, Sicily,  Monte Grosso 4.4.1998
Fig. 6:  Ophrys panormitana subsp. panormitana / Palermo Spider Orchid
Sicily, Monte Grosso 4.4.1998
Ophrys panormitana subsp. panormitana / Palermo Spider Orchid, Sicily,  Monte Grosso 1.4.1998
Fig. 7:  Ophrys panormitana subsp. panormitana / Palermo Spider Orchid
Sicily, Monte Grosso 1.4.1998
Ophrys panormitana subsp. panormitana / Palermo Spider Orchid, Sicily,  Monte Grosso 1.4.1998
Fig. 8:  Ophrys panormitana subsp. panormitana / Palermo Spider Orchid
Sicily, Monte Grosso 1.4.1998
Ophrys panormitana subsp. panormitana / Palermo Spider Orchid, Sicily,  Monte Grosso 4.4.1998
Fig. 9:  Ophrys panormitana subsp. panormitana / Palermo Spider Orchid
Sicily, Monte Grosso 4.4.1998
Ophrys panormitana subsp. panormitana / Palermo Spider Orchid, Sicily,  Monte Grosso 4.4.1998
Fig. 10:  Ophrys panormitana subsp. panormitana / Palermo Spider Orchid
Sicily, Monte Grosso 4.4.1998
Ophrys panormitana subsp. panormitana / Palermo Spider Orchid, Sicily,  Isnello 6.4.1998
Fig. 11:  Ophrys panormitana subsp. panormitana / Palermo Spider Orchid
Sicily, Isnello 6.4.1998
Ophrys panormitana subsp. panormitana / Palermo Spider Orchid, Sicily,  Isnello 6.4.1998
Fig. 12:  Ophrys panormitana subsp. panormitana / Palermo Spider Orchid
Sicily, Isnello 6.4.1998
Ophrys panormitana subsp. panormitana / Palermo Spider Orchid, Sicily,  Noto 14.4.1999
Fig. 13:  Ophrys panormitana subsp. panormitana / Palermo Spider Orchid
Sicily, Noto 14.4.1999
Ophrys panormitana subsp. panormitana / Palermo Spider Orchid, Sicily,  Palazolo Acreide 13.3.2002
Fig. 14:  Ophrys panormitana subsp. panormitana / Palermo Spider Orchid
Sicily, Palazolo Acreide 13.3.2002
   
 


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