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Fam.:  Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Genus:  Ophrys  L.
 

Authors:
   ROMOLINI:  Rolando Romolini, Italian botanist
   SOCA:  Remy Souche (alias Romieg Soca, 1951 - ), French 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
   pinguis:   well fed (size of lip)
 

Ophrys pinguis has been described by ROMOLINI and SOUCHE in Jour.Eur.Orch. 43 (4): 759 - 784 in 2011. It occurs in Central Italy, is marked by e.g. a big lip, wide triangular petals, and a narrow stigmatic cave.

 

Ophrys pinguis / Large-Flowered Late Spider Bee Orchid (?), I Cilento, Rutino 22.4.2003
Fig. 1:  Ophrys pinguis / Large-Flowered Late Spider Bee Orchid (?)
I Cilento, Rutino 22.4.2003
Ophrys pinguis / Large-Flowered Late Spider Bee Orchid (?), I Cilento, Rutino 22.4.2003
Fig. 2:  Ophrys pinguis / Large-Flowered Late Spider Bee Orchid (?)
I Cilento, Rutino 22.4.2003
Ophrys pinguis / Large-Flowered Late Spider Bee Orchid (?), I Monte Argentario 2.5.1989
Fig. 3:  Ophrys pinguis / Large-Flowered Late Spider Bee Orchid (?)
I Monte Argentario 2.5.1989
Ophrys pinguis / Large-Flowered Late Spider Bee Orchid (?), I Monte Argentario 2.5.1989
Fig. 4:  Ophrys pinguis / Large-Flowered Late Spider Bee Orchid (?)
I Monte Argentario 2.5.1989
   
 


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