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		Ophrys promontorii  O.DANESCH & E.DANESCH

Fam.:  Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Genus:  Ophrys  L.

Authors:
	O.DANESCH:		Othmar Danesch (1919 - 2014), Austrian architect and botanist
	E.DANESCH:		Edeltraud Danesch (1922 - 1996), Austrian writer, wife of Othmar Danesch
	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
	promontorii:		from Promontorio del Monte Gargano

Deutsch: Ophrys promontorii wächst in den Gebirgen Mittel- und Süditaliens. Der Name kommt vom Promontorio del Gargano, wo sie besonders zahlreich zu finden ist. Manche Autoren nehmen eine hybridogene Entstehung aus Ophrys incubacea und der sizilianischen Ophrys lunulata an. Bestäubt wird Ophrys promontorii wie alle mit lunulata verwandten Ophrys von einer Mauerbiene, in diesem Fall Osmia mustelina.

English: Ophrys promontorii is growing in the mountains of central and southern Italy. It got its name from the Promontorio del Gargano, where it can be found in big numbers. Some authors assume a hybridogene origin from Ophrys incubacea and the Sicilian Ophrys lunulata. As all relatives of Ophrys lunulata it is pollinated by a mason bee, in this case Osmia mustelina.

Fig. 1:  Ophrys promontorii / Promontory Bee Orchid I Abruzzo Alfedena 4.5.1989

Fig. 2:  Ophrys promontorii / Promontory Bee Orchid I Abruzzo Alfedena 4.5.1989

Fig. 3:  Ophrys promontorii / Promontory Bee Orchid I Abruzzo Alfedena 4.5.1989

Fig. 4:  Ophrys promontorii / Promontory Bee Orchid I Abruzzo Alfedena 4.5.1989

Fig. 5:  Ophrys promontorii / Promontory Bee Orchid I Abruzzo Alfedena 4.5.1989

Fig. 6:  Ophrys promontorii / Promontory Bee Orchid I Abruzzo Montenerodomo 13.5.1989

Fig. 7:  Ophrys promontorii / Promontory Bee Orchid I Promontorio del Gargano, San Salvator 26.4.2003

Fig. 8:  Ophrys promontorii / Promontory Bee Orchid I Promontorio del Gargano, San Giovanni Rotondo 9.4.1998

Fig. 9:  Ophrys promontorii / Promontory Bee Orchid I Promontorio del Gargano, San Giovanni Rotondo 9.4.1998

   

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