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		Orchis prisca  HAUTZ.

Fam.:  Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Synon.:  Orchis patens  DESF.  subsp. nitidifolia  W.P.TESCHNER,  Androrchis prisca  (HAUTZ.) D.TYTECA & E.KLEIN

Genus:  Orchis  L.,  Androrchis  D.TYTECA & E.KLEIN

Authors:
	HAUTZ.:		Leo K. K. H. Hautzinger (1920 - ), Austrian botanist
	DESF.:		René Louiche Desfontaines (1750 - 1833), French botanist
	W.P.TESCHNER:		Walter Paul Teschner (1927 - ), German orchid specialist, later living in USA
	D.TYTECA:		Daniel Séraphin René Marie Tyteca (1950 - ), Belgian mathematician and orchid specialist
	E.KLEIN:		Erich Klein (1931 - 2016), Austrian mathematician and orchid specialist
	L.:		Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals

Etymology:
	Orchis:		testicle (Greek)
	prisca:		ancient
	patens:		open or outstretched
	nitidifolia:		with glossy leaves
	Androrchis:		Male Orchis, i.e. the group of Orchis mascula

Fig. 1:  Orchis prisca / Crete Orchid Crete, Thripti 6.5.1991

Fig. 2:  Orchis prisca / Crete Orchid Crete, Thripti 6.5.1991

Fig. 3:  Orchis prisca / Crete Orchid Crete, Thripti 23.4.2001

Fig. 4:  Orchis prisca / Crete Orchid Crete, Thripti 23.4.2001

Fig. 5:  Orchis prisca / Crete Orchid Crete, Thripti 23.4.2001

Fig. 6:  Orchis prisca / Crete Orchid Crete, Thripti 23.4.2001

Fig. 7:  Orchis prisca / Crete Orchid Crete, Thripti 23.4.2001

   

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Orchids

Orchids acc. to scientific Names

.. Relationship

.. German Names

.. English Names

.. Bloom Colors

.. Regions

.. Photo Date

.. Rosettes

.. Tubers + Roots

.. Seed Stems

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Deformations

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