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Platanthera bifolia (L.) RICH. deformation |
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| Fam.: Orchidaceae / Orchid Family |
| Genus: Platanthera (L.) RICH. |
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| Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals | |||
| Louis Claude Marie Richard (1754 - 1821), French botanist | |||
| Etymology: | |||
| Platanthera: | wide anther | ||
| bifolia: | two-leaved | ||
| deformation: | deformation, abnormality | ||
The blossoms of the peloric Platanthera bifolia on the first three images are showing a genetic regression to the times when the evolution derived the orchids from the lilies. The radial symmetrical blossoms have two circels of each three similar petals, but no spur. |
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Fig. 1: Platanthera bifolia deformation / Lesser Butterfly Orchid (Peloria) A Lechtal, Martinau 15.7.1987 |
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Fig. 2: Platanthera bifolia deformation / Lesser Butterfly Orchid (Peloria) A Lechtal, Martinau 15.7.1987 |
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Fig. 3: Platanthera bifolia deformation / Lesser Butterfly Orchid (Peloria) A Lechtal, Martinau 15.7.1987 |
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Fig. 4: Platanthera bifolia deformation / Lesser Butterfly Orchid (partial twin blossom) F Col de Prayet 30.6.1998 |
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