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		Ophrys forestieri (RCHB.F.) LOJAC.

Fam.: Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Synon.: Ophrys lupercalis DEVILLERS-TERSCH. & DEVILLERS

Genus: Ophrys L.

Authors:
	RCHB.F.:	Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach (1823 - 1889), German botanist
	LOJAC.:	Michele Lojacono Pojero (1853 - 1919), Italian botanist
	DEVILLERS-TERSCH.:	Jean Devillers-Terschuren (1955 - ), Canadian orchid specialist in Belgium
	DEVILLERS:	Pierre Devillers (1938 - ), French orchid specialist in Belgium
	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
	forestieri:	Charles Le Forestier (18th - 19th century), French botanist
	lupercalis:	is in flower already at the Lupercales feast, the "carnival" of the ancient Romans, middle of February

Ophrys forestieri, which since 1994 had been called by the today synonym Ophrys lupercalis P.DEVILLERS & J.DEVILLERS-TERSCHUREN, is the early fusca s.l. with big lip, growing in most parts of the Mediterranean and pollinated by Andrena nigroaenea. It is not identical with the later flowering Ophrys fusca, which LINK described near Lisbon in 1800.


Fig. 1: Ophrys forestieri / Dull Orchid (simultaneously Orchis champagneuxii, Ophrys tenthredinifera) E La Vitoria (Gasteiz) 18.4.1988


Fig. 2: Ophrys forestieri / Dull Orchid E Prov. Alicante, Relleu 28.3.2001


Fig. 3: Ophrys forestieri / Dull Orchid E La Rioja, Ezcaray 23.5.2003


Fig. 4: Ophrys forestieri / Dull Orchid E Catalunya L'Escala 9.4.2004


Fig. 5: Ophrys forestieri / Dull Orchid F Marseille 19.3.1999


Fig. 6: Ophrys forestieri / Dull Orchid F Blausasc 30.4.2001


Fig. 7: Ophrys forestieri / Dull Orchid F Chaine du l'Estaque 21.4.2000


Fig. 8: Ophrys forestieri / Dull Orchid F Chaine du l'Estaque 22.4.2000


Fig. 9: Ophrys forestieri / Dull Orchid F Toreilles 10.3.2001


Fig. 10: Ophrys forestieri / Dull Orchid F Toreilles 10.3.2001


Fig. 11: Ophrys forestieri / Dull Orchid F Toreilles 10.3.2001


Fig. 12: Ophrys forestieri / Dull Orchid F Leucate 28.3.2003


Fig. 13: Ophrys forestieri / Dull Orchid F Blausasc 16.4.2001


Fig. 14: Ophrys forestieri / Dull Orchid Sicily, Passo delle Pantanelle 11.3.2002


Fig. 15: Ophrys forestieri / Dull Orchid Sicily, Noto 11.3.2002


Fig. 16: Ophrys forestieri / Dull Orchid Sicily, Noto 11.3.2002


Fig. 17: Ophrys forestieri / Dull Orchid Sicily, Canicattini 7.3.2003 (Photo: Helmut Presser)


Fig. 18: Ophrys forestieri / Dull Orchid Sicily, Niscemi 2.3.2003 (Photo: Helmut Presser)


Fig. 19: Ophrys forestieri / Dull Orchid Sicily, Niscemi 2.3.2003 (Photo: Helmut Presser)

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