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Ophrys arnoldii P.DELFORGE

Fam.: Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Genus: Ophrys L.

Ophrys arnoldii has been described not until 1999 in Natural.belges 80 (Orchid. 12): 244-260+277. Its name honours the teacher José Enrique Arnold from Manresa in Catalonia, who executed the preparing investigations in his region. Most probably the orchid is only occurring in Spain.
Ophrys arnoldii holds its lip often more steep than Ophrys forestieri (synonym: Ophrys lupercalis), but otherwise it's looking like this species, which is much earlier in flower. This is no wonder, because Ophrys arnoldii is pollinated by the same bee Andrena nigroaenea, however by the second generation of the bee.

Authors:
	P.DELFORGE:	Pierre Delforge (1945 - ), Belgian 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
	arnoldii:	José Enrique Arnold (fl.2001), Spanish teacher and orchid specialist (J.E.ARNOLD)
	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


Fig. 1: Ophrys arnoldii / Arnold's Orchid E Cardo 23.5.2004


Fig. 2: Ophrys arnoldii / Arnold's Orchid E Cardo 23.5.2004


Fig. 3: Ophrys arnoldii / Arnold's Orchid E Cardo 23.5.2004


Fig. 4: Ophrys arnoldii / Arnold's Orchid Majorca, Galilea 26.4.2011


Fig. 5: Ophrys arnoldii / Arnold's Orchid Majorca, Galilea 26.4.2011


Fig. 6: Ophrys arnoldii / Arnold's Orchid Majorca, Galilea 26.4.2011


Fig. 7: Ophrys arnoldii / Arnold's Orchid Majorca, Galilea 26.4.2011


Fig. 8: Ophrys arnoldii / Arnold's Orchid Majorca, Galilea 26.4.2011


Fig. 9: Ophrys arnoldii / Arnold's Orchid Majorca, Galilea 26.4.2011


Fig. 10: Ophrys arnoldii / Arnold's Orchid Majorca, Galilea 26.4.2011

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