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Ophrys classica  DEVILLERS-TERSCH. & DEVILLERS

Fam.:  Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Genus:  Ophrys  L.

In 2000 Ophrys classica has been described by DEVILLERS and DEVILLERS-TERSCHUREN in Natural.Belges 81. It is distributed from the Ligurian Riviera to the region of Rome, preferring sites in proximity of the coast. Often the lip of the relatively big-flowered species has important swellings. In its coastal biotopes the orchid is rather early in flower. Very variable populations in the interior of Tuscany and Umbria, and in the Ligurian Apennin west of Fornovo in an altitude of 500 to 800 m are probably belonging to Ophrys classica, too. The photos are showing the orchids near the end of flowering time. It is difficult to determine the delimitation between Ophrys classica and Ophrys sphegodes in Northern Italy.

Authors:
	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
	classica:		growing where the Roman armada swam

Fig. 1:  Ophrys classica / Fleet Bee Orchid I Marina di Castagneto 28.3.1998

Fig. 2:  Ophrys classica / Fleet Bee Orchid I Marina di Castagneto 28.3.1998

Fig. 3:  Ophrys classica / Fleet Bee Orchid I Grosseto 13.4.2000

Fig. 4:  Ophrys classica / Fleet Bee Orchid I Grosseto 13.4.2000

Fig. 5:  Ophrys classica / Fleet Bee Orchid I Lerici 2.4.2000

Fig. 6:  Ophrys classica / Fleet Bee Orchid I Lerici 2.4.2000

Fig. 7:  Ophrys classica / Fleet Bee Orchid (?) I Toscana 16.5.2005

Fig. 8:  Ophrys classica / Fleet Bee Orchid (?) I Toscana 16.5.2005

Fig. 9:  Ophrys classica / Fleet Bee Orchid (?) I Toscana 16.5.2005

Fig. 10:  Ophrys classica / Fleet Bee Orchid (?) I Spoleto 20.5.2005

Fig. 11:  Ophrys classica / Fleet Bee Orchid (?) I Fornovo 12.5.2001

Fig. 12:  Ophrys classica / Fleet Bee Orchid (?) I Fornovo 12.5.2001

Fig. 13:  Ophrys classica / Fleet Bee Orchid (?) I Fornovo 12.5.2001

Fig. 14:  Ophrys classica / Fleet Bee Orchid (?) I Fornovo 12.5.2001

Fig. 15:  Ophrys classica / Fleet Bee Orchid (?) I Promontorio del Gargano 25.4.2003

Fig. 16:  Ophrys classica / Fleet Bee Orchid (?) I Promontorio del Gargano, Coppa di Mezzo 26.4.2003

Fig. 17:  Ophrys classica / Fleet Bee Orchid (?) I Promontorio del Gargano, Mattinata 10.4.1998

Fig. 18:  Ophrys classica / Fleet Bee Orchid (?, arachnitiform) I Puglia, Martina Franca 23.4.2003

   

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