F Tourettes-sur-Loup 3.6.2004
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| Ophrys incubacea BIANCA ex TOD. subsp. castri-caesaris LOOKEN |
| Fam.: Orchidaceae / Orchid Family |
| Synon.: Ophrys ligustica ROMOLINI & SOCA |
| Genus: Ophrys L. |
| A clan from South Eastern France similar to Ophrys majellensis has been described as Ophrys incubacea subsp. castri-caesaris by HERMAN VAN LOOKEN in Liparis 11: 51-64 (2005). Its name has been chosen according to the village of Saint-Cézaire-sur-Siagne west of Grasse in South Eastern France. More wide-spread are orchids like this in the calcarous region of Liguria, where the author hasn't seen and compared it. The article lists several details why the South Eastern French orchid is different from Ophrys majellensis, and puts it into relationship to Ophrys sipontensis. The species is rather late in flower, about end of May to middle of June. From far its big dark blossoms are looking like "black holes" in the environment. Its next related species is Ophrys incubacea, while the Ophrys majellensis from Central Italy, which I haven't seen yet myself, shall be closer related to Ophrys garganica subsp. garganica. In Jour.Eur.Orch. 43 (4) ROMOLINI and SOCA described the species as Ophrys ligustica because all attempts of VAN LOOKEN to describe the species shall have been invalid. |
| Authors: | |||
| Giuseppe Bianca (1801 - 1883), Italian botanist | |||
| Agostino Todaro, Baron della Galia (1818 - 1892), Sicilian politician and botanist | |||
| Herman van Looken, Belgian orchid specialist in Southern France | |||
| Rolando Romolini, Italian botanist | |||
| Remy Souche (alias Romieg Soca, 1951 - ), French orchid specialist | |||
| 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 | ||
| incubacea: | incubus = nightmare (dark color of lip) | ||
| castri-caesaris: | from Saint-Cézaire-sur-Siagne (Southern France) | ||
| ligustica: | from Liguria | ||
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Fig. 1: Ophrys incubacea subsp. castri-caesaris / Saint-Cezaire Black Spider Orchid F Tourettes-sur-Loup 3.6.2004 |
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Fig. 2: Ophrys incubacea subsp. castri-caesaris / Saint-Cezaire Black Spider Orchid F Tourettes-sur-Loup 3.6.2004 |
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Fig. 3: Ophrys incubacea subsp. castri-caesaris / Saint-Cezaire Black Spider Orchid F Tourettes-sur-Loup 3.6.2004 |
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Fig. 4: Ophrys incubacea subsp. castri-caesaris / Saint-Cezaire Black Spider Orchid F S.Vallier-de-Thiey 26.5.2005 |
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Fig. 5: Ophrys incubacea subsp. castri-caesaris / Saint-Cezaire Black Spider Orchid I Liguria, Toirano 25.5.2001 |
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Fig. 6: Ophrys incubacea subsp. castri-caesaris / Saint-Cezaire Black Spider Orchid I Liguria, Toirano 25.5.2001 |
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Fig. 7: Ophrys incubacea subsp. castri-caesaris / Saint-Cezaire Black Spider Orchid I Imperia 26.5.2001 |
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Fig. 8: Ophrys incubacea subsp. castri-caesaris / Saint-Cezaire Black Spider Orchid I Imperia 26.5.2001 |
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Fig. 9: Ophrys incubacea subsp. castri-caesaris / Saint-Cezaire Black Spider Orchid I Imperia 26.5.2001 |
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Orchids
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Orchids acc. to scientific Names
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.. Relationship
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.. German Names
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.. English Names
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.. Bloom Colors
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.. Regions
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.. Photo Date
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.. Rosettes
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.. Tubers + Roots
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.. Seed Stems
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Color Variants
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Deformations
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Orchid Hybrids
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Other Plants
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