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Ophrys suboccidentalis  J.P.RING, J.C.QUERRÉ & Y.WILCOX  subsp. olonae  J.P.RING & Y.WILCOX
 

Fam.:  Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Genus:  Ophrys  L.
 

Authors:
   J.P.RING:  Jean-Pierre Ring (fl. 2017), French orchid specialist
   J.C.QUERRÉ:  Jean-Claude Querré (fl. 2017), French orchid specialist
   Y.WILCOX:  Yves Wilcox (fl. 2017), French 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
   suboccidentalis:   similar to Ophrys arachnitiformis subsp. occidentalis, siehe/see Ophrys exaltata subsp. arachnitiformis
   olonae:   from Les Sables-d'Olonne (Western France)
 

Ophrys suboccidentalis subsp. olonae from the French Atlantic coast near Les Sables-d'Olonne has been described in vol. 215 of L'Orchidophile 48 (3): 391 as late as 2017. DELFORGE regards it as a hybrid population between Ophrys suboccidentalis and other regional orchids similar to Ophrys sphegodes, which he describes as Ophrys x olonae in Jour.Eur.Orch. 51 (3-4): 339-362 in 2019.

 

Ophrys suboccidentalis subsp. olonae / Olonne Spider Orchid, F  Noirmoutier 16.3.2023 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 1:  Ophrys suboccidentalis subsp. olonae / Olonne Spider Orchid
F Noirmoutier 16.3.2023 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys suboccidentalis subsp. olonae / Olonne Spider Orchid, F  Noirmoutier 16.3.2023 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 2:  Ophrys suboccidentalis subsp. olonae / Olonne Spider Orchid
F Noirmoutier 16.3.2023 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys suboccidentalis subsp. olonae / Olonne Spider Orchid, F  Noirmoutier 16.3.2023 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 3:  Ophrys suboccidentalis subsp. olonae / Olonne Spider Orchid
F Noirmoutier 16.3.2023 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys suboccidentalis subsp. olonae / Olonne Spider Orchid, F  Noirmoutier 16.3.2023 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 4:  Ophrys suboccidentalis subsp. olonae / Olonne Spider Orchid
F Noirmoutier 16.3.2023 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys suboccidentalis subsp. olonae / Olonne Spider Orchid, F  Noirmoutier 16.3.2023 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 5:  Ophrys suboccidentalis subsp. olonae / Olonne Spider Orchid
F Noirmoutier 16.3.2023 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys suboccidentalis subsp. olonae / Olonne Spider Orchid, F  Noirmoutier 16.3.2023 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 6:  Ophrys suboccidentalis subsp. olonae / Olonne Spider Orchid
F Noirmoutier 16.3.2023 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys suboccidentalis subsp. olonae / Olonne Spider Orchid, F  Noirmoutier 16.3.2023 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 7:  Ophrys suboccidentalis subsp. olonae / Olonne Spider Orchid
F Noirmoutier 16.3.2023 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys suboccidentalis subsp. olonae / Olonne Spider Orchid, F  Noirmoutier 16.3.2023 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 8:  Ophrys suboccidentalis subsp. olonae / Olonne Spider Orchid
F Noirmoutier 16.3.2023 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys suboccidentalis subsp. olonae / Olonne Spider Orchid, F  Noirmoutier 16.3.2023 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 9:  Ophrys suboccidentalis subsp. olonae / Olonne Spider Orchid
F Noirmoutier 16.3.2023 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
   
 


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