Ophrys x vetula Risso 1844

Photo by Dr W Juergen Schrenk

Part sun Cold Spring

Common Name The Old Man Ophrys

Flower Size

Found in France, Sardinia, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Czechloslovakia, Hungary, Italy, Yugoslavia, eastern Aegean Islands and Turkey as a natural hybrid between O fuciflora and O scolopax that blooms in the spring

Synonyms Ophrys arachnites subsp. holubyana (András.) Holub 1983; Ophrys × calypsus M.Hirth & H.Spaeth 1994; Ophrys × calypsus var. pseudoapulica (P.Delforge) P.Delforge 2004; Ophrys × calypsus var. scolopaxoides (P.Delforge) P.Delforge 2004; Ophrys × chalkae M.Hirth & H.Spaeth 2010; Ophrys × dodekanensis H.Kretzschmar & Kreutz 2001; Ophrys × ellinicaea Kreutz & Tenschert 2011l; Ophrys fuciflora subsp. heterochila (Renz & Taubenheim) H.Blatt & W.Wirth 1990; Ophrys fuciflora var. holubyana (András.) Soó 1926; Ophrys heldreichii subsp. calypsus (M.Hirth & H.Spaeth) Kreutz 2004; Ophrys heldreichii subsp. pseudoapulica (P.Delforge) Kreutz 2004; Ophrys heldreichii var. calypsus (M.Hirth & H.Spaeth) P.Delforge 1995; Ophrys heldreichii var. pseudoapulica P.Delforge 1995; Ophrys heldreichii var. scolopaxoides P.Delforge 1995; Ophrys × heterochila (Renz & Taubenheim) Paulus & Gack 1990; Ophrys holoserica subsp. cerigona B.Baumann & H.Baumann 2007; Ophrys holoserica subsp. homeri (M.Hirth & H.Spaeth) Kreutz 2004; Ophrys holoserica subsp. heterochila Renz & Taubenheim 1980; Ophrys holoserica subsp. holubyana (András.) Dostál 1984; Ophrys × holubyana András. 1917; Ophrys × homeri M.Hirth & H.Spaeth, 1997; Ophrys insectifera subsp. philippei (Gren.) Moggr. 1869; Ophrys × koseciorum Cicmir 2016; Ophrys oestrifera subsp. dodekanensis (H.Kretzschmar & Kreutz) Kreutz 2004; Ophrys oestrifera subsp. zinsmeisteri (A.Fuchs) Kreutz 2004; Ophrys oestrifera subsp. philippei (Gren.) K.Richt. 1890; Ophrys × oreas Devillers & Devillers-Tersch. 2009; Ophrys × philippei Gren 1860; Ophrys × ptolemaea P.Delforge 2009; Ophrys × samiotissa M.Hirth & Paulus 2011; Ophrys scolopax subsp. vetula (Risso) Kreutz 2004; Ophrys scolopax var. atropos Barla 1868; Ophrys scolopax var. philippei (Gren.) Nyman 1882; Ophrys × vetula nothosubsp. corriasiana (H.Baumann, Giotta, Künkele, R.Lorenz & Piccitto) ined.; Ophrys × vicina Duffort 1902; Ophrys × vicina nothosubsp. corriasiana H.Baumann, Giotta, Künkele, R.Lorenz & Piccitto 1995; Ophrys × zinsmeisteri A.Fuchs 1928

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; AOS Bulletin Vol 51 No 3 1982 photo fide;

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