Ophrys speculum

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Ophrys speculum']

• English: Mirror orchid
• català: Abellera de mirall
• corsu: Ofride spichju
• čeština: tořič modropyský
• Deutsch: Spiegel-Ragwurz
• Ελληνικά: Οφρύς η κατοπτρική
• español: Orquídea abeja espejo
• français: Ophrys miroir
• italiano: Ofride specchio
• 中文: 镜蜂兰
• 中文（中国大陆）: 镜蜂兰
• 中文（臺灣）: 鏡蜂蘭

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Orchidoideae • Tribus: Orchideae • Subtribus: Orchidinae • Genus: Ophrys • Species: Ophrys speculum Link (1800)

Synonyms

Homotypic synonyms Arachnites speculum (Link) Tod., Orchid. Sicul.: 93 (1842) Heterotypic synonyms Ophrys scolopax Willd., Sp. Pl. 4: 69 (1805) Ophrys ciliata Biv., Sicul. Pl. 1: 60 (1806) Ophrys speculum var. lutescens J.J.Rodr., Fl. Menorca: 137 (1904) Ophrys vernixia subsp. ciliata (Biv.) Del Prete, Webbia 37: 252 (1984) Ophrys vernixia subsp. orientalis Paulus, Ber. Arbeitskreis. Heimische Orchid. 18: 43 (2001) Ophrys ciliata var. orientalis (Paulus) Kreutz, Kompend. Eur. Orchid.: 91 (2004) Ophrys ciliata subsp. orientalis (Paulus) Kreutz,Die Orchidee (Hamburg) 57: 101 (2006) Ophrys speculum var. orientalis (Paulus) Kreutz, Ber. Arbeitskreis. Heimische Orchid. 24(1): 178 (2007) Ophrys speculum subsp. orientalis (Paulus) Paulus & Salk., Ber. Arbeitskreis. Heimische Orchid. 24(2): 7 (2007) Ophrys eos Devillers & Devillers-Tersch., Naturalistes Belges 90: 289 (2009) Homonyms Ophrys speculum Bertol., Amoen. Ital.: 201 (1819) - vide: Ophrys bertolonii Moretti, Quibus. Pl. Ital. 6: 9 (1823) Ophrys speculum Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 219 (1841) - vide: Ophrys lutea subsp. lutea

Species

Images of the whole plant

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  Ophrys speculum
  Italy - Sardinia
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  Ophrys speculum
  Spain - Mallorca
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  Ophrys speculum
  Italy - Sardinia
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  Ophrys speculum
  Sicily - Zingaro
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  Ophrys speculum
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  Ophrys speculum
  Spain - Cartagena
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  Ophrys speculum (and Orchis tridentata)
  Samandağ, Hatay province, Turkey
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  Ophrys speculum
  Portugal - Algarve
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  Ophrys speculum
  Testa dell'Acqua, Noto, Sicily

Flowers

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  Ophrys speculum
  Italy - Monte Grosso
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  Ophrys speculum
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  Ophrys speculum
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  Ophrys speculum
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  Ophrys speculum
  Portugal
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  Ophrys speculum
  Italy - Sardinia
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  Ophrys speculum
  Spain - Mallorca
  Santuari de Sant Salvador
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  Ophrys speculum
  Spain - Mallorca
  Cala Ses Salinas
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  Ophrys speculum
  Spain - Mallorca
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  Ophrys speculum
  Spain - Mallorca
  Santuari de Sant Salvador
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  Ophrys speculum
  Spain - Mallorca
  Cala Mondragó
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  Ophrys speculum
  Spain - Mallorca
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  Ophrys speculum
  Portugal
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  Ophrys speculum
  Italy - Sardinia
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  Ophrys speculum
  Spain -Mallorca
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  Ophrys speculum
  Spain - Mallorca
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  Ophrys speculum
  Spain - Mallorca
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  France
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  Ophrys speculum
  Spain - Mallorca
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  Ophrys speculum
  Italy - Sardinia
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  Ophrys speculum
  Italy - Sardinia
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  Ophrys speculum
  Sicily - Zingaro
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  Ophrys speculum
  Sicily - Zingaro
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  Ophrys speculum
  Portugal - Algarve
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  Ophrys speculum
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  Ophrys speculum
  Samandağ, Hatay province, Turkey
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  Ophrys speculum
  Samandağ, Hatay province, Turkey

Pollination

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  Pseudocopulation of
  Dasyscolia ciliata

Botanical illustrations

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  Ophrys speculum
  plate 370 in:
  The Botanical Register
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 5,
  (1819)
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  Ophrys speculum
  plate 5844 in:
  Curtis's Bot. Magazine
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 96,
  (1870)
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  Ophrys speculum
  plate 72 in:
  J.T. Moggridge:
  Flora of Mentone
  London (1871)

  fig. A

Subspecies - Varietas - Forma

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  Ophrys speculum
  subsp. lusitanica

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  Ophrys speculum
  subsp. regis-ferdinandii

Ophrys speculum var. lutescens J.J.Rodr. (1904) syn. of Ophrys speculum subsp. speculum

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  Ophrys speculum
  var. lutescens
  Spain - Mallorca

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  Ophrys speculum
  var. lutescens
  Spain - Mallorca

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  Ophrys speculum
  var. lutescens
  Spain - Mallorca

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  Ophrys speculum
  var. lutescens
  Spain - Mallorca

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  Ophrys speculum
  var. lutescens
  Spain - Mallorca

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  Ophrys speculum
  var. lutescens
  Spain - Mallorca

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  Ophrys speculum
  var. lutescens
  Spain - Mallorca

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  Ophrys speculum
  var. lutescens
  Spain - Mallorca

Nothospecies Ophrys speculum

Ophrys × heraultii G. Keller ex Schrenk (1971) = (Ophrys speculum × Ophrys tenthredinifera)

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  Ophrys × heraultii
  plants
  Spain - Mallorca
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  Ophrys × heraultii
  flowers
  Spain - Mallorca
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  Ophrys × heraultii
  flowers
  Spain - Mallorca

Miscellaneous

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  Ophrys speculum
  aberration with 3 lips
  Spain - Mallorca
  Randa
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  Ophrys speculum
  deformed flowers
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  Ophrys speculum
  deformed flowers

Native distribution areas

Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Continental: Europe Regional: Southwestern Europe Baleares, Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain. Regional: Southeastern Europe Albania, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Sicilia, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia. Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Western Asia East Aegean Islands, Lebanon-Syria, Turkey.

Selected Weblinks

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