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Ophrys Speculum
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| Photo Information |
| Copyright: Annieta de Jong (Annieta) (34) |
| Genre: Plants |
| Medium: Color |
| Date Taken: 2008-02-16 |
| Categories: Flowers |
| Camera: Canon G2 |
| Exposure: f/3.5, 1/50 seconds |
| Photo Version: Original Version |
| Date Submitted: 2008-02-17 3:37 |
| Viewed: 567 |
| Points: 6 |
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
This orchid named 'Ophrys Speculum' I found yesterday in the Natural Park of the Salinas by La Mata (Spain) , Alicante.
Name:
* Dutch: Spiegelorchis
* Eng.: also called "Mirror of Venus"
* German: Spiegel-Ragwurz
* Español: Orquídea Abeja espejo
* Francais: Ophrys miroir
Taking its name from the large mirror-like area on the mid-lobe of the labellum, the Ophrys speculum flower has brown petals and a russet colored lip with a glossy deep-blue speculum with a yellow or brown margin
Speculum means ‘a mirror or reflector of glass or metal.’
The Ophrys speculum flower is strikingly similar to the female of its wasp pollinator, Campsoscolia ciliata. The hairs on the labellum of the orchid mimic the long hairs of the female wasp, the scent contains a species-specific substance and the large hairless speculum mimics the female wings.
The males emerge before the females and are attracted to the mimetic Ophrys speculum flowers, where they land and take up a position with their abdomen to the hairy side of the labellum. The male wasps ‘bite with their mandibles in the two lengthy swellings in front of the column simultaneously making violent movements with the abdomen, the genital apparatus stretched out’ |
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(3202) - [2008-02-17 10:13]
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Bonjour Annieta
Très belle prise, couleurs et cadrage sont excellents, très bien belle espèce.
Amicalement Robi
amzazing bee-orchid, its a pitty the upper part is cut. TFS Ori
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- Ishi
(2019)
- [2008-02-17 12:12]
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Hi Anietta,
Splendid specimen! Wish we had them here, too...
Cheers!
Ishi
