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Ophrys garganica


Ophrys garganica
Photo Information
Copyright: anita and mike allsopp (juanit) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 50 W: 4 N: 146] (778)
Genre: Plants
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-04-17
Categories: Flowers
Camera: Canon 400D, Tamrom 90mm f2.8 DI
Exposure: f/13.0, 1/200 seconds
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Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Orchids of Britain and Europe [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2007-07-17 5:27
Viewed: 767
Points: 2
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Grows upto 50cm tall.Sepals always green,petals large and broad.Altitude upto 1100m.
Flowers from end of March to May
Grows in full sun to mid-shade on alkaline substrates,mostly calcareous short poor grassland,meadows,banks and terraces.

Pollinated by Andrena Carbonaria(Hymenoptera:Andrenidae)

Source:Pierre Delforge
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  • uleko Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2993 W: 162 N: 961] (2823)
  • [2007-08-29 3:58]
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Hello Anita,
I've missed your lovely capture of this Ophrys from Sicily. The flowers are very sharp and the colours beautiful. Also I like the soft background. It's also nice with a blend of vertical and diagonal lines.
Many thanks, Ulla

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