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Herbarium specimen: Ophrys insectifera

Taxon:Orchidaceae: Ophrys insectifera L. ("Fly Orchid")
Filed in taxon folder:Orchidaceae: Ophrys insectifera L. ("Fly Orchid")
Collected by:Mr Victor Samuel Summerhayes
Collection date:9/6/1962
Locality:Great Britain, VC23 Oxfordshire, Henley on Thames, SU78, Bix Bottom, N.W. of Henley, in tall scrub of large bushes, with Rubus sp., Fragaria, Chamaenerion, Carex flacca, Euphorbia amygdaloides etc.
Institution:Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Accession number:K000773016
Image:
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Ophrys insectifera herbarium specimen from Henley on Thames, VC23 Oxfordshire in 1962 by Mr Victor Samuel Summerhayes.
collector's number:3649
fruits/flowers:mature flowers
notes:Leaves dark green; sepals green; petals chestnut brown; labellum deep brown with slate-blue bar; anthers pale brown.

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Documented by johned on 1st June 2012.

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