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		Ophrys apifera  HUDS.  var. curviflora  A.SOULIE

Fam.:  Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Genus:  Ophrys  L.

Authors:
	HUDS.:		William Hudson (1730 - 1793), British pharmacist and botanist
	A.SOULIE:		André Soulié (fl. 2004), French orchid specialist
	L.:		Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals

Etymology:
	Ophrys:		Greek plant name, from ophrys = eyebrow
	apifera:		bearing bees
	curviflora:		with curved flower

Fig. 1:  Ophrys apifera var. curviflora / Curved-Flower Bee Orchid D Saarland Badstube 27.5.2000

Fig. 2:  Ophrys apifera var. curviflora / Curved-Flower Bee Orchid D Saarland Badstube 27.5.2000

Fig. 3:  Ophrys apifera var. curviflora / Curved-Flower Bee Orchid D Saarland Badstube 6.6.1998

Fig. 4:  Ophrys apifera var. curviflora / Curved-Flower Bee Orchid D Saarland Badstube 4.6.2005

Fig. 5:  Ophrys apifera var. curviflora / Curved-Flower Bee Orchid D Saarland Badstube 4.6.2005

Fig. 6:  Ophrys apifera var. curviflora / Curved-Flower Bee Orchid D Saarland Badstube 24.5.1999

   

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