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Ophrys orientalis  (RENZ) SOÓ
 

Fam.:  Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Genus:  Ophrys  L.
 

Authors:
   RENZ:  Jany Renz (1907 - 1999), Swiss botanist
   SOÓ:  Károly Rezsö Soó von Bere (1903 - 1980), Austrian botanist
   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
   orientalis:   Eastern, from the Orient
 

The Cyprian Ophrys umbilicata with somewhat bigger lip than usual has been separated as Ophrys orientalis. The name orientalis has already been applied by RENZ in 1929 for this orchid as Ophrys cornuta subsp. orientalis.

 

Ophrys orientalis / Carmel Bee Orchid, Cyprus,  Lagoudera 26.3.2025
Fig. 1:  Ophrys orientalis / Carmel Bee Orchid
Cyprus, Lagoudera 26.3.2025
Ophrys orientalis / Carmel Bee Orchid, Cyprus,  Lagoudera 26.3.2025
Fig. 2:  Ophrys orientalis / Carmel Bee Orchid
Cyprus, Lagoudera 26.3.2025
Ophrys orientalis / Carmel Bee Orchid, Cyprus,  Lagoudera 26.3.2025
Fig. 3:  Ophrys orientalis / Carmel Bee Orchid
Cyprus, Lagoudera 26.3.2025
Ophrys orientalis / Carmel Bee Orchid, Cyprus,  Pano Lefkara 25.3.2025
Fig. 4:  Ophrys orientalis / Carmel Bee Orchid
Cyprus, Pano Lefkara 25.3.2025
Ophrys orientalis / Carmel Bee Orchid, Cyprus,  Pano Lefkara 25.3.2025
Fig. 5:  Ophrys orientalis / Carmel Bee Orchid
Cyprus, Pano Lefkara 25.3.2025
Ophrys orientalis / Carmel Bee Orchid, Cyprus,  Pano Lefkara 25.3.2025
Fig. 6:  Ophrys orientalis / Carmel Bee Orchid
Cyprus, Pano Lefkara 25.3.2025
Ophrys orientalis / Carmel Bee Orchid, Cyprus,  Akrotiri 3.3.1997
Fig. 7:  Ophrys orientalis / Carmel Bee Orchid
Cyprus, Akrotiri 3.3.1997
Ophrys orientalis / Carmel Bee Orchid, Cyprus,  Limassol 5.3.1997
Fig. 8:  Ophrys orientalis / Carmel Bee Orchid
Cyprus, Limassol 5.3.1997
Ophrys orientalis / Carmel Bee Orchid, Cyprus,  Limassol 5.3.1997
Fig. 9:  Ophrys orientalis / Carmel Bee Orchid
Cyprus, Limassol 5.3.1997
Ophrys orientalis / Carmel Bee Orchid, Cyprus,  Limassol 5.3.1997
Fig. 10:  Ophrys orientalis / Carmel Bee Orchid
Cyprus, Limassol 5.3.1997
Ophrys orientalis / Carmel Bee Orchid, Cyprus,  Akrotiri 3.3.1997
Fig. 11:  Ophrys orientalis / Carmel Bee Orchid
Cyprus, Akrotiri 3.3.1997
Ophrys orientalis / Carmel Bee Orchid (Color-Variant), Cyprus,  Akamas,Neo Chorio 24.3.2013 (Photo: Jürgen Hokamp)
Fig. 12:  Ophrys orientalis / Carmel Bee Orchid (Color-Variant)
Cyprus, Akamas,Neo Chorio 24.3.2013 (Photo: Jürgen Hokamp)
Ophrys orientalis / Carmel Bee Orchid (Color-Variant), Cyprus,  Akamas,Neo Chorio 24.3.2013 (Photo: Jürgen Hokamp)
Fig. 13:  Ophrys orientalis / Carmel Bee Orchid (Color-Variant)
Cyprus, Akamas,Neo Chorio 24.3.2013 (Photo: Jürgen Hokamp)
Ophrys orientalis / Carmel Bee Orchid (Color-Variant), Cyprus,  Akamas,Neo Chorio 24.3.2013 (Photo: Jürgen Hokamp)
Fig. 14:  Ophrys orientalis / Carmel Bee Orchid (Color-Variant)
Cyprus, Akamas,Neo Chorio 24.3.2013 (Photo: Jürgen Hokamp)
   
 


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