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Fam.:  Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Genus:  Ophrys  L.
 

Authors:
   DEVILLERS:  Pierre Devillers (1938 - ), French orchid specialist in Belgium
   DEVILLERS-TERSCH.:  Jean Devillers-Terschuren (1955 - ), Canadian orchid specialist in Belgium
   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
   astarte:   Astartea, another name of goddess Venus
 

Ophrys astarte / Venus Bee Orchid, Cyprus,  Larnaka 2.3.2014 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 1:  Ophrys astarte / Venus Bee Orchid
Cyprus, Larnaka 2.3.2014 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys astarte / Venus Bee Orchid, Cyprus,  Larnaka 2.3.2014 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 2:  Ophrys astarte / Venus Bee Orchid
Cyprus, Larnaka 2.3.2014 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys astarte / Venus Bee Orchid, Cyprus,  Larnaka 2.3.2014 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 3:  Ophrys astarte / Venus Bee Orchid
Cyprus, Larnaka 2.3.2014 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys astarte / Venus Bee Orchid, Cyprus,  Larnaka 2.3.2014 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 4:  Ophrys astarte / Venus Bee Orchid
Cyprus, Larnaka 2.3.2014 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys astarte / Venus Bee Orchid, Cyprus,  Larnaka 2.3.2014 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 5:  Ophrys astarte / Venus Bee Orchid
Cyprus, Larnaka 2.3.2014 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys astarte / Venus Bee Orchid, Cyprus,  Larnaka 2.3.2014 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 6:  Ophrys astarte / Venus Bee Orchid
Cyprus, Larnaka 2.3.2014 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys astarte / Venus Bee Orchid, Cyprus,  Larnaka 2.3.2014 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 7:  Ophrys astarte / Venus Bee Orchid
Cyprus, Larnaka 2.3.2014 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys astarte / Venus Bee Orchid, Cyprus,  Larnaka 2.3.2014 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 8:  Ophrys astarte / Venus Bee Orchid
Cyprus, Larnaka 2.3.2014 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys astarte / Venus Bee Orchid, Cyprus,  Larnaka 2.3.2014 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 9:  Ophrys astarte / Venus Bee Orchid
Cyprus, Larnaka 2.3.2014 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys astarte / Venus Bee Orchid, Cyprus,  Souni 7.3.2014 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 10:  Ophrys astarte / Venus Bee Orchid
Cyprus, Souni 7.3.2014 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys astarte / Venus Bee Orchid, Cyprus,  Souni 7.3.2014 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 11:  Ophrys astarte / Venus Bee Orchid
Cyprus, Souni 7.3.2014 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys astarte / Venus Bee Orchid, Cyprus,  Souni 7.3.2014 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 12:  Ophrys astarte / Venus Bee Orchid
Cyprus, Souni 7.3.2014 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys astarte / Venus Bee Orchid, Cyprus,  Akrotiri 3.3.1997
Fig. 13:  Ophrys astarte / Venus Bee Orchid
Cyprus, Akrotiri 3.3.1997
   
 


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