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Fam.:  Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Genus:  Ophrys  L.
 

Authors:
   P.DELFORGE:  Pierre Delforge (1945 - ), Belgian 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
   colossaea:   giant
 

Ophrys colossaea / Late Spider Orchid, Rhodos,  Massari 20.4.2009 (Photo: Jan & Liesbeth Essink)
Fig. 1:  Ophrys colossaea / Late Spider Orchid
Rhodos, Massari 20.4.2009 (Photo: Jan & Liesbeth Essink)
Ophrys colossaea / Late Spider Orchid, Rhodos,  Massari 20.4.2009 (Photo: Jan & Liesbeth Essink)
Fig. 2:  Ophrys colossaea / Late Spider Orchid
Rhodos, Massari 20.4.2009 (Photo: Jan & Liesbeth Essink)
Ophrys colossaea / Late Spider Orchid, Rhodos,  Melonas 29.4.2009 (Photo: Jan & Liesbeth Essink)
Fig. 3:  Ophrys colossaea / Late Spider Orchid
Rhodos, Melonas 29.4.2009 (Photo: Jan & Liesbeth Essink)
Ophrys colossaea / Late Spider Orchid, Rhodos,  Haraki 30.4.2009 (Photo: Jan & Liesbeth Essink)
Fig. 4:  Ophrys colossaea / Late Spider Orchid
Rhodos, Haraki 30.4.2009 (Photo: Jan & Liesbeth Essink)
Ophrys colossaea / Late Spider Orchid, Rhodos,  Haraki 14.4.2009 (Photo: Jan & Liesbeth Essink)
Fig. 5:  Ophrys colossaea / Late Spider Orchid
Rhodos, Haraki 14.4.2009 (Photo: Jan & Liesbeth Essink)
Ophrys colossaea / Late Spider Orchid, Rhodos,  Haraki 14.4.2009 (Photo: Jan & Liesbeth Essink)
Fig. 6:  Ophrys colossaea / Late Spider Orchid
Rhodos, Haraki 14.4.2009 (Photo: Jan & Liesbeth Essink)
Ophrys colossaea / Late Spider Orchid, Rhodos,  Dimilia 28.4.1987
Fig. 7:  Ophrys colossaea / Late Spider Orchid
Rhodos, Dimilia 28.4.1987
Ophrys colossaea / Late Spider Orchid, Rhodos,  Dimilia 28.4.1987
Fig. 8:  Ophrys colossaea / Late Spider Orchid
Rhodos, Dimilia 28.4.1987
Ophrys colossaea / Late Spider Orchid, Rhodos,  Kallithea Terme 25.4.1987
Fig. 9:  Ophrys colossaea / Late Spider Orchid
Rhodos, Kallithea Terme 25.4.1987
Ophrys colossaea / Late Spider Orchid, Rhodos,  Kallithea Terme 25.4.1987
Fig. 10:  Ophrys colossaea / Late Spider Orchid
Rhodos, Kallithea Terme 25.4.1987
Ophrys colossaea / Late Spider Orchid, Rhodos,  Kallithea Terme 25.4.1987
Fig. 11:  Ophrys colossaea / Late Spider Orchid
Rhodos, Kallithea Terme 25.4.1987
Ophrys colossaea / Late Spider Orchid, Rhodos,  Philerimos 5.5.1987
Fig. 12:  Ophrys colossaea / Late Spider Orchid
Rhodos, Philerimos 5.5.1987
Ophrys colossaea / Late Spider Orchid, Rhodos,  Philerimos 5.5.1987
Fig. 13:  Ophrys colossaea / Late Spider Orchid
Rhodos, Philerimos 5.5.1987
   
 


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