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Fam.:  Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Synon.:  Ophrys scolopax  CAV.  subsp. nestoris  A.ALIBERTIS & BRÜTSCH

Genus:  Ophrys  L.
 

Authors:
   A.ALIBERTIS:  Antonis Alibertis (1943 - ), orchid specialist from Crete/Greece
   BRÜTSCH:  Jean-Pierre Jacques Brütsch (fl. 2011), Swiss botanist
   PRESSER:  Helmut Presser (1958 - ), German teacher and orchid specialist
   S.HERTEL:  Stefan Hertel (fl. 2006), German orchid specialist
   CAV.:  Antonio José Cavanilles (1745 - 1804), Spanish naturalist
   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
   nestoris:   Nestor, Greek legendary figure
   scolopax:   woodcock
 

Ophrys nestoris has been described as Ophrys scolopax subsp. nestoris in 2011 from the Southwestern Peloponnese in L'Orchidophile no. 191 p. 285-287 and no. 193 p. 87-96. The re-combination to Ophrys nestoris was done in 2018 by PRESSER and H.HERTEL in Ber. Arbeitskrs. Heim. Orchid. 35 (1) 122 - 135.

 

Ophrys nestoris / Nestor's Bee Orchid (Locus classicus), GR  Peloponnes, Gargaliani 20.4.2017 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 1:  Ophrys nestoris / Nestor's Bee Orchid (Locus classicus)
GR Peloponnes, Gargaliani 20.4.2017 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys nestoris / Nestor's Bee Orchid (Locus classicus), GR  Peloponnes, Gargaliani 20.4.2017 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 2:  Ophrys nestoris / Nestor's Bee Orchid (Locus classicus)
GR Peloponnes, Gargaliani 20.4.2017 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys nestoris / Nestor's Bee Orchid (Locus classicus), GR  Peloponnes, Gargaliani 20.4.2017 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 3:  Ophrys nestoris / Nestor's Bee Orchid (Locus classicus)
GR Peloponnes, Gargaliani 20.4.2017 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys nestoris / Nestor's Bee Orchid, GR  Peloponnes, Megalopoli 20.4.2017 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 4:  Ophrys nestoris / Nestor's Bee Orchid
GR Peloponnes, Megalopoli 20.4.2017 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys nestoris / Nestor's Bee Orchid, GR  Peloponnes, Megalopoli 20.4.2017 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 5:  Ophrys nestoris / Nestor's Bee Orchid
GR Peloponnes, Megalopoli 20.4.2017 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys nestoris / Nestor's Bee Orchid, GR  Peloponnes, Megalopoli 20.4.2017 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 6:  Ophrys nestoris / Nestor's Bee Orchid
GR Peloponnes, Megalopoli 20.4.2017 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys nestoris / Nestor's Bee Orchid, GR  Peloponnes, Megalopoli 20.4.2017 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 7:  Ophrys nestoris / Nestor's Bee Orchid
GR Peloponnes, Megalopoli 20.4.2017 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys nestoris / Nestor's Bee Orchid, GR  Peloponnes, Megalopoli 20.4.2017 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 8:  Ophrys nestoris / Nestor's Bee Orchid
GR Peloponnes, Megalopoli 20.4.2017 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys nestoris / Nestor's Bee Orchid, GR  Peloponnes, Megalopoli 20.4.2017 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 9:  Ophrys nestoris / Nestor's Bee Orchid
GR Peloponnes, Megalopoli 20.4.2017 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys nestoris / Nestor's Bee Orchid, GR  Peloponnes, Megalopoli 20.4.2017 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 10:  Ophrys nestoris / Nestor's Bee Orchid
GR Peloponnes, Megalopoli 20.4.2017 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys nestoris / Nestor's Bee Orchid, GR  Peloponnes, Megalopoli 20.4.2017 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 11:  Ophrys nestoris / Nestor's Bee Orchid
GR Peloponnes, Megalopoli 20.4.2017 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
   
 


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