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		Ophrys samia  (P.DELFORGE) P.DELFORGE

Fam.:  Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Synon.:  Ophrys episcopalis  POIR.  var. samia  P.DELFORGE

Genus:  Ophrys  L.

Authors:
	P.DELFORGE:		Pierre Delforge (1945 - ), Belgian orchid specialist
	POIR.:		Jean Louis Marie Poiret (1755 - 1834), French explorer and 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
	samia:		from Samos island (Greece)
	episcopalis:		episcopal

Fig. 1:  Ophrys samia / Samos Bee Orchid Samos, Limnionas 18.4.2017

Fig. 2:  Ophrys samia / Samos Bee Orchid Samos, Limnionas 18.4.2017

Fig. 3:  Ophrys samia / Samos Bee Orchid Samos, Limnionas 18.4.2017

Fig. 4:  Ophrys samia / Samos Bee Orchid Samos, Limnionas 18.4.2017

   

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