Ophrys sphegodes
Already in 1768 Ophrys sphegodes has been described from county Kent in Southern England.
Long time most of the other orchids which are shown in these web pages have also been counted
to Ophrys sphegodes, many of these have only been separated in the last years of the 20. century.
In Central Europe and England Ophrys sphegodes s.str. is pollinated by the bees
Andrena nigroaenea and limata.
In 2002 ERROL VELA wrote an article in L'Orchidophile 33 (154) to prove that "aranifera" is the
correct name of the orchid, while "sphegodes" shall have meant Ophrys apifera and / or holoserica then.
The Spanish Ophrys sphegodes often has big petals and / or an arachnitiforme touch.
Very rarely also sphegodes with coloured petals can be found in Eastern Spain.
Whether the three last Italian and Croatian orchids shown in the lower
row are Ophrys sphegodes s.str., too, has to be clearified by further investigation.
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