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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
   aphrodite:   Aphrodite, Greek goddess
 

The orchid from Cyprus, which long time had been called Ophrys bornmuelleri, differs somewhat from those from Israel, so it has been separated as Ophrys aphrodite.

 

Ophrys aphrodite / Aphrodite Orchid, Cyprus,  Akamas,Neo Chorio 20.3.2025
Fig. 1:  Ophrys aphrodite / Aphrodite Orchid
Cyprus, Akamas,Neo Chorio 20.3.2025
Ophrys aphrodite / Aphrodite Orchid, Cyprus,  Akamas,Neo Chorio 20.3.2025
Fig. 2:  Ophrys aphrodite / Aphrodite Orchid
Cyprus, Akamas,Neo Chorio 20.3.2025
Ophrys aphrodite / Aphrodite Orchid, Cyprus,  Akamas,Neo Chorio 20.3.2025
Fig. 3:  Ophrys aphrodite / Aphrodite Orchid
Cyprus, Akamas,Neo Chorio 20.3.2025
Ophrys aphrodite / Aphrodite Orchid, Cyprus,  Akamas,Neo Chorio 20.3.2025
Fig. 4:  Ophrys aphrodite / Aphrodite Orchid
Cyprus, Akamas,Neo Chorio 20.3.2025
Ophrys aphrodite / Aphrodite Orchid, Cyprus,  Akamas 6.3.1997
Fig. 5:  Ophrys aphrodite / Aphrodite Orchid
Cyprus, Akamas 6.3.1997
Ophrys aphrodite / Aphrodite Orchid, Cyprus,  Akamas 6.3.1997
Fig. 6:  Ophrys aphrodite / Aphrodite Orchid
Cyprus, Akamas 6.3.1997
Ophrys aphrodite / Aphrodite Orchid, Cyprus,  Akamas 6.3.1997
Fig. 7:  Ophrys aphrodite / Aphrodite Orchid
Cyprus, Akamas 6.3.1997
Ophrys aphrodite / Aphrodite Orchid, Cyprus,  Episkopi 7.3.2014 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 8:  Ophrys aphrodite / Aphrodite Orchid
Cyprus, Episkopi 7.3.2014
(Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys aphrodite / Aphrodite Orchid, Cyprus,  Episkopi 7.3.2014 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 9:  Ophrys aphrodite / Aphrodite Orchid
Cyprus, Episkopi 7.3.2014
(Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys aphrodite / Aphrodite Orchid, Cyprus,  Episkopi 7.3.2014 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 10:  Ophrys aphrodite / Aphrodite Orchid
Cyprus, Episkopi 7.3.2014
(Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys aphrodite / Aphrodite Orchid, Cyprus,  Episkopi 7.3.2014 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 11:  Ophrys aphrodite / Aphrodite Orchid
Cyprus, Episkopi 7.3.2014
(Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys aphrodite / Aphrodite Orchid, Cyprus,  Episkopi 7.3.2014 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 12:  Ophrys aphrodite / Aphrodite Orchid
Cyprus, Episkopi 7.3.2014
(Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys aphrodite / Aphrodite Orchid, Cyprus,  Episkopi 7.3.2014 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 13:  Ophrys aphrodite / Aphrodite Orchid
Cyprus, Episkopi 7.3.2014
(Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys aphrodite / Aphrodite Orchid, Cyprus,  Episkopi 7.3.2014 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 14:  Ophrys aphrodite / Aphrodite Orchid
Cyprus, Episkopi 7.3.2014
(Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys aphrodite / Aphrodite Orchid, Cyprus,  Episkopi 7.3.2014 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 15:  Ophrys aphrodite / Aphrodite Orchid
Cyprus, Episkopi 7.3.2014
(Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys aphrodite / Aphrodite Orchid, Cyprus,  Episkopi 7.3.2014 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 16:  Ophrys aphrodite / Aphrodite Orchid
Cyprus, Episkopi 7.3.2014
(Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys aphrodite / Aphrodite Orchid, Cyprus,  Souni 8.3.2014 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 17:  Ophrys aphrodite / Aphrodite Orchid
Cyprus, Souni 8.3.2014 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys aphrodite / Aphrodite Orchid, Cyprus,  Souni 8.3.2014 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 18:  Ophrys aphrodite / Aphrodite Orchid
Cyprus, Souni 8.3.2014 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys aphrodite / Aphrodite Orchid, Cyprus,  Episcopi 4.3.2006 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 19:  Ophrys aphrodite / Aphrodite Orchid
Cyprus, Episcopi 4.3.2006
(Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys aphrodite / Aphrodite Orchid, Cyprus,  Episcopi 4.3.2006 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 20:  Ophrys aphrodite / Aphrodite Orchid
Cyprus, Episcopi 4.3.2006
(Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys aphrodite / Aphrodite Orchid, Cyprus,  Episcopi 4.3.2006 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 21:  Ophrys aphrodite / Aphrodite Orchid
Cyprus, Episcopi 4.3.2006
(Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys aphrodite / Aphrodite Orchid, Cyprus,  Episcopi 4.3.2006 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 22:  Ophrys aphrodite / Aphrodite Orchid
Cyprus, Episcopi 4.3.2006
(Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys aphrodite / Aphrodite Orchid, Cyprus,  Choulou 6.4.1998 (Photo: Jan & Liesbeth Essink)
Fig. 23:  Ophrys aphrodite / Aphrodite Orchid
Cyprus, Choulou 6.4.1998 (Photo: Jan & Liesbeth Essink)
Ophrys aphrodite / Aphrodite Orchid, Cyprus,  Choulou 6.4.1998 (Photo: Jan & Liesbeth Essink)
Fig. 24:  Ophrys aphrodite / Aphrodite Orchid
Cyprus, Choulou 6.4.1998 (Photo: Jan & Liesbeth Essink)
   
 


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