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		Ophrys apifera  HUDS.  var. belgarum  TURNER ETTL.

Fam.:  Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Genus:  Ophrys  L.

Authors:
	HUDS.:		William Hudson (1730 - 1793), British pharmacist and botanist
	TURNER ETTL.:		Derek Manners Turner-Ettlinger (1924 - 2001), English 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
	apifera:		bearing bees
	belgarum:		from the country of the Belgae (a celtic tribe) in Southern England.Venta belgarum was the Roman name of Winchester

Fig. 1:  Ophrys apifera var. belgarum / Belgae Bee Orchid GB Winchester 14.6.1999

Fig. 2:  Ophrys apifera var. belgarum / Belgae Bee Orchid GB Winchester 14.6.1999

Fig. 3:  Ophrys apifera var. belgarum / Belgae Bee Orchid GB Winchester 14.6.1999

Fig. 4:  Ophrys apifera var. belgarum / Belgae Bee Orchid GB Winchester 14.6.1999

Fig. 5:  Ophrys apifera var. belgarum / Belgae Bee Orchid GB Gloucester 15.6.1999

Fig. 6:  Ophrys apifera var. belgarum / Belgae Bee Orchid GB Gloucester 15.6.1999

Fig. 7:  Ophrys apifera var. belgarum / Belgae Bee Orchid GB Gloucester 15.6.1999

Fig. 8:  Ophrys apifera var. belgarum / Belgae Bee Orchid GB Gloucester 15.6.1999

   

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