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Fam.:  Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Genus:  Ophrys  L.
 

Authors:
   HUDS.:  William Hudson (1730 - 1793), British pharmacist and botanist
   Z.ANTONOP.:  Zissis Antonopoulos (fl. 2011), Greek orchid specialist
   ined.:  provisional not (yet) published name
   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
   pindica:   from Pindus mountains
 

Zissis Antonopoulos wrote, that there were 10 stems of this variety available at the site. For the first time he saw a variety of the bee orchid in Northern Greece, although he often found the 'usual' bee orchid.

 

Ophrys apifera var. pindica / Pindus Bee Orchid, GR Grevena 20.6.2005 (Photo: Zissis Antonopoulos)
Fig. 1:  Ophrys apifera var. pindica / Pindus Bee Orchid
GR Grevena 20.6.2005
(Photo: Zissis Antonopoulos)
Ophrys apifera var. pindica / Pindus Bee Orchid, GR Grevena 20.6.2005 (Photo: Zissis Antonopoulos)
Fig. 2:  Ophrys apifera var. pindica / Pindus Bee Orchid
GR Grevena 20.6.2005
(Photo: Zissis Antonopoulos)
Ophrys apifera var. pindica / Pindus Bee Orchid, GR Grevena 20.6.2005 (Photo: Zissis Antonopoulos)
Fig. 3:  Ophrys apifera var. pindica / Pindus Bee Orchid
GR Grevena 20.6.2005
(Photo: Zissis Antonopoulos)
   
 


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