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		Ophrys elegans  (RENZ) H.BAUMANN & KÜNKELE

Fam.:  Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Genus:  Ophrys  L.

Authors:
	RENZ:		Jany Renz (1907 - 1999), Swiss botanist
	H.BAUMANN:		Helmut Adolf Baumann (1937 - 2014), pharmacist and orchid specialist from Boeblingen (Germany)
	KÜNKELE:		Siegfried Künkele (1931 - 2004), German jurist and 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
	elegans:		delicate

Fig. 1:  Ophrys elegans / Elegant Bee Orchid Cyprus, Akamas,Neo Chorio 4.3.1997

Fig. 2:  Ophrys elegans / Elegant Bee Orchid Cyprus, Akrotiri 3.3.1997

Fig. 3:  Ophrys elegans / Elegant Bee Orchid Cyprus, Peyia 1.3.1997

Fig. 4:  Ophrys elegans / Elegant Bee Orchid Cyprus, Peyia 1.3.1997

Fig. 5:  Ophrys elegans / Elegant Bee Orchid Cyprus, Peyia 1.3.1997

Fig. 6:  Ophrys elegans / Elegant Bee Orchid Cyprus, Peyia 1.3.1997

Fig. 7:  Ophrys elegans / Elegant Bee Orchid Cyprus, Peyia 1.3.1997

Fig. 8:  Ophrys elegans / Elegant Bee Orchid Cyprus, Akrotiri 3.3.1997

Fig. 9:  Ophrys elegans / Elegant Bee Orchid Cyprus, Akrotiri 3.3.1997

Fig. 10:  Ophrys elegans / Elegant Bee Orchid Cyprus, Akamas,Neo Chorio 20.3.2025

Fig. 11:  Ophrys elegans / Elegant Bee Orchid Cyprus, Akamas,Neo Chorio 20.3.2025

Fig. 12:  Ophrys elegans / Elegant Bee Orchid Cyprus, Akamas,Neo Chorio 20.3.2025

Fig. 13:  Ophrys elegans / Elegant Bee Orchid Cyprus, Akamas,Neo Chorio 20.3.2025

   

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Orchids

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