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Fam.:  Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Genus:  Ophrys  L.
 

Authors:
   PAULUS:  Hannes Franz Paulus (1943 - ), German biologist
   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
   halia:   Halia, Greek legendary figure
 

In 2001 Ophrys halia has been described by H.F.PAULUS in Ber.Arbeitskrs.Heim.Orch. 18 (2): 46-63. It starts to flower in middle of April. The lip is relatively small, the gynostemium compact, the sepals have often green or purple-green colour, the petala are triangular and long, up to half the length of the sepals. The pollinating insect, most probably a bee of genus Eucera, isn't known yet.

 

Ophrys halia / Halia Bee Orchid, Rhodos,  Messanagros 2.4.2013 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 1:  Ophrys halia / Halia Bee Orchid
Rhodos, Messanagros 2.4.2013 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys halia / Halia Bee Orchid, Rhodos,  Messanagros 2.4.2013 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 2:  Ophrys halia / Halia Bee Orchid
Rhodos, Messanagros 2.4.2013 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys halia / Halia Bee Orchid, Rhodos,  Messanagros 2.4.2013 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 3:  Ophrys halia / Halia Bee Orchid
Rhodos, Messanagros 2.4.2013 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys halia / Halia Bee Orchid, Rhodos,  Messanagros 2.4.2013 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 4:  Ophrys halia / Halia Bee Orchid
Rhodos, Messanagros 2.4.2013 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys halia / Halia Bee Orchid, Rhodos,  Laerma 5.4.2013 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 5:  Ophrys halia / Halia Bee Orchid
Rhodos, Laerma 5.4.2013 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys halia / Halia Bee Orchid, Rhodos,  Laerma 5.4.2013 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 6:  Ophrys halia / Halia Bee Orchid
Rhodos, Laerma 5.4.2013 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys halia / Halia Bee Orchid, Rhodos,  Laerma 5.4.2013 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 7:  Ophrys halia / Halia Bee Orchid
Rhodos, Laerma 5.4.2013 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys halia / Halia Bee Orchid, Rhodos,  Laerma 5.4.2013 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 8:  Ophrys halia / Halia Bee Orchid
Rhodos, Laerma 5.4.2013 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys halia / Halia Bee Orchid, Rhodos,  Laerma 5.4.2013 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 9:  Ophrys halia / Halia Bee Orchid
Rhodos, Laerma 5.4.2013 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys halia / Halia Bee Orchid, Rhodos,  Laerma 5.4.2013 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 10:  Ophrys halia / Halia Bee Orchid
Rhodos, Laerma 5.4.2013 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys halia / Halia Bee Orchid, Rhodos,  Laerma 5.4.2013 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 11:  Ophrys halia / Halia Bee Orchid
Rhodos, Laerma 5.4.2013 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys halia / Halia Bee Orchid, Rhodos,  Messanagros 12.4.2009 (Photo: Jan & Liesbeth Essink)
Fig. 12:  Ophrys halia / Halia Bee Orchid
Rhodos, Messanagros 12.4.2009 (Photo: Jan & Liesbeth Essink)
Ophrys halia / Halia Bee Orchid, Rhodos,  Dimilia 29.4.1987
Fig. 13:  Ophrys halia / Halia Bee Orchid
Rhodos, Dimilia 29.4.1987
Ophrys halia / Halia Bee Orchid, Rhodos,  Dimilia 29.4.1987
Fig. 14:  Ophrys halia / Halia Bee Orchid
Rhodos, Dimilia 29.4.1987
Ophrys halia / Halia Bee Orchid, Rhodos,  Embona 11.5.1991
Fig. 15:  Ophrys halia / Halia Bee Orchid
Rhodos, Embona 11.5.1991
Ophrys halia / Halia Bee Orchid, Rhodos,  Akramitis 14.5.1991
Fig. 16:  Ophrys halia / Halia Bee Orchid
Rhodos, Akramitis 14.5.1991
Ophrys halia / Halia Bee Orchid, Rhodos,  Kattavia 26.3.2019
Fig. 17:  Ophrys halia / Halia Bee Orchid
Rhodos, Kattavia 26.3.2019
Ophrys halia / Halia Bee Orchid, Rhodos,  Kattavia 26.3.2019
Fig. 18:  Ophrys halia / Halia Bee Orchid
Rhodos, Kattavia 26.3.2019
   
 


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