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Fam.:  Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Genus:  Ophrys  L.
 

Authors:
   BURM.F.:  Nicolaas Laurens Burman (1734 - 1793), Dutch botanist, son of Johannes Burman
   GREUTER:  Werner Rodolfo Greuter (1938 - ), Swiss botanist
   J.ESSINK:  Jan Essink, Dutch orchid specialist
   L.ESSINK:  Liesbeth Essink, wife of Jan Essink
   KREUTZ:  Carolus (Carel) Adrianus Johannes Kreutz (1954 - ), Dutch 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
   holoserica:   holo = totally, sericeus = silk-haired
   vanbruggeniana:   Heinrich Wilhelm Eberhard van Bruggen (1927 - 2010), Dutch amateur botanist
 

The orchid shown here was described in 2011 as Ophrys holosericea subsp. vanbruggeniana from Denizli province in Southwest Turkey, in Ber.Arbeitskrs.Heim.Orchid. 27(2): 220 - 222. It has now also been found on the Greek Aegean island of Samos.

 

Ophrys holoserica subsp. vanbruggeniana / Van Bruggen's Bee Orchid, Samos,  Southeast 22.4.2022 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 1:  Ophrys holoserica subsp. vanbruggeniana / Van Bruggen's Bee Orchid
Samos, Southeast 22.4.2022 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys holoserica subsp. vanbruggeniana / Van Bruggen's Bee Orchid, Samos,  Southeast 22.4.2022 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 2:  Ophrys holoserica subsp. vanbruggeniana / Van Bruggen's Bee Orchid
Samos, Southeast 22.4.2022 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys holoserica subsp. vanbruggeniana / Van Bruggen's Bee Orchid, Samos,  Southeast 22.4.2022 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 3:  Ophrys holoserica subsp. vanbruggeniana / Van Bruggen's Bee Orchid
Samos, Southeast 22.4.2022 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys holoserica subsp. vanbruggeniana / Van Bruggen's Bee Orchid, Samos,  Southeast 22.4.2022 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 4:  Ophrys holoserica subsp. vanbruggeniana / Van Bruggen's Bee Orchid
Samos, Southeast 22.4.2022 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys holoserica subsp. vanbruggeniana / Van Bruggen's Bee Orchid, Samos,  Southeast 22.4.2022 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 5:  Ophrys holoserica subsp. vanbruggeniana / Van Bruggen's Bee Orchid
Samos, Southeast 22.4.2022 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys holoserica subsp. vanbruggeniana / Van Bruggen's Bee Orchid, Samos,  Southeast 22.4.2022 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 6:  Ophrys holoserica subsp. vanbruggeniana / Van Bruggen's Bee Orchid
Samos, Southeast 22.4.2022 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys holoserica subsp. vanbruggeniana / Van Bruggen's Bee Orchid, Samos,  Southeast 22.4.2022 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 7:  Ophrys holoserica subsp. vanbruggeniana / Van Bruggen's Bee Orchid
Samos, Southeast 22.4.2022 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys holoserica subsp. vanbruggeniana / Van Bruggen's Bee Orchid, Samos,  Southeast 22.4.2022 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 8:  Ophrys holoserica subsp. vanbruggeniana / Van Bruggen's Bee Orchid
Samos, Southeast 22.4.2022 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys holoserica subsp. vanbruggeniana / Van Bruggen's Bee Orchid, Samos,  Southeast 22.4.2022 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 9:  Ophrys holoserica subsp. vanbruggeniana / Van Bruggen's Bee Orchid
Samos, Southeast 22.4.2022 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys holoserica subsp. vanbruggeniana / Van Bruggen's Bee Orchid, Samos,  Southeast 22.4.2022 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 10:  Ophrys holoserica subsp. vanbruggeniana / Van Bruggen's Bee Orchid
Samos, Southeast 22.4.2022 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
   
 


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