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Fam.:  Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Genus:  Ophrys  L.
 

Authors:
   DEVILLERS:  Pierre Devillers (1938 - ), French orchid specialist in Belgium
   DEVILLERS-TERSCH.:  Jean Devillers-Terschuren (1955 - ), Canadian orchid specialist in Belgium
   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
   oreas:   acc.to the Oreades = mountain nymphes
 

Ophrys oreas has been described by DEVILLERS and DEVILLERS-TERSCHUREN in Natural belges 90: 290 (2009). It is a Late Spider Orchid with a relative small lip. The drawing on its lip is often restricted to the upper part of the lip. It is only known from Rhodes, where it grows at the Profitis Ilias and several other sites. Pollinating insect is the Long-Horned Bee Eucera cypria.

 

Ophrys oreas / Oreades Orchid, Rhodos,  Kallithea Terme 20.3.2005
Fig. 1:  Ophrys oreas / Oreades Orchid
Rhodos, Kallithea Terme 20.3.2005
Ophrys oreas / Oreades Orchid, Rhodos,  Kallithea Terme 20.3.2005
Fig. 2:  Ophrys oreas / Oreades Orchid
Rhodos, Kallithea Terme 20.3.2005
Ophrys oreas / Oreades Orchid, Rhodos,  Kallithea Terme 22.3.2005
Fig. 3:  Ophrys oreas / Oreades Orchid
Rhodos, Kallithea Terme 22.3.2005
Ophrys oreas / Oreades Orchid, Rhodos,  Kallithea Terme 22.3.2005
Fig. 4:  Ophrys oreas / Oreades Orchid
Rhodos, Kallithea Terme 22.3.2005
Ophrys oreas / Oreades Orchid, Rhodos,  Profitis Ilias 25.3.2005
Fig. 5:  Ophrys oreas / Oreades Orchid
Rhodos, Profitis Ilias 25.3.2005
Ophrys oreas / Oreades Orchid, Rhodos,  Profitis Ilias 25.3.2005
Fig. 6:  Ophrys oreas / Oreades Orchid
Rhodos, Profitis Ilias 25.3.2005
Ophrys oreas / Oreades Orchid, Rhodos,  Profitis Ilias 25.3.2005
Fig. 7:  Ophrys oreas / Oreades Orchid
Rhodos, Profitis Ilias 25.3.2005
Ophrys oreas / Oreades Orchid, Rhodos,  Profitis Ilias 25.3.2005
Fig. 8:  Ophrys oreas / Oreades Orchid
Rhodos, Profitis Ilias 25.3.2005
Ophrys oreas / Oreades Orchid, Rhodos,  Profitis Ilias 25.3.2005
Fig. 9:  Ophrys oreas / Oreades Orchid
Rhodos, Profitis Ilias 25.3.2005
Ophrys oreas / Oreades Orchid, Rhodos,  Profitis Ilias 25.3.2019
Fig. 10:  Ophrys oreas / Oreades Orchid
Rhodos, Profitis Ilias 25.3.2019
Ophrys oreas / Oreades Orchid, Rhodos,  Profitis Ilias 25.3.2019
Fig. 11:  Ophrys oreas / Oreades Orchid
Rhodos, Profitis Ilias 25.3.2019
Ophrys oreas / Oreades Orchid, Rhodos,  Profitis Ilias 25.3.2019
Fig. 12:  Ophrys oreas / Oreades Orchid
Rhodos, Profitis Ilias 25.3.2019
Ophrys oreas / Oreades Orchid (?), Rhodos,  Profitis Ilias 25.3.2019
Fig. 13:  Ophrys oreas / Oreades Orchid (?)
Rhodos, Profitis Ilias 25.3.2019
Ophrys oreas / Oreades Orchid (?), Rhodos,  Profitis Ilias 25.3.2019
Fig. 14:  Ophrys oreas / Oreades Orchid (?)
Rhodos, Profitis Ilias 25.3.2019
Ophrys oreas / Oreades Orchid, Rhodos,  Profitis Ilias 2.4.2019
Fig. 15:  Ophrys oreas / Oreades Orchid
Rhodos, Profitis Ilias 2.4.2019
Ophrys oreas / Oreades Orchid, Rhodos,  Profitis Ilias 2.4.2019
Fig. 16:  Ophrys oreas / Oreades Orchid
Rhodos, Profitis Ilias 2.4.2019
Ophrys oreas / Oreades Orchid, Rhodos,  Profitis Ilias 2.4.2019
Fig. 17:  Ophrys oreas / Oreades Orchid
Rhodos, Profitis Ilias 2.4.2019
Ophrys oreas / Oreades Orchid, Rhodos,  Profitis Ilias 2.4.2019
Fig. 18:  Ophrys oreas / Oreades Orchid
Rhodos, Profitis Ilias 2.4.2019
Ophrys oreas / Oreades Orchid, Rhodos,  Profitis Ilias 2.4.2019
Fig. 19:  Ophrys oreas / Oreades Orchid
Rhodos, Profitis Ilias 2.4.2019
Ophrys oreas / Oreades Orchid, Rhodos,  Profitis Ilias 2.4.2013 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 20:  Ophrys oreas / Oreades Orchid
Rhodos, Profitis Ilias 2.4.2013 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys oreas / Oreades Orchid, Rhodos,  Profitis Ilias 2.4.2013 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 21:  Ophrys oreas / Oreades Orchid
Rhodos, Profitis Ilias 2.4.2013 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys oreas / Oreades Orchid, Rhodos,  Profitis Ilias 2.4.2013 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 22:  Ophrys oreas / Oreades Orchid
Rhodos, Profitis Ilias 2.4.2013 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys oreas / Oreades Orchid, Rhodos,  Profitis Ilias 2.4.2013 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 23:  Ophrys oreas / Oreades Orchid
Rhodos, Profitis Ilias 2.4.2013 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys oreas / Oreades Orchid, Rhodos,  Profitis Ilias 2.4.2013 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 24:  Ophrys oreas / Oreades Orchid
Rhodos, Profitis Ilias 2.4.2013 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys oreas / Oreades Orchid, Rhodos,  Profitis Ilias 2.4.2013 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 25:  Ophrys oreas / Oreades Orchid
Rhodos, Profitis Ilias 2.4.2013 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
   
 


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