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		Ophrys cretica  (VIERH.) E.NELSON

Fam.:  Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Genus:  Ophrys  L.

Authors:
	VIERH.:		Friedrich Karl Max Vierhapper (1876 - 1932), Austrian botanist
	E.NELSON:		Erich Nelson (1897 - 1980), Austrian botanist
	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
	cretica:		from Crete

Fig. 1:  Ophrys cretica / Cretan Bee Orchid Crete, Knossos 3.4.1990

Fig. 2:  Ophrys cretica / Cretan Bee Orchid Crete, Knossos 3.4.1990

Fig. 3:  Ophrys cretica / Cretan Bee Orchid Crete, Knossos 3.4.1990

Fig. 4:  Ophrys cretica / Cretan Bee Orchid Crete, Phaistos 7.4.1990

Fig. 5:  Ophrys cretica / Cretan Bee Orchid Crete, Phaistos 20.4.2001

Fig. 6:  Ophrys cretica / Cretan Bee Orchid Crete, Agia Fotini 5.4.2015

Fig. 7:  Ophrys cretica / Cretan Bee Orchid Crete, Agia Fotini 5.4.2015

Fig. 8:  Ophrys cretica / Cretan Bee Orchid Crete, Arhanes, Jouhtas 30.3.2015

Fig. 9:  Ophrys cretica / Cretan Bee Orchid Crete, Kavousi 11.4.2015

Fig. 10:  Ophrys cretica / Cretan Bee Orchid Crete, Kavousi 11.4.2015

Fig. 11:  Ophrys cretica / Cretan Bee Orchid Crete, Zakros - Gorge 8.4.2015

Fig. 12:  Ophrys cretica / Cretan Bee Orchid GR Peloponnes, Kremasti 31.3.2013

   

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