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Fam.:  Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Genus:  Ophrys  L.
 

Authors:
   DEVILLERS-TERSCH.:  Jean Devillers-Terschuren (1955 - ), Canadian orchid specialist in Belgium
   DEVILLERS:  Pierre Devillers (1938 - ), French 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
   phryganae:   growing in the phrygana
 

According to H.F.PAULUS in Jour.Eur.Orch 52 (2-4): 355ff (2020) there is generally still a need for clarification regarding Ophrys phryganae because it is described from Crete and has the pollinating bee Andrena panurgimorpha there. There are plants in other parts of the eastern Mediterranean, e.g. in Attika, which are morphologically not or hardly distinguishable, but which are not sexually attractive for the Cretan bee, but for Andrena humilis and the closely related Andrena clypella.

 

Ophrys phryganae / Phrygana Bee Orchid, Crete,  Knossos 3.4.1990
Fig. 1:  Ophrys phryganae / Phrygana Bee Orchid
Crete, Knossos 3.4.1990
Ophrys phryganae / Phrygana Bee Orchid, Crete,  Rodovani 21.4.2001
Fig. 2:  Ophrys phryganae / Phrygana Bee Orchid
Crete, Rodovani 21.4.2001
Ophrys phryganae / Phrygana Bee Orchid, Crete,  Rodovani 21.4.2001
Fig. 3:  Ophrys phryganae / Phrygana Bee Orchid
Crete, Rodovani 21.4.2001
Ophrys phryganae / Phrygana Bee Orchid, Crete,  Afrati 22.4.2001
Fig. 4:  Ophrys phryganae / Phrygana Bee Orchid
Crete, Afrati 22.4.2001
Ophrys phryganae / Phrygana Bee Orchid, Crete,  Preveli 3.4.2015
Fig. 5:  Ophrys phryganae / Phrygana Bee Orchid
Crete, Preveli 3.4.2015
Ophrys phryganae / Phrygana Bee Orchid, Rhodos,  Lahania 25.3.2005
Fig. 6:  Ophrys phryganae / Phrygana Bee Orchid
Rhodos, Lahania 25.3.2005
Ophrys phryganae / Phrygana Bee Orchid, Rhodos,  Kattavia 23.3.2005
Fig. 7:  Ophrys phryganae / Phrygana Bee Orchid
Rhodos, Kattavia 23.3.2005
Ophrys phryganae / Phrygana Bee Orchid, Rhodos,  Kattavia 21.3.2005
Fig. 8:  Ophrys phryganae / Phrygana Bee Orchid
Rhodos, Kattavia 21.3.2005
Ophrys phryganae / Phrygana Bee Orchid, Rhodos,  Kattavia 23.3.2005
Fig. 9:  Ophrys phryganae / Phrygana Bee Orchid
Rhodos, Kattavia 23.3.2005
Ophrys phryganae / Phrygana Bee Orchid, Rhodos,  Kattavia 26.3.2019
Fig. 10:  Ophrys phryganae / Phrygana Bee Orchid
Rhodos, Kattavia 26.3.2019
Ophrys phryganae / Phrygana Bee Orchid, Rhodos,  Profilia 5.4.2019
Fig. 11:  Ophrys phryganae / Phrygana Bee Orchid
Rhodos, Profilia 5.4.2019
Ophrys phryganae / Phrygana Bee Orchid, Rhodos,  Kamiros 22.3.2023
Fig. 12:  Ophrys phryganae / Phrygana Bee Orchid
Rhodos, Kamiros 22.3.2023
Ophrys phryganae / Phrygana Bee Orchid, Chios,  Emporios 29.3.2016
Fig. 13:  Ophrys phryganae / Phrygana Bee Orchid
Chios, Emporios 29.3.2016
Ophrys phryganae / Phrygana Bee Orchid, Chios,  Emporios 29.3.2016
Fig. 14:  Ophrys phryganae / Phrygana Bee Orchid
Chios, Emporios 29.3.2016
Ophrys phryganae / Phrygana Bee Orchid, Chios,  Emporios 29.3.2016
Fig. 15:  Ophrys phryganae / Phrygana Bee Orchid
Chios, Emporios 29.3.2016
Ophrys phryganae / Phrygana Bee Orchid, Chios,  Emporios 29.3.2016
Fig. 16:  Ophrys phryganae / Phrygana Bee Orchid
Chios, Emporios 29.3.2016
Ophrys phryganae / Phrygana Bee Orchid, GR  Igoumenitsa 13.5.2008
Fig. 17:  Ophrys phryganae / Phrygana Bee Orchid
GR Igoumenitsa 13.5.2008
Ophrys phryganae / Phrygana Bee Orchid, GR  Peloponnes, Gramousa 1.4.2013
Fig. 18:  Ophrys phryganae / Phrygana Bee Orchid
GR Peloponnes, Gramousa 1.4.2013
Ophrys phryganae / Phrygana Bee Orchid, GR  Peloponnes, Gramousa 1.4.2013
Fig. 19:  Ophrys phryganae / Phrygana Bee Orchid
GR Peloponnes, Gramousa 1.4.2013
Ophrys phryganae / Phrygana Bee Orchid, GR  Peloponnes, Gramousa 1.4.2013
Fig. 20:  Ophrys phryganae / Phrygana Bee Orchid
GR Peloponnes, Gramousa 1.4.2013
Ophrys phryganae / Phrygana Bee Orchid, GR  Peloponnese, Strofilia Forest near Kalogria 27.3.2013
Fig. 21:  Ophrys phryganae / Phrygana Bee Orchid
GR Peloponnese, Strofilia Forest near Kalogria 27.3.2013
Ophrys phryganae / Phrygana Bee Orchid, GR  Athen, Mount Egaleo 10.4.2019
Fig. 22:  Ophrys phryganae / Phrygana Bee Orchid
GR Athen, Mount Egaleo 10.4.2019
Ophrys phryganae / Phrygana Bee Orchid, GR  Athen, Mount Egaleo 10.4.2019
Fig. 23:  Ophrys phryganae / Phrygana Bee Orchid
GR Athen, Mount Egaleo 10.4.2019
Ophrys phryganae / Phrygana Bee Orchid (with Andrena spec.), GR  Pigadagi N Athen 12.4.1998 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 24:  Ophrys phryganae / Phrygana Bee Orchid (with Andrena spec.)
GR Pigadagi N Athen 12.4.1998 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys phryganae / Phrygana Bee Orchid (with Andrena spec.), GR  Pigadagi N Athen 12.4.1998 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 25:  Ophrys phryganae / Phrygana Bee Orchid (with Andrena spec.)
GR Pigadagi N Athen 12.4.1998 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
   
 


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