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		Ophrys pelinaea  P.DELFORGE

Fam.:  Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Genus:  Ophrys  L.

Authors:
	P.DELFORGE:		Pierre Delforge (1945 - ), Belgian 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
	pelinaea:		from Mount Pelinaion on the island of Chios (Greece)

Fig. 1:  Ophrys pelinaea / Pelinaio's Bee Orchid Lesbos, Agiasos 15.4.2014

Fig. 2:  Ophrys pelinaea / Pelinaio's Bee Orchid Lesbos, Agiasos 15.4.2014

Fig. 3:  Ophrys pelinaea / Pelinaio's Bee Orchid Chios, Mesta 2.4.2016

Fig. 4:  Ophrys pelinaea / Pelinaio's Bee Orchid Chios, Pirgi - Olymbi 17.3.2013 (Photo: Jan & Liesbeth Essink)

Fig. 5:  Ophrys pelinaea / Pelinaio's Bee Orchid Chios, Pirgi - Olymbi 17.3.2013 (Photo: Jan & Liesbeth Essink)

Fig. 6:  Ophrys pelinaea / Pelinaio's Bee Orchid Chios, Kato Fana 13.3.2013 (Photo: Jan & Liesbeth Essink)

Fig. 7:  Ophrys pelinaea / Pelinaio's Bee Orchid Chios, Kato Fana 13.3.2013 (Photo: Jan & Liesbeth Essink)

Fig. 8:  Ophrys pelinaea / Pelinaio's Bee Orchid (forma chlorantha) Chios, Kato Fana 13.3.2013 (Photo: Jan & Liesbeth Essink)

Fig. 9:  Ophrys pelinaea / Pelinaio's Bee Orchid (forma chlorantha) Chios, Kato Fana 13.3.2013 (Photo: Jan & Liesbeth Essink)

Fig. 10:  Ophrys pelinaea / Pelinaio's Bee Orchid (forma chlorantha) Samos, Paleokastro 11.4.2017

   

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Orchids

Orchids acc. to scientific Names

.. Relationship

.. German Names

.. English Names

.. Bloom Colors

.. Regions

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.. Rosettes

.. Tubers + Roots

.. Seed Stems

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