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		Ophrys apollonae  PAULUS & M.HIRTH

Fam.:  Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Genus:  Ophrys  L.

Authors:
	PAULUS:		Hannes Franz Paulus (1943 - ), German biologist
	M.HIRTH:		Monika Hirth, German 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
	apollonae:		Apollo, Greek god

Fig. 1:  Ophrys apollonae / Apollona Orchid Rhodos, Lardos 19.3.2005

Fig. 2:  Ophrys apollonae / Apollona Orchid Rhodos, Lardos 19.3.2005

Fig. 3:  Ophrys apollonae / Apollona Orchid Rhodos, Lindos 22.3.2005

Fig. 4:  Ophrys apollonae / Apollona Orchid Rhodos, Agios Isidoros 24.3.2005

Fig. 5:  Ophrys apollonae / Apollona Orchid Rhodos, Apollona 7.3.2011 (Photo: Helmut Presser)

Fig. 6:  Ophrys apollonae / Apollona Orchid Rhodos, Apollona 7.3.2011 (Photo: Helmut Presser)

Fig. 7:  Ophrys apollonae / Apollona Orchid Rhodos, Apollona 7.3.2011 (Photo: Helmut Presser)

Fig. 8:  Ophrys apollonae / Apollona Orchid Rhodos, Apollona 7.3.2011 (Photo: Helmut Presser)

Fig. 9:  Ophrys apollonae / Apollona Orchid Rhodos, Apollona 7.3.2011 (Photo: Helmut Presser)

Fig. 10:  Ophrys apollonae / Apollona Orchid Rhodos, Apollona 7.3.2011 (Photo: Helmut Presser)

   

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