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Wild Orchids
Ophrys ….. Mirror in the Mediterranean
Ophrys speculum Link 1799 Syn. Ophrys ciliata Bivona- Bernardi 1816 This impressive orchid with its wild beauty is relatively widespread...
A beautiful miniature!
Neotinea maculata (Desf) Stearn Syn. Neotinea intacta (Link) Rchb.f. Orchis intacta Link The genus Neotinea (Reichenbach fil 1852)...
The Offry of Reinhold
Ophrys reinholdii H. Fleischmann, 1907 One of the most beautiful orchids in the Mediterranean, widely distributed from the Balkans to...
Ophrys tenthredinifera II
Ophrys or Wasp Orchid II A wonderful variation or perhaps a hybrid? With the wild orchids of the Mediterranean and...
The eyebrow of Hera
Ophrys herae Hirth & Spaeth, 1992 Blooms March-April. It was first described on the island of Samos, but was later found in...
The Charms of Spring III
Ophrys candica ssp cytherea B.Baumann & H.Baumann 2005 Ophrys candica, from Kythira (Bornmuelleri group) A wonderful little orchid, described in 2005...
The seductresses of Spring II
Ophrys iricolo Desfontaines, 1807 Ophrys iridocrom Some botanists consider it a separate group (P. Delforge, 1997), while others believe it belongs to the group...
The three-lobed orchid
Orchis tridentata (Scop.) R.M.Bateman, A.M.Pridgeon & M.W.ChasSyn. Neotinea tridentat This orchid, quite common in the eastern Mediterranean and north to...
Ophrys sficaferi
Ophrys tenthredinifera (subsp.neglecta? The name Ophrys is first mentioned in Pliny the Elder's book “Natural History” and comes from...
Giant Orchid
Barlia Robertiana (Loiseleur) Greute It is the largest wild orchid in Europe, reaching up to 80 cm in height. Quite...