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Orchidaceae
Elegant autumn orchid
Spiranthes spiralis (L.) Chevall. This charming orchid blooms in autumn after the ground has cooled down with the first rains. It spreads in...
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 seductresses of Spring I
Ophrys fusca sensu lato, Link 1799 (O.fusca group) Delforge 2006 Its dull and rather sad color makes it look...
The rare eyebrow of Messara
Ophrys mesaritica Paulus & Aliberti
The Ophrysus of Mesara is considered quite rare and was originally recorded as a narrow habitat endemic to Crete...
Grease the Exhaust
Limodorum abortivum (L.) Schwartz, 1753
Beautiful fine-branched orchid I found in the north of the island. The beauty of the flower is comparable to the...
Ophries of Ariadne
Ophrys ariadnae H.F. Paulus, 1994The complex pattern of the ovipositor and the proportions differentiate it from Ophrys...