🔍 The project investigates how Ophrys balearica hybridizes with other species of the genus #Ophrys
Shedding light on species boundaries, pollination strategies, and evolutionary dynamics 🌸🐝
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It is the first orchid species I found this year in Lesvos island, Greece
the first orchid of the year
#orchid #ophrys #nature #wildlifephotography #hiking #Lesvos #Lesbos #Greece
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Ophrys sphegodes Mill
Orchidaceae
Kermanshah, Iran
April 2025
Elevation 1800m
#ophrys #orchids #orchidaceae
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Ophrys scolopax Cav.
Orchidaceae
Azerbaijan, Iran
June 2025
Elevation 1500m
#ophrys #orchidee #orchidaceae #botany
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Photo d’une Ophrys Apifera (Orchidée Abeille) prise en IDF en juin 2025
Photo d’une Ophrys Apifera (Orchidée Abeille) prise en IDF en juin 2025
Ophrys en fleur,
Danses d’abeilles illusoires,
Printemps en cœur.
#Ophrys Apifera, IDF juin 2025
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Off on a Late Spider hunt.
#ophrys
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Ophrys reinholdii
#ophrys #orchid #spring #Ophrysreinholdii #nature #hiking #hikingadventures #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #lesvos #island #Lesbos #Greece
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Ophrys bertolonii, a bee orchid, in the dry gardens of Sparoza (the Mediterranean Garden Society). #ophrys #sparoza #mgssparosa #drygarden
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Ophrys speculum, the mirror orchid
#orchids #Ophrys #Ophrysspeculum #Mediterranean #hiking #hikingadventures #wildlifephotography #nature #Greece
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More than 100 Ophrys orchids are flowering right now on the newly purchased terraces in Ibi! Nature is thriving in this restoring ecosystem.
#Ophrys #Orchids #Wildflowers #Biodiversity #Spain #Ibi #Nature #Ecology #Permaculture #Rewilding #Flora #Mediterranean
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Ophrys tenthredinifera, the sawfly orchid
#orchids #plant #nature #Mediterranean #spring #wildlifephotography #hiking #hikingadventures #ophrystenthredinifera #ophrys #Greece
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Ophrys lutea
#ophrys #ophryslutea #orchids #nature #wildlifephotography #hiking #hikingadventures #Greece
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Ophrys ferrum-equinum flowers in Greece.
Horseshoe Orchid (Ophrys ferrum-equinum). A guaranteed sight on the @greenwingstours.bsky.social original orchid tour - helping orchid addicts get their floral fix since 2013!
#orchids #ophrys #OrchidsOfRhodes #RhodesOrchidOdyssey
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Here it's dark and grey... but #Ophrys flowers are such an enrichment in life! Here an Ophrys sphegodes from Switzerland.
#wildflowers #orchids #nature #macrophotography #inat
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The first orchids of the year
#orchids #ophrys #nature #wildlifephotography #hiking #hikingadventure #nature #olivegroves #lesvos #lesbos #greece
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Ophrys pallida Raf.
April, 2024
Constantine, Algeria
Alt. 1035m
A rare and very localized species, known only from the regions of Palermo (Sicily, Italy), Constantine, and Jijel (Algeria).
#Botany #Orchid #Ophrys #iNaturalist
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Ophrys insectifera
#Ophrysinsectifera #Ophrys #Fliegenragwurz #FlyOrchid #Ophrysmouche #moscaria #orquídeamosca #orchid #Orchidee #flower #nature
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Eight #orchids 😍 – #Anacamptis pyramidalis, #Ophrys apifera, Ophrys insectifera, #Himantoglossum hircinum, #Platanthera chlorantha, Orchis purpurea, #Cephalanthera damasonium, and #Neottia ovata – found in the geological RNR of Vigny-Longuesse (FR
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(2/3) I found the last species #Ophrys scolopax with a multitude of Ophrys aranifera in a fire place destroyed one year ago (see below) where orchids could re-emerged without competition from taller plants.
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(1/3) Another delicate transition, from pink to white hues of #orchids of #Aveyron @pnr_gc, here with #Orchis purpurea, Orchis simia, Orchis morio – purple & white specimens, and #Cephalanthera longifolia (Pierrefiche, FR) and #Ophrys scolopax (Comprégnac, FR).
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Delicate transition from green to yellow hues of #orchids of #Aveyron, here with #Ophrys aranifera, Ophrys lutea, Ophrys virescens, and Orchis anthropophora (Peyre, FR).
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(2/2) ...and finally finding #Orchis purpurea, #Ophrys aranifera, Ophrys insectifera, #Serapias vomeracea, and #Limodorum abortivum. Nice walk ☺️.
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#ophrys it's all about sex. Trying to mimic another bee, fly, beetle so that the mate flies away to another "mate".
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Mirror Orchid in Greece #ophrys #speculum #greece #rodos #orchids #orchidsofinstagram… https://www.instagram.com/p/Be4Eeaig6fk/
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