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The weather has not been very nice the past few weeks and my job kept me
busy, but last weekend I went camping and I have my computer full with
new flowers!! So now I will need to find time to post them.
So
I will get starting with this lovely
Ophrys sicula belonging to the
Orchidaceae family. Its common name is yellow bee orchid or yellow
orchid (κίτρινη μελισσούλα) and it allocates to the shape it has that
resembles a bee. I found an interesting video on the net that you can
see by clicking
here.
The name of the genus is Ophrys is derived from greek and means eyebrow and it refers to the hairy edge of the flower. The can be easily confused with the other orchids belonging in the lutea group (O. lutea and O. phryganae) but those two are a bit bigger than O. sicula. Moreover O. sicula has sparce lip hair and a more horizontal lip when compared to O. phryganae. It likes sunny positions and it can be found in stony and rocky places but also in grassland.
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| Profitis Ilias, Lefkada |
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| Profitis Ilias, Lefkada |
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| Profitis Ilias, Lefkada |
