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bee orchid found on Tiengemeten. Geotagged,Ophrys apifera,The Netherlands Click/tap to enlarge PromotedSpecies introCountry intro

bee orchid

found on Tiengemeten.

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    WildFlower
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    Lucky you! I spent two days searching for these orchids in the Eastern Rhodope mountains last spring but I couldn't find any. It turned out that they had been blooming earlier because of the warm winter. Promoted! Posted 11 years ago
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    Ellen de Koster
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    It was the first time I"ve seen them . I found them accidently Posted 11 years ago

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The Ophrys apifera

"Ophrys apifera", known in Europe as the bee orchid, is a perennial herbaceous plant of the family Orchidaceae. It is remarkable as an example of sexually-deceptive pollination and floral mimicry as well as of a highly-selective and highly evolved plant-pollinator relationship.

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Similar species: Agaves, Aloes, Onions
Species identified by Ellen de Koster
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Uploaded Jun 15, 2014. Captured Jun 14, 2014 14:48 in Tiengemeten 33-37, 3284 BE Zuid-Beijerland, The Netherlands.
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  • Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL
  • f/8.0
  • 1/500s
  • ISO200
  • 105mm

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