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Ophrys bombyliflora
Bumble Bee Orchid
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Photographer: Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy
ID: 0000 0000 0319 0498 (2019-03-16)Copyright © 2019 Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy
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date of photo May 17, 2012
latitude 44.78797 longitude 13.91256
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location
Cape Kamenjak National park, next to the main dirt road leading to the far south tip of the peninsula, about 1.5 km south of Premantura (Istria, Croatia)notes Syn.: Arachnites bombyliflorus (Link) Tod., Ophrys tabanifera Willd., Ophrys distoma Biv., Ophrys hiulca Mauri, Ophrys canaliculata Viv., Ophrys labrofossa Brot. - Habitat: Dry, stony grassland with some bushes, light wood edge; sandy, skeletal soil; almost flat terrain, partly sunny; average temperatures 13-14 deg C, average precipitation 800-900 mm/year, elevation 15 m (50 feet), Sub-Mediterranean phytogeographical region. - Substratum: soil. - Comment: Ophrys bombyliflora is one of a few bee orchids (Ophrys), which, unlike most of the other species of Ophrys, is easy to recognize reliably. This is due to two facts: first, it exhibits minimum plasticity in its morphology. Growing mostly in Mediterranean region from Canary Islands and Portugal on the west to Turkey on the east, its flowers have almost the same shape and colors everywhere. Secondly, it is morphologically quite far from the closest similar Ophrys species. Small plant, rarely more than 20 cm tall, which flowers are not so picturesque as of most other bee orchids, has quite special shape of flowers, easy to remember. - As a true Mediterranean plant it doesn't grow in Slovenia. But one can find it in neighboring Croatia. It is quite common on dry grassland and garrigue on the south tip of Istria peninsula around Pula region, including cape Kamenjak national park. - Protected in Croatia and marked as a vulnerable species (VU). Protected by The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora – CITES. - Ref.: (1) http://www.orchidsofbritainandeuropetest.uk/Ophrys%20bombyliflora.html (accessed March 12. 2019) (2) H. Baumann, S. Kuenkele, R.Lorenz, Orchideen Europas, Ulmer (2006), p 146. (3) I. Schӧnfelder, P. Schӧnfelder, Kosmos Atlas Mittelmeer- und Kanarenflora, Kosmos, (2002), p 292. (4) M. Blamey, C. Grey-Wilson, Wild Flowers of the Mediterranean, A & C Black, London (2005), p 520.camera Nikon D700/Nikkor Micro 105mm/f2.8
contributor's ID # Bot_618/2012_DSC3437 photo category: Plant - annual/perennial
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Bumble Bee Orchid, Bumblebee Orchid (photographer)
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