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Spruner's orchid

Ophrys spruneri

Habitat:

olive groves mostly and phrygana

Notes:

Greek endemic

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3 Comments

armadeus.4
armadeus.4 9 years ago

Wow. That is really interesting stuff. Cheers :)

FotisAngel
FotisAngel 9 years ago

thank you so much.these orchids mimics female bugs so the males are attracted and polinate them

armadeus.4
armadeus.4 9 years ago

What a great photo FotisAngel! It looks like it's laughing at us :D

FotisAngel
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FotisAngel

Χανιά, Αποκεντρωμένη Διοίκηση Κρήτης, Greece

Spotted on Feb 24, 2014
Submitted on Jul 18, 2014

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