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Ophrys ferrum-equinum
The many faces of the Horseshoe Bee-orchid (Ophrys ferrum-equinum) including a pale variety (1rst pic), spotted in the same prairie as the rest, Volos city, Greece. The species is native to Albania, Greece, and Turkey, including Crete and other islands of the Aegean, and in the Ionian islands, there is also the subspecies Ophrys ferrum-equinum gottfriediana. It owes its species name to the characteristic shape of a silver horse-shoe on the brown petal and it is one of the commonest wild orchids of Greece.
Spotted on Apr 17, 2016
Submitted on Apr 18, 2016
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