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Showing posts with label Orchids. Show all posts

Loose-flowered x Green-winged Hybrid Orchid -- Anacamptis x alata

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Loose-flowered Orchid Anacamptis laxiflora and Green-winged Orchid Anacamptis morio will hybridise to produce Anacamptis x alata . A...

Bee Orchid Ophrys apifera mutations, variations and aberrant forms

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Bee Orchid Ophrys apifera (Fr. Ophrys abeille) has a wide European distribution and frequently self-fertilises. This is thought to be the ...

Hybrid Orchids in the Touraine Loire Valley

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Several genera of orchids native to the Touraine Loire Valley spontaneously hybridise in the wild very easily. This entry is a guide to some...
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Monkey x Man Hybrid Orchid - Orchis x bergonii

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This Monkey x Man Hybrid Orchid Orchis simia x O. anthopophora is part of a small naturally occuring colony near Chaumussay. The flowers...
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Autumn Lady's Tresses - Spiranthes spiralis

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Scientific Name: Spiranthes spiralis . (Spiranthes = flowers in a spiral; spiralis = spiralled). Syn S. autumnalis . English Name...

Ophrys insectifera - Fly Orchid

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Scientific Name: Ophrys insectifera – 'ophrys' = Greek for 'eyebrow', a reference to the velvety labellum (lower pet...

Orchis simia - Monkey Orchid

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Scientific Name: Orchis simia – 'orchis' is from the Greek for testicle, a reference to the form of the tubers; 'simia...

Ophrys apifera - Bee Orchid

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Scientific Name: Ophrys apifera . 'Ophrys' = Greek for 'eyebrow', a reference to the velvety labellum (lower petal);...