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The genus Ophrys L., 1753 is a group of about 40 orchids from the alliance Orchis in the subtribe Orchidinae. There are many natural hybrids.

They are referred to as the "Bee orchids" because of the flowers of some species resemble the furry bodies of Bumble Bees and other insects. Their scientific name is derived from the Greek word "ophrys", meaning "eyebrow", referring to how high this genus is regarded.

Ophrys was first mentioned in the book "Natural History" by Pliny the Elder (23-79 AD).

They are terrestrial or ground orchids from central to South Europe, North Africa, Asia Minor, up to the Caucasus Mountains, but mostly around the Mediterranean. They are considered the most important group of European terrestrial orchids.

During summer all Ophrys orchids are dormant as an underground bulbous tuber, which serves as a food reserve. In late summer/autumn they develop a rosette of leaves. Also a new tuber starts to grow and matures until the following spring; the old tuber slowly dies. The next spring the flowering stem starts to grow. During flowering the leaves already start to wither.

Most Ophrys orchids are dependent on symbiotic fungi. Because of this, they only develop small alternate leaves. They cannot be transplanted due to this symbiosis. The shiny, basal leaves have a green or bluish color. They develop in autumn and may survive mild winters.

The flowers surpass all other European orchids. Two to twelve flowers grow on an erect stem with basal leaves. They are absolutely unique not only because of their unequaled beauty, color range and exceptional forms, but also because of the ingenuity by which they attract insects. Their lip mimics several insects, such as that of a bee, a wasp, or a beetle, attracting and duping the right pollinator. This visual cue serves as a close-range attractant. This pollination mimicry is enhanced by producing the scent of the receptive female insect. This is the long-range attractant. These insect pheromones cause them to approach and investigate the flowers more closely. This all happens in a period that only males are active and females haven't appeared yet.

The Bumblebee Orchid (Ophrys bombyliflora) is a typical example. It has flowers that look and smell so much like female Bumble Bees that males flying nearby are irresistibly drawn in by this chemical signal, stimulating them sexually. The insect gets so excited that he starts to copulate with the flower. This is termed 'pseudocopulation'. The firmness, the smoothness and the velvety hairs of the lip are a further incentive for the insect to enter the flower. The pollinia inadvertently stick to the head or the abdomen of the male bumblebee. On visiting another orchid of the same species, the bumblebee pollinates its sticky stigma with the pollinia. The filaments of the pollinia have, during transport, taken such a position that the waxy pollen are able to stick to the stigma. Such is the refinement of the reproduction. If the filaments hadn't taken the new position, the pollinia could not have pollinated the new orchid.

Every Ophrys orchid has its own pollinator insect and is completely dependent on this species for its survival. Furthermore, duped males are not likely to return. They even ignore other plants of the same species. Therefore, only about 10% of an Ophrys population gets pollinated. This is enough to preserve the population, since each Ophrys orchid produces about 12,000 minute seeds.

Species


  • Ophrys alasiatica (Cyprus).
  • Ophrys antiochiana (Turkey).
  • Ophrys apifera : Bee Orchid (Europe, Medit. to Caucasus).
  • Ophrys argolica (S. Greece to SW. Turkey).
  • Ophrys atlantica (S. Spain, Sicilia, NW. Africa).
    • Ophrys atlantica subsp. atlantica (S. Spain, NW. Africa). Tuber geophyte
    • Ophrys atlantica subsp. hayekii (Sicilia, Tunisia). Tuber geophyte
  • Ophrys bertolonii : Bertoloni's Bee Orchid (W. & C. Medit.)
    • Ophrys bertolonii subsp. balearica (Baleares). Tuber geophyte
    • Ophrys bertolonii subsp. bertolonii (W. & C. Medit.) Tuber geophyte
  • Ophrys bombyliflora : Bumblebee Orchid (Canary Is., Medit.)
  • Ophrys cilicica (S. & SE. Turkey to N. Syria and Iran).
  • Ophrys cornutula (East Aegean Is.)
  • Ophrys crabronifera (C. & E. Italy, Croatia).
  • Ophrys cretica (S. Greece, S. Aegean Is.)
  • Ophrys dianica (Spain).
  • Ophrys dodekanensis (East Aegean Is.).
  • Ophrys eptapigiensis (East Aegean Is.)
  • Ophrys exaltata (NE. Spain to Italy).
  • *Ophrys exaltata subsp. arachnitiformis (NE. Spain to Italy). Tuber geophyte
    • Ophrys exaltata subsp. exaltata (Sicilia to S. Italy). Tuber geophyte
    • Ophrys exaltata subsp. tyrrhena (Italy). Tuber geophyte.
  • Ophrys ferrum-equinum (Albania to SW. & S. Turkey).
    • Ophrys ferrum-equinum var. anafiensis (Greece) Tuber geophyte.
    • Ophrys ferrum-equinum var. ferrum-equinum (Albania to SW. & S. Turkey). Tuber geophyte.
    • Ophrys ferrum-equinum var. gottfriediana (Greece). Tuber geophyte.
    • Ophrys ferrum-equinum var. minor (Greece) Tuber geophyte.
  • Ophrys flavomarginata (Cyprus, Syria to Israel).
  • Ophrys fleischmannii (E. Medit.)
  • Ophrys fusca : Dark Bee Orchid (Medit.)
    • Ophrys fusca subsp. blitopertha (Aegean Is. to SW. Turkey) Tuber geophyte
    • Ophrys fusca subsp. cinereophila (S. Greece to N. Syria). Tuber geophyte
    • Ophrys fusca subsp. fusca (Medit.) Tuber geophyte
    • Ophrys fusca subsp. minima (France) Tuber geophyte
    • Ophrys fusca subsp. vasconica (SW. Europe). Tuber geophyte
  • Ophrys halia (East Aegean Is.).
  • Ophrys helios (Crete).
  • Ophrys holoserica (W. & C. Europe to Medit.)
    • Ophrys holoserica subsp. bornmuelleri (E. Medit. to N. Iraq). Tuber geophyte
    • Ophrys holoserica subsp. candica (SE. Italy to SW. Turkey). Tuber geophyte
    • Ophrys holoserica subsp. chestermanii (SW. Sardegna). Tuber geophyte
    • Ophrys holoserica subsp. elatior (France to S. Germany). Tuber geophyte
    • Ophrys holoserica nothosubsp. halicarnassia (Turkey). Tuber geophyte
    • Ophrys holoserica subsp. holoserica (W. & C. Europe to Medit.) Tuber geophyte
    • Ophrys holoserica subsp. lacaitae (Sicilia to S. Italy). Tuber geophyte
    • Ophrys holoserica subsp. maxima (Crete to SW. & S. Turkey, Israel). Tuber geophyte
    • Ophrys holoserica subsp. oxyrrhynchos (Sardegna to Sicilia, Italy). Tuber geophyte
    • Ophrys holoserica subsp. biancae (SE. Sicilia). Tuber geophyte
  • Ophrys iceliensis (Turkey).
  • Ophrys illyrica (Croatia).
  • Ophrys incubacea : Spider Orchid (S. Europe).
  • Ophrys insectifera : Fly Orchid (Europe).
    • Ophrys insectifera subsp. aymoninii (SC. France to Spain). Tuber geophyte
    • Ophrys insectifera subsp. insectifera (Europe). Tuber geophyte
    • Ophrys insectifera nothosubsp. tytecaeana (France). Tuber geophyte
  • Ophrys iricolor (Medit.)
    • Ophrys iricolor subsp. iricolor (E. Medit.)
    • Ophrys iricolor subsp. maxima (Corse, Sardegna, Tunisia) Tuber geophyte
  • Ophrys isaura (S. Turkey).
  • Ophrys israelitica (Aegean Is. to Jordan).
  • Ophrys kopetdagensis ( Turkmenistan).
  • Ophrys kotschyi (Cyprus).
  • Ophrys latakiana (Syria).
  • Ophrys lindia (East Aegean Is.)
  • Ophrys lunulata (Sicilia to S. Italy).
  • Ophrys lutea : Yellow Ophrys (Medit.)
    • *Ophrys lutea subsp. lutea (W. & C. Medit.) Tuber geophyte
      • Ophrys lutea subsp. pseudospeculum (Medit.) Tuber geophyte
    • Ophrys lycia (SW. Turkey)
    • Ophrys lyciensis (Turkey).
    • Ophrys mammosa : Bosom Orchid (SE. Europe to S. Turkmenistan).
    • Ophrys maxima (Crete).
    • Ophrys morisii (S. Corse, Sardegna).
    • Ophrys negadensis (Greece).
    • Ophrys omegaifera Medit.)
      • Ophrys omegaifera subsp. dyris (S. Iberian Pen, Baleares, Morocco). Tuber geophyte
      • Ophrys omegaifera subsp. omegaifera (C. & E. Medit.) Tuber geophyte
    • Ophrys ortuabis (Sardegna).
    • Ophrys pallida (Sicilia, Malta, Algeria, Tunisia).
    • Ophrys panattensis (Sardegna). Probably a hybrid between O. argolica and O. lunulata
    • Ophrys parvula (East Aegean Is.).
    • Ophrys persephonae (E. Aegean Is.).
    • Ophrys pollinensis (Italy). Probably a hybrid between O. argolica and O. holosericea
    • Ophrys praecox (S. Corse to NW. Sardegna)
    • Ophrys promontorii (C. & S. Italy).
    • Ophrys pseudobertolonii (W. & C. Medit.)
      • Ophrys pseudobertolonii subsp. bertoloniiformis (W. & C. Medit.) Tuber geophyte
      • Ophrys pseudobertolonii subsp. pseudobertolonii (N. Italy) Tuber geophyte
    • Ophrys pseudomammosa (Greece to N. Turkey).
    • Ophrys reinholdii (Balkan Pen. to NW. Iran)
      • Ophrys reinholdii subsp. reinholdii (Balkan Pen. to SW. Turkey) Tuber geophyte
      • Ophrys reinholdii subsp. straussii (S. & SE. Turkey to NW. Iran) Tuber geophyte
    • Ophrys schulzei (CS. & SE. Turkey to Lebanon and Iran)
    • Ophrys scolopax : Woodcock Orchid (Hungary, Medit. to Caucasus).
      • Ophrys scolopax subsp. cornuta : Horned Orchid (Hungary to Turkey). Tuber geophyte
      • Ophrys scolopax subsp. heldreichii (Greece to SW. Turkey, Cyprus) Tuber geophyte
      • Ophrys scolopax subsp. scolopax (Medit. to Caucasus) Tuber geophyte
    • Ophrys sicula : Lesser Yellow Bee Orchid (S. & E. Medit.)
    • Ophrys sphegodes : Early Spider Orchid (W. & S. Europe to Turkey).
      • Ophrys sphegodes subsp. aesculapii (Albania to S. Turkey). Tuber geophyte
      • Ophrys sphegodes subsp. parnassica (Greece, Crete). Tuber geophyte
      • Ophrys sphegodes subsp. sphegodes (W. & S. Europe to Crimea). Tuber geophyte
    • Ophrys spruneri (Sicilia to Israel)
      • Ophrys spruneri subsp. panormitana (Sicilia). Tuber geophyte
      • Ophrys spruneri subsp. spruneri (Greece to Israel) Tuber geophyte
    • Ophrys tenthredinifera (Medit.)
    • Ophrys turcomanica (NE. Iran).
    • Ophrys umbilicata (WC. Medit. to Iran).
      • Ophrys umbilicata subsp. attica (Corse to Iran).
      • Ophrys umbilicata subsp. umbilicata (E. Medit. to S. Iran). Tuber geophyte
    • Ophrys vernixia (Medit.)
      • Ophrys vernixia subsp. ciliata (Medit.) Tuber geophyte
      • Ophrys vernixia subsp. orientalis (Greece) Tuber geophyte
      • Ophrys vernixia subsp. regis-ferdinandii (E. Aegean Is. to SW. Turkey) Tuber geophyte
      • Ophrys vernixia subsp. vernixia (WC. & S. Portugal, N. Spain).Tuber geophyte

        Natural hybrids


        • Ophrys × aghemanii (O. scolopax subsp. cornuta × O. turcomanica) (Iran).
        • Ophrys × albertiana (O. apifera × O. holosericea) (Europe).
          • Ophrys × albertiana nothosubsp. albertiana (Europe). Tuber geophyte
          • Ophrys × albertiana nothosubsp. morellensis (O. apifera × O. holoserica subsp. candica) (Italy) Tuber geophyte.
        • Ophrys × alibertiana (O. spruneri × O. tenthredinifera) (Crete).
        • Ophrys × angelensis (O. incubacea × O. promontorii) (Italy).
        • Ophrys × anomala (O. maxima × O. scolopax subsp. heldreichii) (Crete)
        • Ophrys × apicula (O. insectifera × O. sphegodes subsp. araneola) (Europe).
          • Ophrys × apicula nothosubsp. apicula (Europe). Tuber geophyte
          • Ophrys × apicula nothosubsp. fabrei (O. insectifera subsp. aymoninii × O. sphegodes subsp. arenosa) (Europe). Tuber geophyte
        • Ophrys × aschersonii (O. holosericea × O. sphegodes) (Europe).
        • Ophrys × azurea (O. promontorii × O. pseudobertolonii) (Italy).
        • Ophrys × barlae (O. bertolonii × O. incubacea) (S. Europe).
        • Ophrys × battandieri (O. fusca × O. lutea) (NW. Africa).
        • Ophrys × baumanniana (O. cretica × O. sphegodes) (Crete)
        • Ophrys × bayeri (O. fusca × O. omegaifera subsp. fleischmannii) (Cyprus).
        • Ophrys × benoitiana (O. incubacea × O. sphegodes subsp. lunulata) (Sicily).
        • Ophrys × bodegomii (O. passionis × O. tenthredinifera) (Spain).
        • Ophrys × borakisiana (O. fusca × O. mammosa) (E. Aegean Is.).
        • Ophrys × borgersiae (O. reinholdii × O. spruneri) (Greece).
        • Ophrys × boscoquartensis (O. biscutella × O. sphegodes) (Italy).
        • Ophrys × bourlieri (O. iricolor × O. lutea × O. tenthredinifera). (N. Africa).
        • Ophrys × braun-blanquetiana (O. fusca × O. incubacea) (Corse, Italy).
        • Ophrys × burneriana (O. sphegodes subsp. cretensis × O. spruneri) (Crete)
        • Ophrys × campolati (O. promontorii × O. tenthredinifera) (Italy.
        • Ophrys × camusii (O. exaltata × O. sphegodes) (Italy).
        • Ophrys × carica (O. ferrum-equinum × O. holosericea) (Turkey.
        • Ophrys × carpinensis (O. biscutella × O. scolopax subsp. cornuta) (Italy).
        • Ophrys × carquierannensis (O. exaltata subsp. arachnitiformis × O. fusca) (France).
        • Ophrys × cascalesii (O. sphegodes subsp. araneola × O. passionis) (France).
        • Ophrys × chobautii (O. lutea × O. vernixia subsp. ciliata) (SW. Europe).
        • Ophrys × circaea (O. apifera × O. bombyliflora) (taly).
        • Ophrys × clapensis (O. bombyliflora × O. lutea) (France).
        • Ophrys × corcyrensis (O. ferrum-equinum × O. sphegodes) (Greece).
        • Ophrys × couloniana (O. bertolonii × O. promontorii) (Italy).
        • Ophrys × cranbrookeana (O. exaltata subsp. arachnitiformis × O. scolopax) (France).
        • Ophrys × cugniensis (O. bertolonii × O. lutea) (Sicilia).
        • Ophrys × delphinensis (O. argolica × O. scolopax subsp. cornuta) (S. Greece).
        • Ophrys × devenensis (O. holosericea × O. insectifera) (Europe).
        • Ophrys × diakoptensis (O. delphinensis × O. spruneri) (Greece).
        • Ophrys × eliasii (O. fusca × O. vernixia subsp. ciliata) (S. Europe).
          • Ophrys × eliasii nothosubsp. conimbricensis (O. fusca × O. vernixia) (Portugal) Tuber geophyte
          • Ophrys × eliasii nothosubsp. eliasii (S. Europe). Tuber geophyte
        • Ophrys × emmae (O. bertolonii × O. vernixia subsp. ciliata) (S. Europe).
        • Ophrys × epidavrensis (O. argolica × O. sphegodes subsp. aesculapii) (Greece).
        • Ophrys × ettlingeriana (O. argolica × O. umblicata subsp. attica) (Greece).
        • Ophrys × extorris (O. holosericea × O. insectifera × O. sphegodes) (Austria).
        • Ophrys × feldwegiana (O. ferrum-equinum × O. tenthredinifera) (Greece).
        • Ophrys × fernandii (O. bombyliflora × O. vernixia subsp. ciliata) (France).
        • Ophrys × ferruginea (O. fusca × O. holoserica) (Italy).
        • Ophrys × grafiana (O. bombyliflora × O. umblicata subsp. attica) (Greece)
        • Ophrys × grampinii (O. sphegodes × O. tenthredinifera) (Italy to Sicilia).
        • Ophrys × gumprechtii (O. bertolonii × O. holosericea subsp. parvimaculata) (Italy).
          • Ophrys × gumprechtii nothosubsp. enobarbia (O. bertolonii × O. holosericea) (Italy). Tuber geophyte
          • Ophrys × gumprechtii nothosubsp. gumprechtii (Italy). Tuber geophyte
        • Ophrys × heraultii (O. tenthredinifera × O. vernixia subsp. ciliata) (Baleares).
        • Ophrys × hoeppneri (O. bombyliflora × O. sphegodes) (Italy).
        • Ophrys × joannae (O. atlantica × O. iricolor) (N. Africa).
        • Ophrys × kalteiseniana (O. ferrum-equinum × O. reinholdii) (Greece to Turkey).
        • Ophrys × kelleri (O. exaltata subsp. arachnitiformis × O. incubacea) (France to Italy, S. Turkmenistan).
        • Ophrys × kreutziana (O. kotschyi × O. mammosa) (Cyprus).
        • Ophrys × kulpensis (O. phrygia × O. schulzei) (Turkey)
        • Ophrys × kurzeorum (O. atlantica × O. omegaifera subsp. dyris) (Spain) .
        • Ophrys × lievreae (O. iricolor × O. tenthredinifera) (N. Africa).
        • Ophrys × lithinensis (O. omegaifera × O. sitiaca) (Crete).
        • Ophrys × llenasii (O. incubacea × O. scolopax) (SW. Europe).
        • Ophrys × luizetii (O. apifera × O. sphegodes subsp. araneola) (France)
        • Ophrys × lupiae (O. bertolonii × O. incubacea × O. tenthredinifera) (Italy).
        • Ophrys × lydia (O. mammosa × O. vernixia subsp. regis-ferdinandii) (Greece to Turkey).
          • Ophrys × lydia nothosubsp. lydia (Turkey). Tuber geophyte
          • Ophrys × lydia nothosubsp. magnessa (O. mammosa × O. vernixia subsp. ciliata) (Greece). Tuber geophyte
        • Ophrys × macchiatii (O. sphegodes × O. vernixia subsp. ciliata) (Sardegna).
        • Ophrys × maladroxiensis (O. holosericea × O. morisii) (Sardegna).
          • Ophrys × maladroxiensis nothosubsp. daissiorum (O. holosericea subsp. chestermanii × O. morisii) (Sardegna) Tuber geophyte
          • Ophrys × maladroxiensis nothosubsp. maladroxiensis (Sardegna) Tuber geophyte
        • Ophrys × manfredoniae (O. incubacea × O. tenthredinifera) (Italy).
        • Ophrys × maremmae (O. holosericea subsp. fuciflora × O. tenthredinifera) (Italy).
        • Ophrys × marmarensis (O. holosericea × O. umbilicata) (E. Aegean Is.).
        • Ophrys × mastii (O. ferrum-equinum × O. spruneri) (Greece).
        • Ophrys × methonensis (O. argolica × O. tenthredinifera) (Greece).
        • Ophrys × minuticauda (O. apifera × O. scolopax) (France, Sardegna).
          • Ophrys × minuticauda nothosubsp. donorensis (O. apifera × O. scolopax subsp. conradiae) (Sardegna).
          • Ophrys × minuticauda nothosubsp. minuticauda (France) Tuber geophyte
        • Ophrys × mirtiae (O. sicula × O. vernixia subsp. ciliata) (Greece).
        • Ophrys × montis-angeli (O. biscutella × O. tenthredinifera) (Italy)
        • Ophrys × montserratensis (SW. Europe).
          • Ophrys montserratensis nothosubsp. montserratensis (Spain) Tuber geophyte
          • Ophrys montserratensis nothosubsp. neoruppertii (O. bertolonii × O. scolopax) (France). Tuber geophyte
        • Ophrys × moreana (O. argolica × O. ferrum-equinum) (Greece).
        • Ophrys × morensis (O. incubacea × O. praecox) (Sardegna).
        • Ophrys × mulierum (O. mammosa × O. reinholdii) (Greece).
        • Ophrys × nelsonii (O. insectifera × O. scolopax) (France).
        • Ophrys × neowalteri (O. bertolonii × O. sphegodes subsp. araneola) (France).
        • Ophrys × olbiensis (O. bombyliflora × O. scolopax) (France).
        • Ophrys × pano-lefkaron (O. iricolor × O. mammosa) (E. Aegean Is. (Rodos) to Cyprus).
        • Ophrys × pantaliciensis (O. incubacea × O. vernixia subsp. ciliata) (Sicilia).
        • Ophrys × paphosiana (O. kotschyi × O. umbilicata) (Cyprus).
        • Ophrys × peloponnesiaca (O. argolica × O. mammosa) (Greece).
        • Ophrys × peltieri (O. scolopax × O. tenthredinifera) (N. Africa).
        • Ophrys × personei (O. lutea × O. tentherdiniffera) (Italy).
        • Ophrys × perspicua (O. holosericea × O. phrygia) (Turkey).
        • Ophrys × pesseiae (O. morisii × O. panattensis) (Sardegna).
        • Ophrys × philippei (O. scolopax × O. sphegodes) (S. Europe).
        • Ophrys × pietzschii (O. apifera × O. insectifera) (Europe).
        • Ophrys × piscinica (O. incubacea × O. lutea) (Italy).
        • Ophrys × plorae (O. cretica × O. spruneri) (Crete).
        • Ophrys × poisneliae (O. insectifera subsp. aymoninii × O. pseudobertolonii subsp. catalaunica) (Spain)
        • Ophrys × provecta (O. bilunulata × O. omegaifera subsp. dyris) (Spain).
        • Ophrys × pseudofusca (O. fusca × O. sphegodes) (S. Europe)
        • Ophrys × pseudoquadriloba (O. lutea × O. mammosa) (Greece).
        • Ophrys × pseudospruneri (O. mammosa × O. spruneri) (Greece).
        • Ophrys × pugliana (O. holosericea × O. oxyrrhynchos) (Italy).
        • Ophrys × quintartiana (O. ariadnae × O. ferrum-equinum) (Greece).
        • Ophrys × rainei (O. bombyliflora × O. incubacea) (S. Europe).
        • Ophrys × rasbachii (O. argolica × O. vernixia subsp. ciliata) (Greece).
        • Ophrys × rauschertii (O. apifera × O. insectifera × O. sphegodes) (Europe).
        • Ophrys × raynaudii (O. argolica × O. reinholdii) (Greece).
        • Ophrys × rechingeri (O. ferrum-equinum × O. mammosa) (Greece, Crete).
        • Ophrys × regis-minois (O. cretica × O. scolopax subsp. heldreichii) (Crete)
        • Ophrys × salvatoris (O. bertolonii × O. biscutella) (Italy).
        • Ophrys × sanconoensis (O. exaltata × O. tenthredinifera) (Sicilia).
        • Ophrys × sanctae-sofiae (O. iricolor × O. vernixia subsp. ciliata) (Sardegna).
        • Ophrys × sancti-leonardi (O. fusca × O. tenthredinifera). (Italy).
        • Ophrys × semibombyliflora (O. bombyliflora × O. exaltata subsp. arachniformis) (Italy).
        • Ophrys × simica (O. lucis × O. tenthredinifera) (E. Aegean Is.)
        • Ophrys × sivana (O. episcopalis × O. holosericea subsp. candica) (Crete to Turkey).
        • Ophrys × soller (O. apifera × O. vernixia subsp. ciliata) (Baleares).
        • Ophrys × sommieri (O. bombyliflora × O. tenthredinifera) (Medit.)
        • Ophrys × sorrentini (O. bertolonii × O. tenthredinifera) (S. Europe).
        • Ophrys × spuria (O. bertolonii × O. fusca) (S. Europe).
        • Ophrys × stefaniae (O. ferrum-equinum × O. iricolor) (Greece).
        • Ophrys × sundermanniana (O. argolica × O. spruneri) (Greece).
        • Ophrys × telchinensis (O. ferrum-equinum × O. lucis) (E. Aegean Is.).
        • Ophrys × terrae-laboris (O. promontorii × O. sphegodes) (Italy).
        • Ophrys × torrensis (O. argentaria × O. × pseudoscolopax) (Italy).
        • Ophrys × triadensis (O. sicula × O. tenthredinifera) (Greece).
        • Ophrys × tuscanica (O. crabronifera × O. tenthredinifera) (Italy).
        • Ophrys × varvarae (O. cretica × O. fusca) (Crete)
        • Ophrys × vernonensis (O. biscutella × O. promontorii) (Italy).
        • Ophrys × vespertilio (O. apifera × O. bertolonii) (Italy).
        • Ophrys × vicina (O. holosericea × O. scolopax) (France, SW. Sardegna).
          • Ophrys × vicina nothosubsp. corriasiana (O. holosericea subsp. chestermanii × O. scolopax subsp. conradiae) (SW. Sardegna) Tuber geophyte
          • Ophrys × vicina nothosubsp. vicina (France) Tuber geophyte
        • Ophrys × viglaensis (O. ferum-equinum var. minor × O. pruneri) (Greece)
        • Ophrys × vogatsica (O. reinholdii × O. sphegodes) (Greece).
        • Ophrys × waldmanniana (O. ferrum-equinum × O. vernixia subsp. ciliata) (Greece).
        • Ophrys × yvonneae (O. holosericea subsp. apulica × O. incubacea) (Italy).

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