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Sawfly orchid, Ophrys tenthredinifera subsp. leochroma

Photo taken Locality: Greece, Crete, Rethymno, Kouroutes
Photo taken by:
Avramakis, M.
Photo taken date:
September 2007

Sawfly Orchid

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Photo of the Sawfly orchid, Ophrys tenthredinifera subsp. leochroma, in Amari Region of Crete, Greece. This is a short Ophrys species, that grows in groups all over the mediterranean. In Greece, subspecies leochroma is restricted to southern Greece. It can be found in rocky phrygana shrubland.

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