Flowers: Orchids

Wednesday 29 February 2012

*Bee orchid*

*Bee Orchid (Ophrys apifera var. aurita)*
*Scientific classification*
*Kingdom:*	*Plantae*
*(unranked):*	*Angiosperms*
*(unranked):*	*Monocots*
*Order:*	*Asparagales*
*Family:*	*Orchidaceae*
*Subfamily:*	*Orchidoideae*
*Tribe:*	*Orchidae*
*Subtribe:*	*Orchidinae*
*Alliance:*	*Orchis*
*Genus:*	*Ophrys*
*Species:*	*O. apifera*
*Binomial name*
Ophrys apifera Huds.
*Synonyms*
*§ Orchis apifera (Huds.) Salisb.* *§ Arachnites apifera (Huds.) Hoffm.* *§ Ophrys chlorantha Hegetschw. & Heer* *§ Ophrys insectifera var. andrachnites*

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