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Woodcock bee-orchid

Ophrys scolopax

Woodcock bee-orchid
Photo: Luis nunes alberto, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Orchid
Native range
Hungary, Medit. to N. Iran, Turkmenistan (SW. Kopet Da.)
Climate
subtropical

About

Ophrys scolopax, known as the woodcock bee-orchid or woodcock orchid, is a species of terrestrial orchid found around the Mediterranean and the Middle East, from Morocco and Portugal to Hungary and Iran.

Other Ophrys plants

Bee orchid · Argolian bee-orchid · Atlantic Ophrys · Ophrys battandieri · Bertoloni's bee orchid · Bumblebee orchid · Bornmueller's Orchid · Ophrys cilicica · Cretan Bee Orchid · Ophrys ×dessartiana · Horseshoe bee-orchid · Ophrys × flavicans

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ophrys scolopax by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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