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A hardy genus of terrestrial orchids of Europe and northern Africa and western Asia
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ophrys
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The genus Ophrys is a large group of orchids from the alliance Orchis in the subtribe Orchidinae . They are widespread across much of Europe , North Africa , the Canary Islands , and the Middle East as far east as Turkmenistan . These plants are remarkable ...
Usage examples of ophrys.
In other words, if it were not for him I might never have had time and opportunity to explore such things as the delightful and instructive habits of Ophrys speculum and Cryptostylis leptochila, whom I encountered in a botany seminar I would otherwise have been denied.
What should be blooming at that time in that very vicinity but the dainty orchid Ophrys speculum, with flowers that amazingly resemble the body of the female of the insect’s species.