Hunting The Bee Orchid

[Dominic]

Cyprus is blessed with a variety of orchids which appear in the valleys and fields every spring. While not as exotic as some, they are nonetheless worth checking out if you are out getting some socially-distanced exercise. My favourite variety is the bee orchid, and last weekend we decided to go on a hunt for them.

Read the article and chat about it below...

 

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[Devil]

The Bee Orchid or Ophrys genus is one of a number of similar species.

https://www.bnellis.eu/nature/natorchid.html

[Dominic]

I know. This was from 2018:

https://www.paphoslife.com/blog/orchids