Ophrys Apollonae
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''Ophrys omegaifera'' subsp. ''omegaifera'',
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''Ophrys apollonae'' (the Apollona bee-orchid), is a subspecies of orchid
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to France, Greece, Crete, the East Aegean Islands and Turkey. Very early flowering forms native to Greece, the East Aegean Islands and Turkey have been distinguished as ''Ophrys apollonae''.Nejdet Bozkurt and Hasan Yıldırım (2015)
"Türkiye için yeni bir tür kaydı: Ophrys apollonae Paulus & M. Hirth (Orchidaceae)"
''Bağbahçe Bilim Dergisi'' 2(2): 20–26
They usually have a shorter stem and with one (more rarely two) small flowers, with length just above 1 cm, and a lip 11.7 – 13.7 mm long, much smaller than that of ''Ophrys omegaifera'' var. ''basilissa'', which is also a very early flowering plant.
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treated ''Ophrys apollonae'' as a synonym of ''Ophrys omegaifera'' subsp. ''omegaifera''.


Local names

* Greek ''οφρύς του Απόλλωνα'' *
Turkish Turkish may refer to: *a Turkic language spoken by the Turks * of or about Turkey ** Turkish language *** Turkish alphabet ** Turkish people, a Turkic ethnic group and nation *** Turkish citizen, a citizen of Turkey *** Turkish communities and mi ...
''uçarı salep''


References

{{Taxonbar, from1=Q65659138, from2=Q22286692 omegaifera omegaifera Flora of France Flora of Crete Flora of the East Aegean Islands Flora of Greece Flora of Turkey Plants described in 1925