botanical excursion to slovenia [photos]
in april, we went on a short botanical spring-excursion to slovenia. led by bozo frajman, we experienced a short glimpse of the slovenian culture, cuisine and – of course – […]
orchids
lightfield pictures of bee orchids (ophrys apifera, o. bertolonii ssp. saratoi) [lytro]
bee orchids are – in my opinion – one of the truly curious outcomes of (co-)evolution. as noted before, the orchid species in the genus ophrys immitate female bees with […]
bee orchid: ophrys scolopax, the woodcock orchid
i had certainly hoped to find another species of bee orchid here in denia (mainland spain), but i didn’t really expect to. all the happier about it, let me present […]
bee orchids (ophrys spp.) – masters of sexual deception
during our botanical excursion to mallorca, we were lucky enough to find several species of these plants: mirror bee orchid (ophrys speculum ssp. speculum) bee orchids (genus ophrys) are specialized […]