Ophrys sphegodes!
Never before I had seen an apochrome spider-orchid. Now I have encountered this special plant for the first time in the beginning of May at the Northern edge of...
Tag: Ophrys
Orchid conference in Neumuehl: Rescue mission in Switzerland
An unusual rescue mission in the canton Zurich was subject of the 2018 orchids conference in Kehl-Neumuehl, Germany. In this Swiss region, nutrient-poor grassla...
Orchids “adapt” to colour preferences of pollinators
This hypothesis has been formulated by Hannes Paulus in a contribution for the latest edition of the Journal Europäischer Orchideen (Hannes F. Paulus: Zur Bestä...
Ophrys pigmentation demonstrates bilateral symmetry
While travelling in Attica, Greece, Marco Klüber photographed this special Ophrys helenae which demonstrates the bilateral symmetry of orchid flowers. The left ...
orchids conference in Sundheim 2: Floral photosynthesis
Why are Ophrys flowers with a defect in pigment production yellowish-greenish and not white as it’s the case with Orchis, Dactylorhiza or other genera? I&...
a dream in green and white: Ophrys apifera in Basel
Finally, I’ve met her: The bee orchid at the Rhine port of Basel which has been described as Ophrys apifera var. basiliensis – in 2006, Paul Delforg...
on the trails of Ignaz Friedrich Tausch
On the occasion of a visit to Prague I looked up some specimens at the Charles University Herbarium (PRC). In order to help a friend, I searched for the holotyp...
Sundheim Orchid Conference 2012
Two great publication projects about European orchids are being prepared which will meet high expectations. At the 16th Orchid Conference in Sundheim (near Kehl...
Richard Bateman on stability and change
Still looking for any hints to shed some light on the albiflora phenomenon, I visited Richard Bateman in London. The white-flowered morphs “are of greates...
Ophrys speculum f. flavescens
In the latest issue of “Berichte aus den Arbeitskreisen Heimische Orchideen” (27/2, 2010), Klaus Boie presents a rare hypochrome form of Ophrys spec...