Second stop on our way from Iraklion to Kerames. Just outside a village were some fallow fields which I explored, and where I found the first Ophrys species. |
Asphodelus ramosus |
Authority | : | Linnaeus, 1753 |
Italiano | : | asfodelo mediterraneo, asfodelo ramoso, asfodillo bianco, asta regia, bastone reale, cibo bianco, porrancio |
Español | : | asfódelo, gamón, gamonita, vara de San José |
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Cistus creticus |
Authority | : | Linnaeus, 1762 |
English | : | grey cistus, pink rockrose, white-leaved rockrose |
Deutsch | : | klebriges Ziströschen, Kreta-Zistrose, kretische Zistrose |
Français | : | ciste de Crète, ciste velu |
Italiano | : | cisto di Creta |
Español | : | jara azul, jara de Creta, jara macho, jarilla |
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Ophrys bombyliflora |
Authority | : | Link, 1800 |
Nederlands | : | Weidehommelorchis |
English | : | Bumblebee orchid |
Deutsch | : | Drohnenragwurz, Hummelragwurz |
Français | : | ophrys bombyx, ophrys bourdon |
Italiano | : | ofride fior di bombo |
Español | : | flor de abeja, hierba de la avispa, moscas |
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Ceratina cucurbitina |
Authority | : | (Rossi, 1792) |
Deutsch | : | Schwarze Keulhornbiene |
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The bee's head is covered in orchid pollinia, probably from a Serapias species. |