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ORCHIDS OF GREECE (HELLAS)

(AND SOME NEW PAGES WITH MYXOMYCETES OF GREECE)

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EPIPACTIS GENUS (new)

Variability of late flowering members of the Ophrys mammosa group in North and Northwestern Greece (new)

NEW BOOK ABOUT THE GENUS OPHRYS IN GREECE

Introduction   Εισαγωγή

General information   Γενικές Πληροφορίες

Orchids list   Κατάλογος ορχιδέων

Hybrids   Υβρίδια

Aberrant Orchids   Ορχιδέες με συγγενείς και επίκτητες ανωμαλίες

Unclassified Orchids   Αταξινόμητες ορχιδέες

Links and Literature   Συνδέσεις και βιβλιογραφία

 

   

Photos from the last update: Epipactis pontica, new locations and detailed description

 

 

Last added species:

26-6-23 We have added a link to the White Orchid slot as an example of how orchids can be used in the entertainment and gambling industry. Enjoy playing this beautiful slot machine developed by IGT.
16-8-14 Epipactis pontica, with a new detailed presentation page (30 photos).
8-8-13 Epipactis halacsyi with a new detailed presentation page (14 photos).
17-5-13 Orchis mascula status in Greece, with a new presentation page (32 photos)
17-2-13 Many new Dactylorhiza hybrids by Dr. Horst Kretzschmar. D. cordigera x G.frivaldii (3 new photos), D. cordigera x D. sabucina (2 photos), D. saccifera x G. frivaldii (3 photos)
19-8-12 Ophrys doerfleri with a new presentation page (16 photos)
15-6-12  Epipactis naousaensis with a new detailed presentation page (16 photos).
6-6-12  Ophrys insectifera with a new detailed presentation page (13 photos). The discovery of a new location in GR, after 30 years
17-5-12 Anacamptis (Orchis) palustris with a new detailed presentation page (15 photos)
17-1-12 Gymnadenia conopsea with a new detailed presentation page (17 photos)
17-1-12 Epipactis greuteri with a new detailed presentation page (17 photos)
4-12-11 Ophrys grammica with a new detailed presentation page (40 photos)
17-11-11 Epipactis persica subsp. gracilis with a new detailed presentation page (25 photos)
5-11-11 New pollination photos added (O.olympiotissa, O.pallidula, O.cressa) by prof. H.F.Paulus
28-10-11 Ophrys olympiotissa a new species (15 photos)
23-10-11 Epipactis degenii with a new detailed presentation page (15 photos)
15-10-11 Ophrys phaidra and Ophrys pallidula with new detailed presentation pages (33 photos)
15-10-11 Ophrys kedra with a new detailed presentation page (18 photos)
9-10-11 Ophrys cressa, with a new detailed presentation page (15 photos)
2-10-11 EPIPACTIS GENUS of Greece, a new chapter with a new way of presentation of Greek Epipactis taxa, in cooperation with Spyros Tsiftsis. First taxon: Epipactis purpurata
21-8-11 Epipactis pontica (6 photos) and Epipactis persica (5 photos), recently discovered in Greece by Spyros Tsiftsis
10-7-11 Gymnadenia (Pseudorchis) albida (7 photos), first report for Greece!!
22-6-11 Ophrys saliarisii, (10 photos from Chios and Rhodes)
5-3-11 Ophrys hippocratis, a narrow endemic to Kos island (9 photos)
5-2-11 Ophrys reinhardiorum (22 photos) and 6 new Ophrys reinholdii photos
22-1-11 Ophrys apifera new varieties (8 photos)
20-11-10 Ophrys meropes (8 photos)
9-11-10 After some time, James Mast de Maeght's excellent site is on line again at ophrys-genus.be
24-10-10 Ophrys blitopertha (9 new photos)
16-10-10 Ophrys holoserica ssp. graeca (10 photos) and Ophrys lyciensis (15 photos)
26-9-10 Epipactis olympica, (12 photos)
11-9-10 Ophrys taygetica, a new endemic to south Peloponnisos mountains (8 photos)
6-8-10 Two more new taxa of Epipactis genus for Greece, Epipactis purpurata (10 photos) and Epipactis helleborine ssp. moratoria (19 photos)
20-7-10 A new Epipactis for Greece, Epipactis neglecta, discovered by Spyros Tsiftsis (26 photos)

Also, new locations of Epipactis distans at Grammos mountain

17-7-10 Ophrys oreas a new species from Rhodes and new photos of Ophrys heterochila
19-5-10 Two new "episcopalis" from Greece, Ophrys malvasiana and Ophrys episcopalis var. samia
5-4-10 Ophrys hansreinhardii (10 more photos, from various locations)
13-3-10 Ophrys apollonae (a new species from Rhodes)
7-2-10 Orchis (Anacamptis) papilionacea ssp. thaliae (a new subspecies from Rhodes- 2 photos from Jan Essink and 2 from Giorgos Pastrikos). Also 4 more photos of Ophrys colossaea from Jan Essink
23-1-10 Epipactis distans (new reference for Greece)
10-1-10 Dactylorhiza pythagorae (4 new photos by Spyros Tsiftsis)
 
...HISTORY OF OLDER UPDATES
for more species' photos, click on "ORCHIDS LIST"

Number of Greek orchids presented: 208/227

Varieties: 18

Subspecies: 9

Hybrids: 55

Unclassified plants: 7

Aberrant orchids: 20

Total slides: 1740

 

    Site constructed by: Zissis Antonopoulos (Thessaloniki, Greece)

    Site created on September 25, 2004