Ophrys fusca or lupercalis.
This Ophrys opened recently. Depending on your take on things there may be as few as 19 species of these or over 300.
So for the lumpers out there this is Ophrys fusca, the dull or sombre Ophrys.
For you splitters it is Ophrys lupercalis, named after the Roman festival of Lupercalia, celebrated in mid-February which is when this usually flowers.
I guess I am a lumper at heart, but I like the range of names that being a splitter gives you.
Last edited by SteveC; 02-15-2015 at 04:53 PM..
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