Bee Orchid Variation (Ophrys apifera var fulvofusca). Arare variant...alsmost certainly no more than an occasiopnal and thus a 'forma' rather than a 'var'. It lacks the distincive bib pattern characteristic of Ophrys apifera and the name 'fulvofusca means yellowish-brown. Ophrys apifera is consisnstently self-pollinated unlike all other members of the genus that are pollinated by small hymenopterans (bees and wasps). Thus there is no selection by visula or olfacotyr means and a considerable number of variations manage to occur. Treviso, Veneto, Italy June 2021