Ophrys bombyliflora

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| name = Bumblebee orchid

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| genus = Ophrys

| species = bombyliflora

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Ophrys bombyliflora, the bumblebee orchid, is a species of Ophrys (bee orchid), native from the Mediterranean region from Portugal and the Canary Islands to Turkey and Lebanon. The genus name {{lang|el|Ophrys}} is from the Greek in reference to the hairy lips of the flowers of this genus; the specific epithet {{lang|la|bombyliflora}} is from the Greek bombylios (bumblebee){{citation |last=Brown |first=R.W.|year=1956 |title=Composition of scientific words: A manual of methods and a lexicon of materials for the practice of logotechnics |publisher=Smithsonian Institution Press |location=Washington, D.C.}} in reference to the appearance of the flowers of this species.

Ophrys bombyliflora is pollinated by males of solitary bees of the genus Eucera (which are not bumblebees).{{Citation |last=Delforge |first=Pierre |year=1995 |title=The Collins Guide to Orchids of Britain and Europe |publication-place=London |publisher=HarperCollins |isbn=978-0-00-220024-0 |others=trans. Christine Grey-Wilson }}, p. 349 As with other species of Ophrys, the flowers mimic the females in appearance and scent. Earlier-emerging males attempt to mate with the flowers ("pseudocopulation"), collecting pollinia in the process which they transfer to other flowers of the same species.{{sfn|ps=|Delforge|1995|p=291}}