Lesser butterfly orchid (Platanthera bifolia) with spider - Wild Orchids 2021
Lesser butterfly orchid (Platanthera bifolia) Lesser butterfly orchid (Platanthera bifolia) often (but not exclusively) found on slightly acid soils in contrast to P. Chlorantha. It differs from the latter in having parallel pollina close togther: in P. chlorantha they are divergent towards their based where the viscidum lies. Sibillini, Umbria, May 2021


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Apennine Late Spider orchid (Ophrys dinarica also Ophrys fuciflora ssp dinarica).
Monkey_Orchid (Orchis simia)
Man Orchid (Orchis anthropophorum synonymous with  Aceras anthrophorum)
Few-flowered Orchid (Orchis pauciflora)
Hybrid Orchis - Orchis x colemanii ( Orchis mascula x O. pauciflora) This is a natural hybrid between  Early purple orchid (O. mascula) and few flowered orchid (O. pauciflora).
Hybrid Orchis - Orchis x colemanii ( Orchis mascula x O. pauciflora) This is a natural hybrid between  Early purple orchid (O. mascula) and few flowered orchid (O. pauciflora).
Hybrid Orchis - Orchis x colemanii ( Orchis mascula x O. pauciflora) This is a natural hybrid between  Early purple orchid (O. mascula) and few flowered orchid (O. pauciflora).
Hybrid Orchis - Orchis x colemanii ( Orchis mascula x O. pauciflora) This is a natural hybrid between  Early purple orchid (O. mascula) and few flowered orchid (O. pauciflora).
Early Purple Orchid (Orchis mascula)
Lady Orchid (Orchis purpurea)
Hybrid Orchis - Orchis x colemanii ( Orchis mascula x O. pauciflora) This is a natural hybrid between  Early purple orchid (O. mascula) and few flowered orchid (O. pauciflora).
Hybrid Orchis - Orchis x colemanii ( Orchis mascula x O. pauciflora) This is a natural hybrid between  Early purple orchid (O. mascula) and few flowered orchid (O. pauciflora).
Hybrid Orchis - Orchis x colemanii ( Orchis mascula x O. pauciflora) This is a natural hybrid between  Early purple orchid (O. mascula) and few flowered orchid (O. pauciflora).
Hybrid Orchis - Orchis x colemanii ( Orchis mascula x O. pauciflora) This is a natural hybrid between  Early purple orchid (O. mascula) and few flowered orchid (O. pauciflora).
Apennine Late Spider orchid (Ophrys dinarica also Ophrys fuciflora ssp dinarica and O. holoserica ssp dinarica).