Bird's nest orchid (Neottia nidus-avis)  - Wild Orchids - 1
Bird's nest orchid (Neottia nidus-avis) a saprohytic orchid of ancient European woodlands containing little or no chlorophyll, dependent upon mycorrhizal fungi in the tangled 'bird's nest of roots. Sibillini, Umbria, Italy. May 2018


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Apennine Late Spider orchid (Ophrys dinarica also Ophrys fuciflora ssp dinarica).
Apennine Late Spider orchid (Ophrys dinarica also Ophrys fuciflora ssp dinarica).
Wild Tulips (Tulipa sylvestris subsp autralis.  also T. australis) with magenta and yellow Elderflower orchid (Dactylorhiza sambucina)
Fly Orchid (Ophrys insectifera)
Lesser butterfly orchid (Platanthera bifolia)
Lesser butterfly orchid (Platanthera bifolia)
Lesser butterfly orchid (Platanthera bifolia)
Dark Ophrys (Ophrys fusca subsp. funerea)
Dark Ophrys (Ophrys fusca subsp. funerea)
Adriatic lizard orchid (Himantoglossum adriaticum)
Bee Orchid (Ophrys apifera)
Bee Orchid (Ophrys apifera)
Bee Orchid (Ophrys apifera)
Orchis x bergonii = Orchis anthropophorum x Orchis.simia hybrid
Orchis x bergonii = Orchis anthropophorum x Orchis.simia hybrid