Cypripedium calceolus or Lady’s Slipper is the only European orchid of the sub-family Cypripedioideae and the largest orchid occurring in Europe. It grows in the uplands, mainly in the alpine region. It is a protected species, they should not be picked. Cypripedium calceolus is part...... Read More
Orchis Italica, known as the naked man orchid, is one of the most surprising of the plant world! The Orchis Italica is a rare orchid from the Mediterranean with a quite surprising shape. Indeed, we can distinguish small bare snowmen's hence its English name "Naked Man Orchid".
Fields of wild flowers, and a festival to celebrate them, plus fantastic food … The mountains of Slovenia really are bursting with life
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Ophrys apifera - Buckinghamshire, 17/06/2014
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Some examples of European orchids of different genera, showing the habitus of the species. Many orchids are restricted to the calcarous regions.
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Se você se surpreendeu com as orquídeas macaco, então dá uma olhada nessa orquídea que lembra o corpo de um homem. Seu nome científico é Aceras anthropophorum ou Orchis itálica, porém ganhou o apel…
The flower of the European orchid - Passion in a book
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Dark Red Helleborine Orchid (Epipactis atrorubens) at Bishop Middleham Quarry, an SSSI and a Durham Wildlife Trust reserve near Sedgefield, County Durham, England
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This is type of parasitic Orchid. Even though it looks brown it is in fact in flower
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(NL: breedbladige orchis), Col du Pourtalet 1794m, Parc National des Pyrénées
