MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Apulian Ophrys (Ophrys fuciflora ssp. apulica / O. holoserica ssp apulica) in flower, near Monte St Angelo, Gargano, Italy, April. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Yellow Ophrys (Ophrys lutea) in flower, near Monte St Angelo, Gargano, Italy, April. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Monkey orchid (Orchis simia) widespread in Central and Southern Europe, very rare in UK, Italy, April. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Lady's slipper orchid (Cypripedium calceolus) one of the rarest and loveliest of all European orchids protected everywhere, Abruzzo, Italy, June. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Callantha's Orchid (Ophrys oxyrrynchos ssp calliantha) a subspecies thought to have arisen from crosses between O. oxyrrynchos and O.candica, near Ferla, Sicily, May. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Greater butterfly orchid (Platanthera chlorantha) Italy, May. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Mac Stone / Pink Lady Slipper (Cypripedium acaule) in mountains, Greenville County, South Carolina, USA, May. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Naked Man Orchid (Orchis italica) in flower, near Ferla, Sicily, May. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Iris Ophrys orchid (Ophrys iricolor) a widespread and imposing orchid of the eastern Mediterranean, Plakias, Crete, Greece, April. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / John Tiddy / Wallflower orchid (Diuris orientis) in flower, Victoria, Australia, October. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Butterfly Orchis (Anacamptis papilionacea var grandiflora / Orchis papilonacea) in flower, grassland near Ferla, Sicily, May. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / John Tiddy / Large Duck / Flying duck Orchid (Caleana major) in flower, Victoria, Australia, November. meetyourneighbours.net project