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

MYN / Alfonso Lario / Sawfly orchid (Ophrys tenthredinifera) Denia, Alicante, Spain, March. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / John Tiddy / Red Daddy Long Legs orchid (Caladenia filamentosa) Victoria, Australia, September. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / John Tiddy / Fringed Hare Orchid (Leporella fimbriata) close up of flower head, Victoria, Australia. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Alfonso Lario / Lady orchid (Orchis purpurea) Sierra de Mariola, Alicante, Spain, April. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Lizard Orchid (Himantoglossum hircinum) close-up of flower, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, May. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / John Tiddy / Red Daddy Long Legs orchid (Caladenia filamentosa) close up of flower head, Victoria, Australia, September. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Clay Bolt / Pink lady's slipper orchid (Cypripedium acaule) Pickens County, South Carolina, USA, April. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Common spotted orchid (Dactylorhiza fuchsii) Italy, May, focus-stack-composite image. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / John Tiddy / Spotted Sun Orchid (Thelymitra ixioides) Victoria, Australia, October. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Violet limodore / bird's nest orchid (Limodorum abortivum) widespread in open woodlands throughout the Mediterranean region, Italy, May. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / John Tiddy / Tall Greenhood orchid (Pterostylis melagramma) Victoria, Australia, June. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Heldreich's Ophrys orchid (Ophrys heldreichii) a striking species of orchid found in Southern Greece and the islands, Plakias, Crete, Greece, April. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / John Tiddy / Nodding greenhood orchid (Pterostylis nutans) Victoria, Australia, August. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Green-winged orchid (Orchis / Anacamptis morio ssp picta) Italy, April. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Clay Bolt / Showy orchis (Galearis spectabilis), USA, 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 / Adriatic Lizard orchid (Himantoglossum adriaticum) Italy, May. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Clay Bolt / Yellow fringed orchid (Platanthera ciliaris) in flower, Greenville, South Carolina, USA, August. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Adriatic Lizard orchid (Himantoglossum adriaticum) Italy, May. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Red Helleborine (Cephalanthera rubra) in flower, rare. Villalago, near Terni, Umbria, Italy, June~. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Sword-leaved helleborine (Cephalanthera longifolia) Umbria, Italy, May. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Spruner's Ophrys orchid (Ophrys spruneri) an orchid endemic to Southern Greece with a wide distribution. Has same pollinator as (Ophrys sipontensis) in Gargano, Southern Italy that has effected parall...

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

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Ariadne's Ophrys orchid (Ophrys ariadne) a tall-stemmed variant of the Cretan Ophrys (Ophrys cretica), Plakias, Crete, Greece, April. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Alfonso Lario / Southern early purple orchid (Orchis olbiensis) Sierra de Bernia, Alicante, Spain, March. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / White Helleborine (Cephalanthera damasonium) locally common in UK on limestone in broad-leaved woodland, rare in Umbria, Italy, May. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Sword-leaved helleborine (Cephalanthera longifolia) Umbria, Italy, May. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Bertoloni's Ophrys orchid (Ophrys bertolonii) locally frequent in Southern Italy, Torre Alfina, Italy, May. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Dark red helleborine (Epipactis atrorubens) an orchid of limestone mountains, Lazio, Italy, July. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Provence orchid (Orchis provincialis) Italy, April. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Greater Butterfly orchid (Platanthera chlorantha) with Early purple orchid (Orchis mascula) two early orchids of woodlands, Italy, May. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Ploughshare orchid (Serapias vomeracea) one of the 'tongue' orchids widespread in Southern Europe, Italy, May. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Man orchid (Orchis / Aceras anthrophorum) a widespread Mediterranean and European species, Italy, June. 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 / David Wong / Leek Orchid (Prasophyllum petilum) flower, an endangered species. Canberra, ACT, Australia. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Alfonso Lario / Sombre bee orchid (Ophrys fusca) urban, Alicante, Spain, February. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Alfonso Lario / Mirror orchid (Ophrys speculum) urban, Alicante, Spain, March. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / John Tiddy / Mantis Orchid (Caladenia tentaculata) Pipeline Track, Grampians, Victoria, Australia, October. This group of 'spider' orchids may be a complex of several taxa. There is considerable variation in what...

MYN / John Tiddy / McCanns spider orchid (Caladenia sp aff. reticulata)Three Jacks, Wimmera, Victoria, Australia, September. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / John Tiddy / Slender sun orchid (Thelymitra pauciflora) a very common Sun orchid with considerable variability, Clifton reserve, Stawell, Victoria, Australia, October. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / John Tiddy / Western Bronze caladenia orchid (Caladenia iridescens) with spider's web preventing the flower from opening normally, Mount Zero, Grampians, Victoria, Australia, October . meetyourneighbours.net proj...

MYN / John Tiddy / Hooded Caladenia orchid (Caladenia cucullata) grows in the ironbark forest surrounding Stawell, Victoria, Australia, October . meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / John Tiddy / Rabbit ears orchid (Thelymitra antennifera) Miranatwa, Grampians, Victoria, Australia, October . meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / John Tiddy / Flat rustyhood orchid (Pterostylis planulata) grows amongst the rocks on Mt Zero often in the most minimal of soil, Grampians, Victoria, Australia, October . meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / John Tiddy / Large Rustyhood orchid (Pterostylis maxima) Illawarra forest, near Stawell, Western Victoria, Australia, November. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / John Tiddy / Plain sun orchid (Thelymitra nuda) Mt Zero, Grampians, Wimmera, Victoria, Australia, October . meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / John Tiddy / Tawny spider orchid (Caladenia fulva) flowering on the ironbarks, Deep Lead, Victoria, Australia, September. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Spectacle Ophrys (Ophrys argolica ssp biscutella syn. O. biscutella) a taxon endemic to Gargano, Puglia, Italy, near Monte St Angelo, Italy, April. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Orchid (Ophrys passionis /sphegodes ssp garganica) near Monte St Angelo, Gargano. Italy, April. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Beaked Ophrys (Ophrys oxyrrynchos / O.fuciflora ssp oxyrrynchos) in flower, in flower near Ferla, Sicily, May. Meetyourneighbours.net project

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

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Marsh Helleborine (Epipactis palustris) in flower Castelfiori, Umbria Italy, June. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Joris van Alphen / Orchid (Calanthe woodii) Mount Kinabalu, Borneo, Malaysia. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Mac Stone / Grass pink (Calopogon tuberosus) in mountains of South Carolina, USA, May. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Lady orchid (Orchis purpurea) Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, May. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Fly Orchid (Ophrys insectifera) Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, May. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Emanuele Biggi / Yellow Ophrys (Ophrys lutea) San Bartolomeo al Mare, Italy. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Emanuele Biggi / Bee orchids (Ophrys incubacea) Matera, Italy. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Emanuele Biggi / Bee orchid (Ophrys forestieri) Imperia, Italy, March. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Andrew Snyder / Orchid, possibly Epistephium sp, Parabara, Guyana. Meetyourneighbours.net project