MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Lizard orchid flowers (Himantoglossum hircinum), Ilbesheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, May. meetyourneighbours.net project

Wild Wonders of Europe / Benvie / Lizard orchid (Himantoglossum hircinum) in flower, Digne les Bains, France, May 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Bartocha / Lizard orchid (Himantoglossum hircinum) Gargano National Park, Gargano Peninsula, Apulia, Italy,

Wild Wonders of Europe / Bartocha / Lizard orchid (Himantoglossum hircinum) Gargano National Park, Gargano Peninsula, Apulia, Italy, May 2008

Sue Daly / Lizard orchid (Himantoglossum hircinum), Jersey, British Channel Islands, June.

Sue Daly / Lizard orchid (Himantoglossum hircinum), Jersey, British Channel Islands, June.

Fabrice Cahez / Lizard orchid (Himantoglossum hircinum) in flower, Vosges, France, June.

MYN / Marc Pihet / Lizard orchid (Himantoglossum hircinum) in flower, Maine-et-Loire, France, June, meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Marc Pihet / Lizard orchid (Himantoglossum hircinum) in flower, Maine-et-Loire, France, June, meetyourneighbours.net project

Paul Hobson / Lizard orchid (Himantoglossum hircinum) adult flower, Suffolk, England, UK, July.

Paul Hobson / Lizard orchid (Himantoglossum hircinum) adult flower, late evening, Suffolk, England, UK, July.

Robin Chittenden / Lizard orchid (Himantoglossum hircinum) Norfolk, England, UK, June.

Robin Chittenden / Lizard orchid (Himantoglossum hircinum) Norfolk, England, UK, June.

MYN / Eduardo Blanco / Lizard orchid (Himantoglossum hircinum), Corella, Navarra, Spain, May. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Lizard Orchid (Himantoglossum hircinum), Ilbesheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, May. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Lizard orchid flowers (Himantoglossum hircinum), Ilbesheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, May. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN/ Marc Pihet / Lizard orchid (Himantoglossum hircinum) in flower, Maine-et-Loire, France, June. meetyourneighbours.net project.

MYN/ Marc Pihet / Lizard orchid (Himantoglossum hircinum), Maine-et-Loire, France, June. meetyourneighbours.net project.

MYN/ Marc Pihet / Lizard orchid (Himantoglossum hircinum) in flower, Maine-et-Loire, France, June. meetyourneighbours.net project.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Lizard Orchid (Himantoglossum hircinum) closeup, on limestone grassland. San Giovanni Rotondo, Gargano, Puglia, Italy, May.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Lizard Orchid (Himantoglossum hircinum) on limestone grassland. San Giovanni Rotondo, Gargano, Puglia, Italy, May.

Fabrice Cahez / Lizard orchid (Himantoglossum hircinium) flower, Vosges, France, July.

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

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

Steve Nicholls / Lizard orchid (Himantoglossum hircinum) flowers, Bristol, UK, June

Steve Nicholls / Lizard orchid (Himantoglossum hircinum) flowering on roadside verge, Bristol, UK, July

Steve Nicholls / Lizard orchid (Himantoglossum hircinum) flowering on roadside verge, Bristol, UK, July

Solvin Zankl / Lizard orchid (Himantoglossum hircinum) close-up of flowering stem, Germany, June

Russell Cooper / Lizard orchid (Himantoglossum hircinum) in flower, East Kent, UK

Adrian Davies / Lizard Orchid (Himantoglossum hircinum) flowering on edge of golf course. Sandwich, Kent, England

Philippe Clement / Lizard orchid (Himantoglossum hircinum) in flower, La Brenne, France

Philippe Clement / Lizard orchid (Himantoglossum hircinum) in flower, La Brenne, France

Philippe Clement / Lizard orchid (Himantoglossum hircinum) in flower, La Brenne, France

Wild Wonders of Europe / Müller / Lizard orchid (Himantoglossum hircinum) Gargano NP, Gargano Peninsula, Apulia, Italy, May 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Müller / Lizard orchid (Himantoglossum hircinum) Gargano NP, Gargano Peninsula, Apulia, Italy, May 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Müller / Lizard orchid (Himantoglossum hircinum) with insect flying, Gargano NP, Gargano Peninsula, Apulia, Italy, May 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Bartocha / Lizard orchid (Himantoglossum hircinum) Gargano National Park, Gargano Peninsula, Apulia, Italy, May 2008

Tim Shepherd / Lizard orchid {Himantoglossum hircinum} Oxfordshire, UK

Robin Chittenden / Lizard orchid {Himantoglossum hircinum} Cambridgeshire, UK

Hans Christoph Kappel / Lizard Orchid (Himantoglossum hircinium) Germany

Jose B. Ruiz / Lizzard orchid flowering {Himantoglossum hircinium calcaratum} Picos de europa, Spain.

Philippe Clement / Lizard Orchid {Himantoglossum hircinum} in flower, La Brenne, France.

Philippe Clement / Lizard Orchid {Himantoglossum hircinum} in flower, La Brenne, France.

Philippe Clement / Lizard Orchid {Himantoglossum hircinum} in flower, La Brenne, France.

Philippe Clement / Lizard Orchid {Himantoglossum hircinum} in flower, La Brenne, France.

Philippe Clement / Close-up of labellum of Lizard Orchid {Himantoglossum hircinum} La Brenne, France.

WILLIAM OSBORN / Lizard orchid {Himantoglossum hircinum} South Glos. England, UK, Europe

Hans Christoph Kappel / Lizard Orchid flower close up, Germany (Himantoglossum hircinium)

Guy Edwardes / Lizard orchid (Himantoglossum hircinum) in flower, near Bratsigovo, Bulgaria. June.

Colin Varndell / Lizard orchids (Himantoglossum hircinum) in bud, Sandwich Bay, Kent, UK. June.

Michel Poinsignon / Lizard orchid (Himantoglossum hircinum) in flower, Lorraine, France. May.

Michel Poinsignon / Lizard orchid (Himantoglossum hircinum) in flower, Lorraine, France. May.

Michel Poinsignon / Lizard orchid (Himantoglossum hircinum) in flower, Lorraine, France. May.

Colin Varndell / Lizard orchids (Himantoglossum hircinum) in bud, Sandwich Bay, Kent, June.

Ross Hoddinott / Lizard orchid (Himantoglossum hircinum), close-up of flower spike. Somerset, England, UK. June.

Fabrice Cahez / Lizard orchid (Himantoglossum hircinum) close up of flowers, France. May.

Lorraine Bennery / Orchid (Himantoglossum hircinum) Piegros-la-Clastre, Drome, France, June

Steve Nicholls / Isolated flower of lizard orchid (Himantoglossum hircinum). Cultivated specimen. June 2012

Steve Nicholls / Lizard orchid (Himantoglossum hircinum) growing on road side verge near Bristol, UK, July.