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

Andres M. Dominguez / Man orchid (Orchis anthropophorum) Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park, southern Spain. April

Kim Taylor / Adriatic lizard orchid (Himantoglossum adriaticum). Apennines, Italy, May.

Kim Taylor / Man Orchid (Orchis anthropophora). Apennines, Italy, May.

Bruno D'Amicis / Man orchid (Orchis anthropophora) flower spike. Abruzzo, Central Apennines, Italy, May.

Bruno D'Amicis / Adriatic lizard orchid (Himantoglossum adriaticum), detail of the labellum. Abruzzo, Central Apennines, Italy, May.

Andres M. Dominguez / Firecrest (Regulus ignicapillus) perched on a Giant orchid (Himantoglossum robertianum) Cadiz, Andalusia, Spain, March.

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

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