Wild Wonders of Europe / Benvie / Bird's nest orchid (Neottia nidus-avis) in flower, France, Queyras Natural Park, May 2009

Colin Varndell / Birdsnest orchid (Neottia nidus-avis) in flower, Dorset, UK May.

Kim Taylor / Bird's nest orchid (Neottia nidus-avis) in bud, Appenines, Italy, May.

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Birds nest orchid (Neottia nidus-avis), Wörth am Rhein, Pfalz, Germany. June. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Bird's nest orchid (Neottia nidus-avis), Wörth am Rhein, Pfalz, Germany. June. Meetyourneighbours.net project

Andy Sands / Birds nest orchid (Neottia nidus-avis) flower growing in deep shade under Beech trees, Bedfordshire, England, UK, June

Andy Sands / Birds nest orchid (Neottia nidus-avis) Close up of individual flower, Bedfordshire, Englkand, UK, June, Focus Stacked Image

Mike Read / Bird's nest orchid (Neottia nidus-avis) near the Col du Rousset, Vercors Regional Natural Park, Vercors, France, June.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Bird's nest orchid (Neottia nidus-avis) a saprohytic orchid of ancient woodlands, Madonna di Campiglio, Trento, Italy, July.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Bird's nest orchid (Neottia nidus-avis) a saprohytic orchid of ancient European woodlands. Mount Terminillo, Rieti, Lazio, Italy, June.

Chris Mattison / Bird's nest orchid (Neottia nidus-avis), Bosci di Stilo, Calabria, Italy

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Bird's nest orchid (Neottia nidus-avis) a saprohytic orchid of ancient European woodlands containing little or no chlorophyll, dependent upon mycorrhizal fungi in the tangled bird's nest of roots, Laz...