Edwin Giesbers / Umbilicate woodcock orchid (Ophrys umbilicata) flowers. Cyprus. April.

Andres M. Dominguez / Mirror orchid (Ophrys speculum) in the Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park, El Bosque, southern Spain, April.

Andres M. Dominguez / Orchid (Ophrys atlantica) Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park, Benaocaz, southern Spain, May.

Andy Sands / Newly emerged Marbled white butterfly (Melanargia galathea) on Bee orchid (Ophrys apifera), Bedfordshire, England, UK. June

Paul Harcourt Davies,Paul Harcourt Davies / Heldreich's Ophrys (Ophrys heldreichii) in flower, against white background, near Plakias, Crete, May

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Ophrys orchid (Ophrys x maremmae) a natural hybrid between (Ophrys fuciflora) and Ophrys tenthredinifera) occasionally found where both species are present together, Umbria, Italy, May. focus-stack-c...

Christian Ziegler / Bumblebee Orchid (Ophrys bombyliflora) flower and its male Longhorn Bee (Eucera sp) pollinator, Sardinia, Italy

Simon Colmer / Bee Orchid (Ophrys apifera) growing in protective cage near buildings, Sussex, UK, June 2010

Edwin Giesbers / Balearic orchid (Ophrys balearica) flowers, Menorca, Balearic Islands, Spain, Europe

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lilja / The endemic Cyprus bee orchid (Ophrys kotschyi) in flower, Hisarky, Northern Cyprus, April 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Hermansen / Bee orchid (Ophyrus apifera) flower, Burren National Park, County Clare, Republic of Ireland, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Benvie / Bee orchid (Ophyris apifera) in flower, Essex, England, June 2009