Paul Harcourt Davies / Bee orchid (Ophrys sphegodes atrata) in flower, near Ruggiano, Gargano, Italy, April.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Ophrys (Ophrys incubacea / Ophrys sphegodes ssp atrata) Pescia Romana, Orbetello, Lazio, Italy, April.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Early spider orchid subspecies (Ophrys incubacea / sphegodes ssp atrata) Porto Ferraio, Elba, Tuscany, Italy, March.

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

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Dark Ophrys (Ophrys incubacea / sphegodes atrata) in flower near Ferla, Sicily, May. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Ophrys incubacea (Ophrys sphegodes ssp atrata) in flower near Ruggiano, Gargano, Italy, April. Meetyourneighbours.net project

Robert Thompson / Orchid (Ophrys incubacea) flower. Premantura peninsula near Kamenjak, Istria, Croatia, May.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Bartocha / Dark ophrys (Ophrys incubacea) flower, Vieste, Gargano National Park, Gargano Peninsula, Apulia, Italy, April 2008

Christian Ziegler / Orchid (Ophrys incubacea) flowers, Sardinia, Italy

Paul Harcourt Davies / Early spider orchid subspecies (Ophrys incubacea) apochromic form, with flowers lacking anthocyanin pigments, Sibillini, Umbria, Italy. May.