Nick Upton / Male Thick-legged flower beetle (Oedemera nobilis), with a Pyramidal orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis) pollinium attached to its head, nectaring on Common hogweed flowers (Heracleum sphondylium), Wiltsh...

Alex Hyde / Fragrant Orchid (Gymnadenia conopsea) and Yellow Rattle (Rhinanthus sp.) flowering in ancient alpine hay meadow. Nordtirol, Austrian Alps. June.

MYN / Corne van der Linden / Variety of orchids from the Banksia Woodland, Swan Coastal Plain. Including Pansy orchid (Diuris magnifica), Slender sun orchid (Thelymitra vulgaris), Cowslip orchid (Caladenia flava), Plain sun orchi...

Nick Upton / Male Thick-legged flower beetle (Oedemera nobilis), with a Pyramidal orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis) pollinium attached to its head, nectaring on Common hogweed flowers (Heracleum sphondylium), Wiltsh...

David Pattyn / Fern covered trees with orchids and bromeliads, Bellavista private reserve, Mindo cloud forest area, Pichincha, Ecuador , July

Konrad Wothe / Red orchid in tropical rainforest, northern Ecuador.

Chris Mattison / New Grove Meadow, near Trelleck, Monmouthshire, Wales, a Gwent Wildlife Trust reserve well known for orchids and other plants associated with unimproved grasslands.

Robert Thompson / Northern marsh orchid (Dactylorhiza purpurella) amongst Lady's bedstraw (Galium verum). In dunes between Carrigart and Downings, County Donegal, Republic of Ireland. July.

Robert Thompson / Pyramidal orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis) amongst Lady's bedstraw (Galium verum). Carrigart / Carrickart and Downings, County Donegal, Republic of Ireland. July.

Robert Thompson / Pyramidal orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis) amongst Lady's bedstraw (Galium verum) in dunes. Carrigart / Carrickart and Downings, County Donegal, Republic of Ireland. July

Nick Upton / Pyramidal orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis) flowering in a chalk grassland meadow, Wiltshire, UK, July.

Nick Upton / Heath spotted orchid (Dactylorhiza maculata) flowering on hillside grassland, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, June.