Guy Edwardes / Autumn lady's tresses (Spiranthes spiralis), Isle of Portland, Dorset, England, UK

Sue Daly / Autumn ladies tresses (Spiranthes spiralis) Sark, British Channel Islands, August.

Sue Daly / Autumn ladies tresses (Spiranthes spiralis) Sark, British Channel Islands, August.

Colin Varndell / Autumn lady's tresses (Spiranthes spiralis) in flower. Portland, Dorset, UK, August.

David Kjaer / Autumn Lady's tresses (Spiranthes spiralis) Dorset, UK

Andres M. Dominguez / Autumn lady's-tresses (Spiranthes spiralis) Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park, southern Spain, September.

David Kjaer / Autumn lady's tresses (Spiranthes spiralis), Dorset, UK, August.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Autumn Ladies Tresses (Spiranthes spiralis) La Pineta, near Castel Giorgio, Orvieto, Umbria, September.

Nigel Cattlin / Autumn lady's tresses (Spiranthes spiralis), a small orchid with white flowers on Greenham Common, Berkshire, September

Nigel Cattlin / Autumn lady's tresses (Spiranthes spiralis), a small orchid with white flowers on Greenham Common, Berkshire, September

Alex Mustard / Autumn lady's-tresses orchid (Spiranthes spiralis) in flower, La Caletta, Siniscola, Sardinia. October.

Mike Read / Autumn lady's tresses orchid (Spiranthes spiralis) flowering on dew covered grassland, Wilverley Plain, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK. August.