Lorraine Bennery / Knapweed fritillary butterflies (Melitaea phoebe) on Green winged orchid (Anacamptis morio), Grands Causses Regional Natural Park, France, May.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Müller / Green-winged orchid (Anacamptis morio morio) in flower, Gargano NP, Gargano Peninsula, Apulia, Italy, April 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe/ Bartocha / Green-winged orchid (Anacamptis morio) in flower, Gargano National Park, Gargano Peninsula, Apulia, Italy, April 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe/ Bartocha / Green-winged orchid (Anacamptis morio) in flower, Gargano National Park, Gargano Peninsula, Apulia, Italy, April 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe/ Bartocha / Two Green winged orchids (Orchis / Anacamptis morio) in flower, Gargano National Park, Gargano Peninsula, Apulia, Italy, April 2008

Ross Hoddinott / Green-winged orchid {Anacamptis morio}, Barrington Hill (NNR) Somerset. UK

Ross Hoddinott / Green-winged orchid {Anacamptis morio}, Barrington Hill (NNR) Somerset. UK

Ross Hoddinott / Green-winged orchid {Anacamptis morio}, Barrington Hill (NNR) Somerset. UK

Lorraine Bennery / Long spurred orchid (Anacamptis longicornu) Bosco della Ficuzza, Sicily, April.

Nick Upton / Green-winged orchid (Orchis / Anacamptis morio) clump, pale pink / white form, Mellis Common, Suffolk, UK, May.

Nick Upton / Green-winged orchid (Orchis / Anacamptis morio) clump, pale pink / white form, Mellis Common, Suffolk, UK, May.

Nick Upton / Green-winged orchid (Orchis / Anacamptis morio) purple form, with cottages in the background, Mellis Common, Suffolk, UK, May.

Nick Upton / Green-winged orchid (Orchis / Anacamptis morio) clump, pale pink / white form with purple form in the background, Mellis Common, Suffolk, UK, May.

Linda Pitkin / Loose-flowered orchid (Anacamptis laxiflora), naturalised plant, Wakehurst Place, Sussex, England, May.

Steve Nicholls / Green veined / Green winged orchid (Orchis morio) in unimproved meadow, Clattinger Farm Reserve, Wiltshire, England, UK, May.

Steve Nicholls / Green-winged orchids (Anacamptis morio) dot the turf, Eades Meadow, Worcestershire, England, UK, May.

Steve Nicholls / Common twayblade (Neottia ovata) a common specied of orchid of both woodland and grassland, here growing with green-winged orchids at Clarke's Pool Meadow, Gloucestershire, England, UK, May.

Steve Nicholls / Clarke's pool meadow, an unimproved lowland hay meadow managed by the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust, dotted with Green-winged orchids (Anacamptis morio) in early spring. Gloucestershire, England,...

Chris Mattison / Green-winged orchid (Anacamptis morio syriaca). Western Cyprus. March.

Guy Edwardes / Green-winged Orchid (Orchis morio), Hardington Moor NNR, Somerset, UK.

Guy Edwardes / Green-winged Orchid (Orchis morio), Hardington Moor NNR, Somerset, UK.

Chris Mattison / Green winged orchid (Anacamptis morio) pure white form. Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, May

Chris Mattison / Green winged orchid (Anacamptis morio) pale pink form. Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, May

Chris Mattison / Green winged orchid (Anacamptis morio) pale pink form. Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, May

Chris Mattison / Green winged orchid (Anacamptis morio) typical form. Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, May

Robert Thompson / Green winged orchid (Anacamptis morio) Killard Point NNR, County Down, Northern Ireland, May.

Robert Thompson / Green winged orchid (Anacamptis morio) flower, Killard Point NNR, County Down, Northern Ireland, May.

Sue Daly / Loose-flowered orchids (Orchis laxiflora), Jersey, British Channel Islands, May.

Sue Daly / Orchid meadow with Loose-flowered Orchids (Orchis laxiflora), Jersey, British Channel Islands, May.

Sue Daly / Loose-flowered Orchid (Orchis laxiflora), Jersey, British Channel Islands, May.

Lorraine Bennery / Knapweed fritillary butterflies (Melitaea phoebe) on Green winged orchid (Anacamptis morio), Grands Causses Regional Natural Park, France, May.

Lorraine Bennery / Knapweed fritillary butterflies (Melitaea phoebe) on Green winged orchid (Anacamptis morio), Grands Causses Regional Natural Park, France, May.

Sandra Bartocha / Black-veined White (Aporia crataegi) on Green-winged Orchid (Anacamptis morio), Pollino National Park, Italy. May.

Michael Hutchinson / Green-winged orchids (Anacamptis morio) at sunrise, Ashton Court Park, Bristol, UK, May

Michael Hutchinson / Green-winged orchids (Anacamptis morio) at sunrise, Ashton Court Park, Bristol, UK, May

Michael Hutchinson / Green-winged orchids (Anacamptis morio) at sunrise, Ashton Court Park, Bristol, UK, May

Chris Mattison / Green-winged orchid (Anacamptis morio) Willwell Farm Cutting, Nottingham, England, UK, May.

Robin Chittenden / Lesser green-winged orchid (Orchis morio picta) Lesbos, Lesvos, Greece, April.

Michael Hutchinson / Green-winged orchids (Anacamptis morio) flowering in meadow, Ashton Court, North Somerset, UK, May.

Michael Hutchinson / Green-winged orchids (Anacamptis morio) flowering in meadow, Ashton Court, North Somerset, UK, May.

Michael Hutchinson / Green-winged orchids (Anacamptis morio) flowering in meadow, Ashton Court, North Somerset, UK, May.

Michael Hutchinson / Green-winged orchids (Anacamptis morio) flowering in meadow, Ashton Court, North Somerset, UK, May.

Michael Hutchinson / Green-winged orchid (Anacamptis morio var. alba) white colour morph in flower, Ashton Court, North Somerset, UK, May.

Michael Hutchinson / Green-winged orchid (Anacamptis morio var. alba) white colour morph in flower, Ashton Court, North Somerset, UK, May.

Michael Hutchinson / Green-winged orchid (Anacamptis morio) in flower amongst Meadow buttercups (Ranunculus acris) in grass meadow, Ashton Court, Bristol, North Somerset, UK, May..

Michael Hutchinson / Green-winged orchid (Anacamptis morio var. alba) white colour morph in flower, Ashton Court, North Somerset, UK, May.

Michael Hutchinson / Green-winged orchids (Anacamptis morio) flowering in meadow at sunrise, Ashton Court, North Somerset, UK, May.

Michael Hutchinson / Green-winged orchid (Anacamptis morio) in grass meadow at sunrise, Ashton Court, North Somerset, UK, May.