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...

Ross Hoddinott / Early spider orchid (Ophrys sphegodes) in flower. Dorset, UK, April.

Ross Hoddinott / Early-purple orchids (Orchis mascula) in flower. Cornwall, UK. April.

Linda Pitkin / Early-purple orchid (Orchis mascula) in flower, Surrey, England. April.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Burnt-tip Orchid (Neotinea ustulata) flower head, Puglia, Italy . April.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Apennine Late spider-orchid (Ophrys fuciflora dinarica) flower, Sibillini, Umbria, Italy. June.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Bee orchid (Ophrys apifera), an insect mimic with close up of pollen bundles, pollinia, Umbria, Italy. May.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Bee orchid (Ophrys apifera), an insect mimic with close up of pollen bundles, pollinia, Umbria, Italy. May.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Profile of Bee orchid (Ophrys apifera) flower, Umbria, Italy. May.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Scented bug orchid (Anacamptis fragrans) flower head, Umbria, Italy. May.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Serapicamptis - a natural hybrid (Serapicamptis tommasinii) between Long-lipped orchid (Serapias vomeracea) and Scented bug orchid (Anacamptis fragrans), Umbria, Italy. May.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Violet limodore (Limodorum abortivum), self-pollinating and thought parasitic, in flower, Sibillini, Umbria, Italy. May.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Violet limodore (Limodorum abortivum), self-pollinated and thought parasitic, in flower, Sibillini, Umbria, Italy. May.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Greater butterfly-orchid (Platanthera chlorantha) in flower, Umbria, Italy. May.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Marsh helleborine (Epipactis palustris) in flower, Sibillini, Umbria, Italy. July.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Broad-leaved helleborine (Epipactis helleborine) in flower, Sibillini, Umbria, Italy. July.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Plaisance helleborine (Epipactis placentina), an endemic species to Italy, in flower, Montecucco beechwood, Umbria, Italy. July.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Mueller's helleborine (Epipactis muelleri) in flower, Montecucco beechwood Umbria, Italy. July.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Mueller's helleborine (Epipactis muelleri) in flower, Montecucco beechwood, Umbria, Italy. July.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Dark-red helleborine (Epipactis atrorubens) in flower, Lazio, Italy, July.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Slender helleborine (Epipactis exilis) in flower, Sibillini, Umbria, Italy. July.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Heath spotted-orchid (Dactylorhiza maculata saccifera) flower, Leonessa, Umbria, Italy. July.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Widder's vanilla orchid (Nigritella widderi), a rare species, in flower, Lazio, Italy. July.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Long-lipped orchid (Serapias vomeracea) with apochromic flowers lacking colour due to anthocyanins, Umbria, Italy. May.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Long-lipped orchid (Serapias vomeracea) in flower, Umbria, Italy. May.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Scented bug orchid (Anacamptis fragrans), Umbria. Italy. May.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Dark-red helleborine (Epipactis atrorubens) still in bud, growing in a roadside gravel heap, Lazio, Italy. May.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Creeping lady's-tresses (Goodyera repens) in flower, Sibillini, Umbria, Italy. July.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Marsh helleborine (Epipactis palustris) in flower, Sibillini, Umbria, Italy. July.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Creeping lady's-tresses (Goodyera repens) in flower, Sibillini, Umbria, Italy. July.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Small-leaved helleborine (Epipactis microphylla) in flower, Tuscany, Italy. June.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Red helleborine (Cephalanthera rubra), a rare species, in flower, , Abruzzo, Italy. June.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Widder's Vanilla orchid (Nigritella widderi), a rare species, in flower, Lazio, Italy. July.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Greater butterfly-orchid (Platanthera chlorantha) in flower, Umbria, Italy. May.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Red helleborine (Cephalanthera rubra), a rare species, in flower, Abruzzo, Italy. June.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Bird's nest orchid (Neottia nidus-avis), a saprohytic orchid dependent upon mycorrhizal fungi, in flower, Tuscany, Italy. June.

Guy Edwardes / Green-winged orchid (Anacamptis morio) in rain shower, Hardington Moor NNR, Somerset, UK, May.

Guy Edwardes / Common blue butterfly (Polyommatus icarus) on Common spotted orchid (Dactylorhiza fuchsii), Powerstock Common DWT reserve, Dorset, UK, June.

Colin Varndell / Southern marsh orchids (Dactylorhiza praetermissa) in bloom, Dorset, UK, June.

Lorraine Bennery / Orchid, (Ophrys flavomarginata) Larnaca, Cyprus, March.

Lorraine Bennery / Orchid, (Ophrys flavomarginata) Larnaca, Cyprus, March.

Lorraine Bennery / Orchid, (Ophrys galilea) Kannavia, Cyprus.

Lorraine Bennery / Orchid, (Ophrys galilea) Larnaca, Cyprus.

Lorraine Bennery / Orchid, Orchid (Serapias bergonii), Larnaca, Cyprus, March.

Lorraine Bennery / Orchid, (Orchis troodi), Kannavia, Cyprus, March.

Lorraine Bennery / Orchid, (Ophrys lapethica) Vouni, Cyprus, March.

Lorraine Bennery / Orchid, (Ophrys elegans) Kyvides, Cyprus, March.

Lorraine Bennery / Orchid, (Ophrys aphrodite) , Souni, Cyprus, March.