Ross Hoddinott / Common spotted orchids {Dactylorhiza fuchsii} Cornwall, UK Tamar

Guy Edwardes / Pallas's long-tongued Bat (Glossophaga soricina) feeding on Clock vine (Thunbergia mysorensis), lowland rainforest, Costa Rica. November.

Guy Edwardes / Orange nectar bat (Lonchophylla robusta) feeding on Little clamshell orchid (Prosthechea cochleata), lowland rainforest, Costa Rica. November.

Steve Nicholls / Common twayblade (Neottia ovata) growing at Bowlees in Upper Teesdale, County Durham, England, UK, June.

Guy Edwardes / Marbled white (Melanagria galathea), two butterflies on Pyramidal orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis). Badbury Rings, Wimborne Minster, Dorset, England, UK. June.

Paul Hobson / Violet sabrewing hummingbird (Campylopterus hemileucurus) nectaring on Orchid. Costa Rica.

Edwin Giesbers / Umbilicate woodcock orchid (Ophrys umbilicata) flowers. Cyprus. April.

Ross Hoddinott / Marsh fritillaries (Euphydryas aurinia) resting on spotted heath orchid (Dactylorhiza maculata), Dunsdon, near Holsworthy, Devon, UK. June 2016.

Ross Hoddinott / Early-purple orchids (Orchis mascula), Broxwater, Cornwall, UK. April 2017.

Ross Hoddinott / Common spotted orchids (Dactylorhiza fuchsii), backlit, Volehouse nature reserve, Devon, UK, June 2017.

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

Neil Aldridge / Two Lady's slipper orchids (Cypripedium calceolus) in flower in spring in woodland near Kuressaare, Saaremaa, Estonia.

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

Andres M. Dominguez / Orchid (Ophrys atlantica) Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park, Benaocaz, southern Spain, May.

Andres M. Dominguez / Dark-red helleborine (Epipactis atrorubens) Linares, Cantabria, Spain, August.

Andres M. Dominguez / Orchid (Orchis langei) in sunset light, Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park, southern Spain, May.

Andres M. Dominguez / Heart shaped lip dactylorhiza orchid (Orchis cordigera) in flower, Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park, southern Spain, May.

Andres M. Dominguez / Mirror orchid (Ophrys speculum) in the Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park, El Bosque, southern Spain, April.

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...

Andy Sands / Newly emerged Marbled white butterfly (Melanargia galathea) on Bee orchid (Ophrys apifera), Bedfordshire, England, UK. June

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Lizard orchid flowers (Himantoglossum hircinum), Ilbesheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, May. meetyourneighbours.net project

Radomir Jakubowski / Lady? slipper orchid (Cypripedium calceolus), Bavaria, Germany, May. 2nd Prize in the Melvita Nature Images Awards competition 2014.

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Low's cymbidium (Cymbidium lowianum) endemic tree orchid, Gaoligongshan NP, Yunnan province, China

Paul Harcourt Davies,Paul Harcourt Davies / Elder flower orchid (Dactylorhiza sambucina) in its two colour forms, Campo Imperatore, Gran Sasso, Appennines, Abruzzo, Italy, May

Paul Harcourt Davies,Paul Harcourt Davies / Heldreich's Ophrys (Ophrys heldreichii) in flower, against white background, near Plakias, Crete, May

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Common-spotted Orchid (Dactylorhiza fuchsii), Hardington Moor NNR, Somerset, UK, June. 2020VISION Book Plate. 2020VISION Exhibition.

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Pyramidal Orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis), on brownfield site being prepared for development. Kent, UK, June 2012.

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Pyramidal Orchid, (Anacamptis pyramidalis), on brownfield site being cleared for development with digging vehicle in background. Kent, UK, June 2012.

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Forest of scots pine after heavy snowfall, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, March 2012. Did you know? Like many orchids, Scots pine trees have a symbiotic relationship with fungi - while the tree p...

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Close-up of Early purple orchid (Orchis mascula) in flower, Gamlingay Wood, Cambridgeshire, England, UK, April

MYN / John Tiddy / Spotted Sun Orchid (Thelymitra ixioides) Victoria, Australia, October. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Ophrys orchid (Ophrys x maremmae) a natural hybrid between (Ophrys fuciflora) and Ophrys tenthredinifera) occasionally found where both species are present together, Umbria, Italy, May. focus-stack-c...

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Monkey orchid (Orchis simia) widespread in Central and Southern Europe, very rare in UK, Italy, April. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Clay Bolt / Pink lady's slipper orchid (Cypripedium acaule) Pickens County, South Carolina, USA, April. meetyourneighbours.net project

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Common spotted orchid (Dactylorhiza fuchsii), flower spike in meadow, UK, June

Sven Zacek / Common Spotted Orchid (Dactylorhiza fuchsii) in soft focus by fern fronds. Estonia, Europe, June.

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Southern-marsh orchids (Dactylorhiza praetermissa) Wicken Fen, Cambridgeshire, UK, June

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Marsh fritillary butterfly {Euphydrayas aurinia} on Spotted heath orchid (Dactylorhiza maculata), Dunsdon, near Holsworthy, Devon, UK. June

Simon Colmer / Bee Orchid (Ophrys apifera) growing in protective cage near buildings, Sussex, UK, June 2010

Solvin Zankl / Military Orchid (Orchis militaris) flowering on side of road with light trails from cars, Germany

Michel Poinsignon / Red helleborine (Cephalanthera rubra) in flower, Lorraine, France, June

Nick Upton / Traditional organic hay meadow with a profusion of wild flowers and grasses including Pyramid orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis) Common spotted orchid (Dactylorhiza fuchsii, Rough hawkbit (Leontodon hisp...

Simon Colmer / Early Purple Orchids (Orchis mascula) flowering, Hollingbury Ring, Brighton, Sussex, UK, May

Tim Laman / Epiphytic orchid (Bulbophyllum medusae) growing in the canopy of the lowland rainforest, Gunung Palung National Park, Borneo, West Kalimantan, Indonesia

Tim Laman / Giant orchid (Grammatophyllum speciosum) growing high in the rainforest canopy in Borneo. This species is the world's largest orchid, with flowering stalks reaching 3 m long. Gunung Palung National Pa...

Tim Laman / Giant orchid (Grammatophyllum speciosum) growing high in the rainforest canopy in Borneo. This species is the world's largest orchid, with flowering stalks reaching 3 m long. Gunung Palung National Pa...