Terrestrial Orchids

sm_terr_orcN1074 Heath Spotted Orchid, Dactylorhiza maculata, European terrestrial orchid, Lermos, Austria
sm_terr_orcN1076 Lesser Butterfly-orchid, Platanthera bifolia
sm_orchis2N1183 Flower of the terrestrial Early spider orchid (Ophrys aranifera), a prominant example of sexual mimicry in plants, Canton Valais, Switzerland
sm_orchis2N1184 Flower of the terrestrial Early spider orchid (Ophrys aranifera), a prominant example of sexual mimicry in plants, Canton Valais, Switzerland
sm_orchis2N1185 Flower of the terrestrial Early spider orchid (Ophrys aranifera), a prominant example of sexual mimicry in plants, Canton Valais, Switzerland
sm_orchis2N1186 Flower of the terrestrial Early spider orchid (Ophrys fuciflora), a prominant example of sexual mimicry in plants, Canton Valais, Switzerland
sm_orchis2N1187 Flower of the terrestrial Early spider orchid (Ophrys fuciflora), a prominant example of sexual mimicry in plants, Canton Valais, Switzerland
sm_orchis2N1188 Flower of the terrestrial Early spider orchid (Ophrys aranifera), a prominant example of sexual mimicry in plants, Canton Valais, Switzerland
sm_orchis2N1189 Flower of the terrestrial Early spider orchid (Ophrys fuciflora), a prominant example of sexual mimicry in plants, Canton Valais, Switzerland
sm_orchis2N1190 Flower of the terrestrial Early spider orchid (Ophrys aranifera), a prominant example of sexual mimicry in plants, Canton Valais, Switzerland
sm_orchis2N1191 Flower of the terrestrial Fly orchid (Ophrys insectifera), a prominant example of sexual mimicry in plants, Canton Geneva, Switzerland
smGVA_MSC_cu4034_g Bocks-Riemenzunge (Himantoglossum hircinum), eine Erdorchidee aus der Familie der Orchideen (Orchidaceae), Schweiz
sm_orchis2N1192 Flower of the terrestrial Late spider orchid (Ophrys fuciflora), a prominant example of sexual mimicry in plants, Canton Geneva, Switzerland
sm_orchis2N1193 Flower of the terrestrial Late spider orchid (Ophrys fuciflora), a prominant example of sexual mimicry in plants, Canton Geneva, Switzerland
sm_orchis2N1194 Flower of the terrestrial Late spider orchid (Ophrys fuciflora), a prominant example of sexual mimicry in plants, Canton Geneva, Switzerland
sm_orchis2N1195 Flower of the terrestrial Late spider orchid (Ophrys fuciflora), a prominant example of sexual mimicry in plants, Canton Geneva, Switzerland
sm_orchis2N1196 Flower of the terrestrial Late spider orchid (Ophrys fuciflora), a prominant example of sexual mimicry in plants, Canton Geneva, Switzerland
sm_orchis2N1197 Flower of the terrestrial Early spider orchid (Ophrys aranifera), a prominant example of sexual mimicry in plants, Canton Valais, Switzerland
smGVA_MSC_cu4059_g Bocks-Riemenzunge (Himantoglossum hircinum), eine Erdorchidee aus der Familie der Orchideen (Orchidaceae), Schweiz
sm_terr_orcN1077 Dactolyrhiza hybrid

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