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A macro shot of a beautiful bee orchid, outdoors

$Similar like O. sphegoides, but sepals pink, purple or whitish: lip 9-13mm, with a small pointed, heart-shaped tip, the pattern violet or blue with a yellowish margin – tip of lip forward pointing.\nHabitat: Short turf or unimproved grassland, field borders, road sites, on calcareous soils, to 1300m.\nFlowering Season: June-July.\nDistribution: SE Britain, Belgium, France and Germany. Widespread in C & S Europe, with several subspecies.\n\nThis Picture is made during a long weekend in the South of Belgium in June 2019.$

Bee Orchid (Ophrys apifera) flowering in a meadow with one flower

Ophrys apifera, known in Europe as the bee orchid.

Wild orchid; scientific name; Ophrys minutula

Bertoloni's bee orchid (Ophrys bertolonii)

Ophrys scolopax, known as the woodcock bee-orchid or woodcock orchid

Bee orchid Ophrys apifera close-up in grass meadows in Spring

Bee orchid in Alpine prairie a sunny day.

Cretan Ophrys (Ophrys cretica) flower flowering on Crete, Greece

The most unique flowers that we find in spring. Tiny to hide their beauty, but the macro brings it to light

Diamond Orchid (Ophrys reinholdii) in natural habitat

A vertical shot of a beautiful rare hybrid orchid, outdoors

Wild orchid; Scientific name; Ophrys umbilicata

$Orchis mascula, the early-purple orchid, early spring orchis, is a species of flowering plant in the orchid family, Orchidaceae.\nDescription:\nOrchis mascula is a perennial herbaceous plant with stems up to 50–60 centimeters high, green at the base and purple on the apex. The root system consists of two tubers, rounded or ellipsoid. The leaves, grouped at the base of the stem, are oblong-lanceolate, pale green, sometimes with brownish-purple speckles. The inflorescence is 7.5–12.5 centimeters long and it is composed of 6 to 20 flowers gathered in dense cylindrical spikes. The flower size is about 2.5 centimeters and the color varies from pinkish-purple to purple. The lateral sepals are ovate-lanceolate and erect, the median one, together with the petals, is smaller and cover the gynostegium. The labellum is three-lobed and convex, with crenulated margins and the basal part clearer and dotted with purple-brown spots. The spur is cylindrical or clavate, horizontal or ascending. The gynostegium is short, with reddish-green anthers. It blooms from April to June.\nHabitat:\nIt grows in a variety of habitats, from meadows to mountain pastures and woods, in full sun or shady areas, from sea level to 2,500 meters altitude. Mostly on calcareous soils.\nDistribution:\nThe species is widespread across Europe, from Portugal to the Caucasus (Ireland, Great Britain, The Faroe Islands, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Latvia, Spain, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Austria, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Italy, former Yugoslavia, Albania, Greece, Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, Poland, Ukraine, most of Russia), in northwest Africa (Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco) and in the Middle East (Lebanon, Syria, Iraq) up to Iran. (Codes) (source Wikipedia). \n\nThis Picture is made during a long weekend in the South of Belgium in June 2006.$

Orchids are the beauties of the nature and this photo is taken in Kyrenia mountain region in Cyprus.

Ophrys Bertolonii - Rare European orchid.

Ophrys fuciflora (Late Spider-orchid) in the wild.

Natural close up of awhite flowered woodcock bee-orchid Ophrys scolopax, growing in a Mediterrean field

Closeup Orchid flower in sunshine, beautiful nature background with copy space, full frame horizontal composition

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