Anacamptis pyramidalis
Anacamptis pyramidalis. A common species found throughout Europe and the Mediterranean. Its shape of lip and inflorescence are distinct, with the flowers pollinated…
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Serapias carica
Serapias carica A taxon of the eastern Mediterranean occurring in the Aegean islands of Lesbos, Chios, Samos, and Rhodes. A robust, but normally…
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Serapias vomeracea x bergonii
Serapias vomeracea x bergonii. This example has large flowers and the dense white hairs of S. vomeracea, with the long, narrowing lip and…
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Serapias cordigera ssp. cordigera
Serapias cordigera ssp. cordigera A short and robust plant. Specific features include a grey-green hood pointing upwards, with dark red lobes and red…
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Serapias vomeracea ssp. vomeracea
Serapias vomeracea ssp. vomeracea. A European and Mediterranean taxon, probably the most common serapias. Robust and usually the tallest species with the largest…
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Serapias bergonii
Serapias begonii. An eastern Mediterranean taxon with an upward pointing hood. A lip, longer than the hood, with two dark lamellae at its…
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Serapias aphrodite
Serapias aphrodite. A rare endemic of Cyprus, found at present in the Acrotiri peninsula and in the Akamas. A short serapias, with small…
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Serapias parviflora
Serapias parviflora. Widespread, but considered rare and distributed from the Mediterranean- Atlantic to the eastern Aegean and Cyprus. Flowers dense at the top,…
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Dactylorhiza saccifera
Dactylorhiza saccifera. A central and eastern European taxon occurring throughout mainland Greece. A strong, robust plant containing many flowers with vivid pink to…
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Dactylorhiza romana
Dactylorhiza romana. A Balkan and Mediterranean species occurring throughout Greece and Cyprus. The colour of the flowers ranges from pink, magenta to yellow….
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Dactylorhiza sambucina
Dactylorhriza sambucina. A robust and thick stemned plant with unspotted leaves. Found throughout mainland Greece and the highest mountains of the Peloponnese, in…
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Dactylorhiza iberica
Dactylorhiza iberica. An eastern Mediterranean species from the northern Peloponnese to Iran. Sepals and petals are joined forming a hood, with a downward…
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Spiranthes spiralis
Spiranthes spiralis A widely distributed species, occurring over most of Greece from August to October. Distinguished by its helical stem with small white…
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Limodorum abortivum var rubrum
Limodorum abortivum var rubrum. In many ways like the ‘typical’ species but this var has magenta flowers and a green stem. Occurring sporadically …
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Limodorum abortivum
Limodorum abortivum. Found in southern Europe from the Atlantic to Iran. A tall robust plant with no green leaves, feeding on fungus. It…
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Epipactis halacsyi
Epipactis helacsyi. A rare endemic of the Peloponnese, Greece, found above 1000 meters in generally shaded old-growth deciduous fir and pine forests. Median…
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Epipactis helleborine
Epipactis helleborine. Found from northern England to the Mediterranean. Flowers are greenish- yellow on robust stems, with leaves, broad and ovate, spirally arranged….
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Cephalanthera longifolia
Cephalanthera longifolia. Found throughout Europe and Asia, it is abundant in Greece. It’s white flowers, with a yellow margin, remain almost closed. A…
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Epipactis turcica
This slightly later orchid was photographed near olive groves outside Olimbi in Chios. More flowering photos should appear soon.
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Cephalanthera rubra
Cephalanthera rubra. Found throughout Europe and Asia, often in mid-shade on forest edges. Distinguished by its bright pink flowers, an absence of a…
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Orchis intacta. Syn: Neotinea maculata.
Orchis intacta. Syn: Neotinea maculata. A slender plant with small, self-pollinating flowers resembling a human figure. It has several colour variations of white…
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