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Pictures of many European Orchid species & natural hybrids
Please note that in some genera species determination is not evident at all,
and for sure in Dactylorhiza, Epipactis and Ophrys.

December 2025: new photos of Anacamptis papiolionacea, Anacamptis pyramidalis, Coeloglossum viride, Gymnadenia austriaca, Gymnadenia conopsea, Neotinea ustulata, Ophrys lutea, Ophrys atlantica, Pseudorchis albida and natural HYBRIDS.


*Anacamptis*	*Goodyera*	Neotinea
Cephalanthera	*Gymnadenia*	*Ophrys*
*Coeloglossum*	*Herminium*	*Orchis*
*Corallorrhiza*	*Himantoglossum*	*Platanthera*
*Cypripedium*	*Limodorum*	*Pseudorchis*
*Dactylorhiza*	*Malaxis*	Serapias
*Epipactis*	*Neottia*	*Traunsteinera*

some natural hybrids: click here!
Cypripedium calceolus-show: click here!

other flowers and fauna on orchid sites: click here!

European Ochids show: click here!
Click on the photo below to see more.


Very beautiful pictures of Ophrysses pollinated by insects:
Wasps and Ophrysses by Nico Vereecken!!!



NEW!!! Les Orchidées à Gèdre - Gavarnie: click here!

Contact: Rik Neirynck


Anacamptis (Orchis) coriophora (L.) R.M.Bateman, Pridgeon & M.W.Chase		Anacamptis (Orchis) laxiflora (Lam.) R.M.Bateman, Pridgeon & M.W.Chase		Anacamptis morio (L.) R.M.Bateman, Pridgeon & M.W.Chase

Anacamptis (Orchis) palustris (Jacq.) R.M.Bateman, Pridgeon & M.W.Chase		recent photos since December 2025 Anacamptis papilionacea subsp. expansa (Ten.) Amardeilh & Dusak		recent photos since December 2025 Anacamptis pyramidalis (L.) Rich.
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Cephalanthera damasonium (Miller) Druce the flowers are opening very exceptionally		Cephalanthera longifolia (L.) L.C.M. Richard		Cephalanthera rubra (L.) Fritsch
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recent photos since December 2025 Coeloglossum viride (L.) Hartmann				Corallorrhiza trifida Châtelain
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		Cypripedium calceolus L. more photos of the yellow form: click the photo. click here for MOVIE

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Dactylorhiza alpestris (Pugsley) Averyanov		Dactylorhiza angustata (Avet-Touvet) D. Tyteca & Gathoye	Dactylorhiza cruenta (O.F. Müller) Soó	Dactylorhiza elata (Poiret) Soó

Dactylorhiza fuchsii (Druce) Soó		Dactylorhiza incarnata (L.) Soó		Dactylorhiza incarnata (L.) Soó var. hyphaematodes (Neuman) Landwehr

Dactylorhiza maculata (L.) Soó			Dactylorhiza majalis (Rchb. pat.) P.F. Hunt & Summerhayes		Dactylorhiza praetermissa (Druce) Soó
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Dactylorhiza saccifera (Brongniart) Soó	Dactylorhiza sambucina (L.) Hartmann		recent photos since December 2025 Epipactis atrorubens (Hoffmann ex Bernhardi) Besser		Epipactis atrorubens (Hoffm. ex Bernh.) Besser f. sirneensis Neirynck
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Epipactis helleborine (L.) Crantz (this is the most common orchid in Europe)		Epipactis purpurata Sm.		Epipactis leptochila (Godfery) Godfery	Epipactis palustris (L.) Crantz
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Goodyera repens (L.) R. Brown	recent photos since December 2025 Gymnadenia conopsea (L.) R. Brown		Gymnadenia odoratissima (L.) L.C.M. Richard	Gymnadenia (Nigritella) austriaca (Teppner & Klein) Delforge	Gymnadenia (Nigritella) miniata (Crantz) Hayek
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Herminium monorchis (L.) R. Brown	Himantoglossum hircinum (L.) Sprengel	Himantoglossum robertianum(Loisel.) P. Delforge		Limodorum abortivum (L.) Sw.
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Malaxis monophyllos (L.) Swartz	Neottia (Listera) cordata (L.) R. Brown	Neottia nidus-avis (L.) L.C.M. Richard		Neottia (Listera) ovata (L.) R. Brown	Neotinea ustulata (L.) R.M.Bateman, Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
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Ophrys apifera Hudson		Ophrys apifera Hudson	recent photos since December 2025 Ophrys atlantica Munby		Ophrys bombyliflora Link

Ophrys fuciflora (F.W. Schmidt) Moench ssp. fuciflora	new photos 12-2025 Ophrys fusca Link ssp. fusca	Ophrys insectifera L. ssp. insectifera	Ophrys insectifera L. ssp. O. subinsectifera (Hermosilla & Sabando) O. Bolos & Vigo	recent photos since December 2025 Ophrys lutea Cav. subsp. lutea

Ophrys omegaifera ssp. dyris (Maire) Del Prete	Ophrys scolopax Cav. ssp. scolopax		Ophrys scolopax Cav. ssp. apiformis		Ophrys lutea ssp. galilaea (H. Fleischm. & Bornm.) Soó

Ophrys speculum Link ssp. speculum		Ophrys sphegodes ssp. 1	Ophrys sphegodes ssp. 2	Ophrys sphegodes ssp. 3	Ophrys sphegodes ssp. 4

Ophrys sphegodes ssp. 5	Ophrys sphegodes ssp. 6 (aberant form)	Ophrys sphegodes Mill. ssp. sphegodes	Ophrys tenthredinifera Willd.	Ophrys × arachnitiformis Gren. & Phillipe	Ophrys x brigittae H. Baumann

Orchis anthropophora (L.) All.		Orchis italica Poir.		Orchis mascula (L.) L.
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Orchis mascula ssp. speciosa (Mutel) Hegi			Orchis militaris L.	Orchis olbiensis Reut. ex Gren.

Orchis purpurea Hudson			Orchis simia Vill.	Platanthera bifolia (L.) L.C.M. Richard
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Platanthera chlorantha (Custer) Reichb.f.		Platanthera xhybrida Brügger (P. bifolia x P. chlorantha)		recent photos since December 2025 Pseudorchis albida (L.) Á.Löve & D.Löve
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Serapias cordigera L.	Serapias lingua L.	Serapias parviflora Parl.	Serapias vomeracea (Burm.f.) Briq.		Traunsteinera globosa (L.) Reichb.f.
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		natural hybrids