Comeback for the white Orchis militaris
In 2006, I first observed a white-flowered Orchis militaris in a grassland area near Frankfurt. It re-appeared in five following years. Last time I have seen it...
In 2006, I first observed a white-flowered Orchis militaris in a grassland area near Frankfurt. It re-appeared in five following years. Last time I have seen it...
Foto: Kiros Kokkas This orchid is only known from the Aeagean island of Samos. It is not variable, but in contrary unusually homogeneous, writes Wolfgang Eccari...
In the pine forests of Profitis Ilias (798 m) on Rhodes, Neotinea maculata is still flowering in April. In addition to the common form with crimson spots on the...
In a contribution for the Journal of European Orchids (Journal Europäischer Orchideen, vol. 50, 2-4, 2018, p. 221-226), Leslie Lewis presents an overview of the...
At the edge of the Arctic, Calypso bulbosa is one of the most Northern orchids. After snow smelting, from April to June, the plant is flowering in Northern Swed...
The Nepalese orchid expert Bhakta Bahadur Raskoti found an albiflora form of Neottianthe cucullata together with its regular form. This orchid is distributed in...
Bees and other insects are looking for floral rewards, such as nectar and pollen. And they learn to associate a variety of floral cues, including color with suc...
Christian Schlomann has visited the Abruzzo mountains and sent me this beautiful Orchis purpurea. Campo Imperatore is a mountain grassland in the Gran Sasso mas...
Ophrys flowers which lack Anthocyanin pigments often have a green labellum, with a white pattern. This is beautifully demonstrated by this Ophrys bertolonii in ...
The first albiflora contribution of this spring is coming from Werner Hahn who has found and photographed this impressive Anacamptis collina in the Southern Spa...