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Serapias parviflora, the small-flowered
Also known as the Duck Orchid due to its ...
Bright metallic green; length of tongue ...
I spotted this flower Cephallonia island, Greece
Metallic green bee, a little bit smaller than a honey bee
Fascinating almost leafless orchids about ...
only a tall spike with tiny orchid-like ...
), which is apparently different due to bent back calli (knobbly bits on the ...
Pink to gray stems and leaves. The flowers are white with yellow
called the Orchid Dupe because Australian ...
This turtle was under the water of the pond inside the
Black-stripe greenhood (Pterostylis melagramma), a small terrestrial greenhood ...
Based on others seen online, it appears this one is not yet fully open. I’ll ...
This elegant ichneumon wasp had orange head, thorax, antennae, legs and last ...
Cryptostylis subulata is a terrestrial
An erect plant with stalkless flowers with 3 greenish thin in-rolled radiating ...
tongue of the flower is used for ...
Very tiny flowers, almost camouflages into the wet surrounding leaf litter. ...
Approx. 12cm tall, forming small colonies (pic 4). This
and a veined purple colour inside. The central
These were low growing from two oval shaped leaves up to about 70mm above the ...
Terrestrial herb. Leaves 7–35 cm long, lamina lanceolate, 5–20 cm long, 10–30 ...
shorter and with ciliated margins. The fleshy lip is
, something I never thought existed. Black is very rare for a flower. I've ...
