By Nelke
- 24 May, 2009
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orphys insektifera. The Fly-orphys. My favorite of them all, because of it´s daintyness. I drove 70 km today to the hill again, just to take this Photo...
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Thanks, Crazydi.
24 May, 2009
Its lovely Nelke.............
24 May, 2009
Thanks for driving all that way for the photo, it's a beauty! Is it carnivorous? Reminds me of an orchid :)
25 May, 2009
Definitely it is an orchid, wild growing on dry, poor, limy hills. It´s not to be held in gardens, because it needs some funghi - like many orchids in europe. Without these it dies. It is not a carnivore, but is dependent on special insects, that think it to be a partner. In trying to meet the "partner" they fructify the orchid. There are others of the family, imitating other insects, from which they are named, too. This is the "fly-orphys". It is the smallest, I think.
25 May, 2009
A lovely orchid, rather venemous color, all the better to draw those insects....lol.
1 Jun, 2009
see my blog, there I tell a webside, specially about these orchids!!
1 Jun, 2009
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It's a great photo Nelke, of a very unusual plant :)
24 May, 2009