Welcome to the Wild Orchid Photo Gallery
Sections: Britain & Ireland - Mainland Europe - North America - Hybrids - Monstrous-forms
These thumbnail pictures have links to larger photographs and information about each of the orchids, their habitat needs and an identification guide.
Section 1. Wild Orchids of Britain and Ireland
Note: You will find more comprehensive information as well as a guide to 50 top orchid sites in Wales in Sue Parker's new hardback book "Wild Orchids of Wales, how, when and where to find them"...
Orchid
Anacamptis
morio
Dactylorhiza
ebudensis
Marsh-orchid
Dactylorhiza
majalis
Marsh-orchid
Dactylorhiza
majalis var. kerryensis
var. cambrensis
D. purpurella
var. cambrensis
f. belgarum
O. apifera
f. belgarum
Ophrys
Orchid
Orchis
anthropophora
Orchid
Orchis
militaris
Orchid
Orchis
purpurea
Orchid
Orchis
simia
Section 2. Wild Orchids of mainland Europe not native to Britain and Ireland
This section is being created to provide a linked picture gallery to nearly 100 wild orchis species found in various parts of mainland Europe but not native to Britain. At present the gallery is limited, but many more species are included in our sortable index of wildflowers...
Note: You will find more comprehensive information about southern European orchid species as well as a guide to 50 top orchid sites in the Algarve in Sue Parker's new hardback book "Wild Orchids of the Algarve, how, when and where to find them"...
Section 3. North America
We are developing a section that will include a selection of wild orchids found in North America. Meanwhile here is our first contribution:
Section 4. Hybrids
We are still developing this new section about hybrids.:
Section 5. Monstrous Forms and other Oddballs
In this new section we intend to show a small selection of the many unusual forms of wild orchids.
