Découvrir Sites web orchidées de France et d'Europe. Discover orchids on the internet Discover the orchids of France and Europe through a selection of remarkable sites. Subscribe to the L'Orchidophile magazine from FFO (Fédération France Orchidées) available in paper version and all archive issues (243 issues at the end of 2024) are available online for subscribers: https://france-orchidees.org/produit/connexion-seul-tarif-membres-dassociations-francophones/ French websites http://orchideesdefrance.com/crbst_32.html Un inventaire très exhaustif des orchidées françaises. Mais l'entrée se fait avec le nom de l'espèce, il faut donc la connaître avant de découvrir les vues très variées qui l'illustrent. https://caladenia.net Découvrez sur ce site des orchidées d'Australie et autres orchidées exotiques mais surtout un remarquable travail de recensement des orchidées d'Ile de France et la Nièvre. Quel contraste entre la région densément peuplée qui borde Paris et la Nièvre (88 ème département dans le classement de population). On y trouvera pourtant de nombreuses espèces et on sera surpris de voir le nombre de communes qui en abritent ! https://www.elisajeanluc.fr/orchidees_nature/index.htm Superbe site qui propose de découvrir nombreux genres et espèces de France et d'Europe mais surtout documente avec de multiples vues de paysages et photos d'orchidées in situ les voyages des deux auteurs sur différents pays et continents. Foreign websites https://orchid.unibas.ch/index.php/en/ http://www.orchidsofbritainandeurope.co.uk/index.htm

Découvrez Ophrys arachnitiformis Ophrys en forme d'araignée sur Orchidée-photo.com Ophrys aurelia . Ophrys d'Aurélien. Bertoloni's bee orchid. (P. Delforge) Ophrys aurelia is very similar to Ophrys bertolonii , which is found in Italy where it was originally described. In France, this taxon is recognized as a local subspecies by some authors, or not at all by Kew Gardens. Its distribution area is therefore very variable. The species can be considered as a variety or a regional subspecies. There is a variety with smaller flowers: Ophrys saratoi . The plant is relatively pauciflorous, with flowers whose labellum is very dark brown to almost black, showing a “horse-saddle” curvature. A shiny macula starting from the middle of the labellum and occupying its lower part, along with very brightly colored petals and sepals, are remarkable characteristics. Click on the photos to enlarge

Découvrez Serapias parviflora. serapias à petites fleurs sur Orchidée-photo.com Serapias vomeracea. Serapias à labelle allongé. Long lipped serapias. Serapias is widely spread in the south of France. It is a medium to large plant. The labellum is long and pointed, with colors ranging from light pink to purple. It has significant hairiness. Click on the photos to enlarge

Neottia ovata . Listere à feuilles ovales. Common twayblade. Orchid of undergrowth generally but it will sometimes be found in full light too. The species is common everywhere in France and at all altitudes. Very easy to identify by its inflorescence and its two large oval leaves in opposition. The flowers have green colors, sometimes almost yellowish and can be tinged with purple traces. The shape of the labellum presents important variations in shape but the general appearance remains typical. The plant measures from 10 to 60 cm. The flower stem can sometimes take curved shapes. The secret flower of nectar to attract pollinators. Flowering extends over a wide period from the beginning of May until July depending on the department and altitude. Click on the photos to enlarge

Himantoglossum robertianum. Orchis géant. Giant orchid. (Loiseleur) The orchid is Mediterranean but tends to extend its territory towards the North and the West. It requires both climatic conditions for an orchid to progress territorially but also pollinators. There is speculation about its expansion: seeds carried by the winds, birds, vehicle wheels... It is even reported now in the Netherlands! Easy to identify because of its color and sometimes its imposing size (but often of modest size: about 15/30 cm), you will sometimes see it at the side of the road on the embankments. It gives off a delicate smell of lily or hyacinth (in my opinion...). Its seasonality is also strange because for almost all orchids, flowering moves from the South to the North over the weeks of spring, but we find it flowering from the month of February in certain stations in France and still in April in some of the Mediterranean islands further south! We can even find Himantoglossum hircinum and Himantoglossum robertianum , both in flower on 15/04, on the Villefranche sur Saône motorway service area, north of Lyon. (Personal observation). Click on the photos to enlarge

Découvrez Serapias parviflora. serapias à petites fleurs sur Orchidée-photo.com Serapias neglecta. Serapias négligé. Scarse serapias. Serapias with a Mediterranean distribution. It is a stocky plant with large flowers of variable coloration: light pink, sometimes yellow, bicolored... Click on the photos to enlarge

Cephalanthera damasonium. Cephalanthère à grandes fleurs. Large white helleborine. Cephalanthera are generally light undergrowth orchids. The flowers open little. To distinguish the 3 species, it is quite simple: the red cephalanthera has pink flowers, the long-leaved cephalanthera has leaves that start from the base of the plant and form upright swords, the large-flowered cephalanthera has rounder leaves on the entire stem. You should not always trust the colors of vernacular and even Latin names. The white helleborine has more yellow flowers than the longifolia helleborine and the red helleborine ( rubra ) has pink flowers... As for the size, I found many longifolia helleborines larger than the white helleborines (Large white helleborine in English). It is therefore essentially on the shape of the leaves that we will distinguish Cephalanthera damasonium presented here from Cephalanthera longifolia . Click on the photos to enlarge

Dactylorhiza sambucina. Orchis sureau. Elder flowered orchid. Some Dactylorhiza will be difficult to identify because each species varies and hybrids are common. In some regions, these hybrids are more numerous than the type species. Observing Dactylorhiza is proof that once again, some specialists tend to segment and name what are sometimes only varieties. Evolution is certainly underway, but it will not happen on the scale of current humanity. Patience! I will therefore only present a few species, those whose identification remains certain. Dactylorhiza sambucina is a stocky plant that can be found on damp but not soggy substrates, neutral to slightly acidic. It can also be found at altitude, between 500 and 1500 meters. While usually, we tend to name each variation, for this species which has the particularity of having yellowish or reddish flowers, the consensus which consists of keeping a single name prevails although we can observe subtle morphological differences between the two varieties. Sometimes one color largely prevails in a station of Elderberry Orchid but in principle we will almost systematically find the two together in proportions that can vary. This cohabitation allows for rapid identification. Possible confusion with Orchis provincialis for the yellow variety. But O provincialis is more slender with more spaced flowers. The presence of bracts (floral parts resembling leaves and scattered in the inflorescence of the Elderberry Orchid is also an element of differentiation. These bracts are green when the flower is yellow and purple when it is red. Possible confusion with Orchis mascula for the red variety and it is also the bracts that will allow them to be identified because they are not very visible in O mascula . The latter often has spotted leaves starting from the base and D sambucina has leaves without spots and some of which are on the stem. The inflorescence is more compact, compact in D Sambucina and more slender in O mascula . The pigmentation in the center of the labellum is very variable, present or not and does not constitute a reliable criterion. The labellum is sometimes folded and sometimes spread out and quite wide, it is therefore not a very convincing element. Click on the photos to enlarge

Ophrys sulcata. Ophrys sillonné. Syn: Ophrys funerea, Ophrys lupercalis, Ophrys sulcata , Ophrys from the south and southwest of France, this Ophrys poses in theory few identification problems. It is part of the Pseudophrys like the Ophrys lutea. The labellum is relatively elongated, furrowed more or less deeply in its central part, devoid of humps . What is not visible is its pollination by specific insects (usually hymenoptera) which position themselves with their abdomen facing the reproductive organs, which is the opposite of other Ophrys. Despite this particularity, hybrids are possible with Ophrys. . Species determination can be complex because authors do not agree, sometimes grouping certain taxa together and sometimes multiplying species. You will therefore sometimes find a single species: Ophrys fusca (Brown Ophrys) with the synonym Ophrys sulcata (Furrowed Ophrys). ), and Ophrys lupercalis (Ophrys lupercalis) or the 3 very distinct species as well as many others. Pierre Delforge even indicates that O. fusca is not present in France... in defiance of the official classification. It's not better with Remy Souche...the two often contradict each other. Each author or local botanist is convinced that he holds the truth of course as to the name or as to its identification criteria, its flowering period ... but in view of the divergent opinions, it is preferable to refer to the official classification as long as that research has not been able to determine with certainty whether these are different species or simply local variations. When the search for precision leads to a complexity marked by manifest errors, it is better to return to a saving simplification. I have therefore attempted here to present views respecting the most striking distinctive elements of determination. Click on the photos to enlarge

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Anacamptis sancta . Orchis saint. Holy orchid. (L.) Floraison 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 Anacamptis sancta (Saint Orchid): The plant is of medium size (15-30 cm) and blooms from late April to late May. In Rhodes, it is found in phrygana near the coast and inland in olive groves or at their edges, as the soil is now regularly hoed, preventing orchids from establishing themselves. It is very difficult to find because the rosette dries up and disappears 3 to 4 weeks before flowering. Click on the photos to enlarge