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Asklipiio - Laerma Rd - Rhodes
I have never been to the Mediterranean in springtime.
This was an amazing Spring Festival of so many things I have never seen before.
Many of the plants were identified afterwards
or
not
Sitting quietly in various corners of fields and hillsides
trying to take it all in.
Please forgive any misidentifications or lack of precision
the photographer in me took over.
Ophrys regis-ferdinandii
Woodcock Bee orchid (Ophrys scolopax)
Large Blue Alkanet (Anchusa azurea)
Armenian Grape Hyacinth (Mascara armeniacum)
Bellardia (Bellardia triago)
Scarlet Pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis)
Corn Salad (Valerianella vesicaria)
Ophrys sicula
Parentucellia latifolia
Sage 
Serapias carica
Serapias parviflora
Trifoium stellatum
Hop Trefoil (Trifolium campestre)
The Unkown Orchid
Hairy Yellow Vetchling (Vicia Hybrida)
Yellow Bartsia (Parentucellia viscosa)
A few orchids from Rhodes
The tip of the iceberg for orchids in Rhodes but very pleased to have found these.
Not sure of some of the ids as the first time for seeing all of them and 'The Wild Flowers of the Mediterranean' doesn't quite give enough information.
Holy Orchid (Anacamptis sancta)
Ophrys reinholdii
Ophrys polyxo perhaps?
Ophrys regis-ferdinandii
Pink Butterfly Orchid (Anacamptis papilonacea)
Serapias carica
Serapias parviflora
Pyramidal Orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis)
Ophrys candida
Orchis anatolica
Anacamptis fragrans
One of the Yellow Ophrys species - Orchis sicula?
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Anacamptis laxiflora perhaps?
Ophrys fusca perhaps?
Same as the others or different?
Ophrys fusca perhaps?
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