MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Adriatic Lizard orchid (Himantoglossum adriaticum) Italy, May. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Violet limodore / bird's nest orchid (Limodorum abortivum) widespread in open woodlands throughout the Mediterranean region, Italy, May. meetyourneighbours.net project

Adrian Davies / Bird's Nest Orchid (Neottia nidus-avis), a non-photosynthetic plant. Surrey, England, May.

Steve Nicholls / Bird's nest orchid (Neottia nidus-avis) flowering, Buckholt beech woods,, Gloucestershire, UK, June

Chien Lee / Thismia (Thismia aseroe) saprophytic flowers, Gunung Penrissen, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Chien Lee / Thismia (Thismia aseroe) saprophytic plant found in deep pockets of decaying leaf litter on limestone hills, Bau, Fairy Cave, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Chien Lee / Thismia (Thismia aseroe) saprophytic plant found in deep pockets of decaying leaf litter on limestone hills, Bau, Fairy Cave, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Paul Harcourt Davies / Ghost orchid (Epipogium aphyllum) growing under beechwood at 1700m, Le Marche, nr Amatrice, Italy. One of the rarest of all European orchids, protected and endangered everywhere.

Gary K. Smith / Dutchman's pipe(Hypopitys monotropa) saprophyte plant lacking chlorophyll, growing under mature pines on coastal dunes, North Norfolk, UK, June

Gary K. Smith / Dutchman's pipe(Hypopitys monotropa) saprophyte plant lacking chlorophyll, growing under mature pines on coastal dunes, North Norfolk, UK, June

Gary K. Smith / Dutchman's pipe(Hypopitys monotropa) saprophyte plant lacking chlorophyll, growing under mature pines on coastal dunes, North Norfolk, UK, June

Jim Brandenburg / One-flower Indian-pipe (Monotropa uniflora) resembles a fungus but is actually a shade-loving wildflower, Minnesota