Mike Read / Pink globe orchid (Traunsteinera globosa) Vallon de Combeau Vercors, Regional Natural Park, Vercors, France, June 2016. Non-ex.

Alex Hyde / Goldenrod crab spider (Misumena vatia) on Globe orchid (Traunsteinera globosa) Nordtirol, Austrian Alps, July.

Robert Thompson / Globe Orchid (Traunsteinera globosa) near Lac du Bornon, Mercantour National Park, Provence, France, June.

Robert Thompson / Globe Orchid (Traunsteinera globosa) near Lac du Bornon, Mercantour National Park, Provence, France, June.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Globe Orchid (Traunsteinera globosa) an orchid restricted to alpine regions in limetsone pastures. Sibillini, Le Marche, Italy, June.

Michel Poinsignon / Globe orchid (Traunsteinera globosa) in flower, Route des crates, Vosges Mountains, France, July.

Michel Poinsignon / Globe orchid (Traunsteinera globosa) in flower, Route des crates, Vosges Mountains, France, July.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Radisics / Globe orchids (Traunsteinera globosa) flowering, Lake Skadar National Park, Montenegro, May 2008

Paul Harcourt Davies / Globe orchid (Traunsteinera globosa). Dolomites, Italy. June.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Globe orchid (Traunsteinera globosa), close up. Sella, Dolomites, Italy. June.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Globe orchid (Traunsteinera globosa). Fassa Valley, Dolomites, Italy. July.