Natural History Photographs


Third stop on the route from Iraklion via Rethimnon and Spili to Kerames. Just south of Pale I thought I saw orchids flowering near the road. We stopped and I walked back, to find out I had spotted Himantoglossum robertianum, while we were driving at a speed of 80km/h... It turned out that there were quite a few other orchids flowering along the road, but the local landscape didn't entice me to photograph it.
Ophrys sphegodes
Authority:Mill., 1768
Nederlands:Spinnenorchis
English:Early Spider-orchid
Deutsch:Spinnen-Ragwurz
Français:Ophrys araignée
Himantoglossum robertianum
Authority:(Loisel.) P.Delforge, 1999
Synonyms:Barlia robertiana (Loisel.) Greuter, 1967
Orchis robertiana Loisel. 1807
Nederlands:Hyacintorchis
English:giant orchid
Deutsch:Mastorchis
Français:Orchis géant
Italiano:barlia, giglio bratteoso, imantoglosso di Robert
Español:compañón, orquídea gigante, orquídea macho, orquidón
Orchis italica
Authority:Poir., 1798
Nederlands:Italiaanse orchis
English:naked-man orchid
Deutsch:Italienisches Knabenkraut
Français:Orchis d'Italie
Italiano:orchide italiana, uomo nudo
Asphodelus
ramosus
Authority:Linnaeus, 1753
Italiano:asfodelo mediterraneo, asfodelo ramoso, asfodillo bianco, asta regia,
bastone reale, cibo bianco, porrancio
Español:asfódelo, gamón, gamonita, vara de San José

Lotus tetragonolobus
Authority:Linnaeus, 1753
Italiano:casciateddi, ginestrone purpureo, pisello asparagio, pisello da caffè,
veccia pisello
Español:cuernecillo, guisantillo rojo, saldana
Anacamptis
laxiflora
Authority:(Lam.) R.M.Bateman, Pridgeon & M.W.Chase, 1997
Synonyms:Orchis laxiflora Lam. 1779
Nederlands:ijle orchis, ijle moerasorchis
English:Jersey orchid
Deutsch:lockerblütige Orchis, lockerblütiges Knabenkraut
Français:orchis à fleurs lâches, pentecôte
Italiano:orchide acquatica
Orchis
anthropophora
Authority:(L.) All., 1785
Synonyms:Aceras anthropophorum (L.) W.T.Aiton, 1814
Ophrys anthropophora Linnaeus, 1753
Nederlands:Poppenorchis
English:Man orchid
Deutsch:Fratzenorchis, menschentragendes Ohnhorn, Männchenorchis, Puppenorchis
Français:orchis homme-pendu, pantine, porte-Homme
Italiano:ballerina, ballerino
Español:flor del hombre ahorcado, hombrecillo, hombrecillos ahorcados,
hombre colgado
Ophrys
sphegodes
Authority:Mill., 1768
Nederlands:Spinnenorchis
English:Early Spider-orchid
Deutsch:Spinnen-Ragwurz
Français:Ophrys araignée
Anacamptis pyramidalis
Authority:(L.) Rich.
Synonyms:Orchis pyramidalis Linnaeus, 1753
Nederlands:Hondskruid
English:Pyramidal Orchid
Deutsch:Spitzorchis
Norsk:Salepsrot
Svenska:Klotyxne, salepsrot
Français:Orchis pyramidal
Italiano:orchide, orchidea pyramidale, orchide piramidale
Español:orquídea piramidal, orquídea piramidale
Ranunculus asiaticus
Authority:Linnaeus, 1753
Italiano:ranuncolo asiatico, ranuncolo di Persia, ranuncolo scempio
Español:francesilla, marimoña