Natural History Photographs


According to the Crossbill guide of the Spanish Pyrenees, the Tena valley is of richest valley for orchids. The guide directed us to this location, and indeed I found many, many orchids in flower - even some very late flowering plants of the Elder-flowered orchid. The apotheose of the day would come only later though.
Valeriana montana
Authority:Linnaeus, 1753
English:mountain valerian
Deutsch:Bergbaldrian
Français:Valériane des montagnes
Italiano:valeriana montana
Español:jazmin de peñas, nardo de monte, valeriana de monte, valeriana mayor

Aquilegia vulgaris
Authority:Linnaeus, 1753
Nederlands:wilde akelei
English:common columbine
Deutsch:gemeine Akelei, gewöhnliche Akelei, Waldakelei
Norsk:akeleie
Svenska:akleja
Français:aiglantine, ancolie commune, bonne femme, clochette, cornette, galantine,
gants-de-Notre-Dame, gonneau, manteau royal
Italiano:aquilegia comune
Español:aguileña, aquileña, capa de rey, clérigos, clérigos boca abajo, farolillos,
flor de los celos, frailes boca abajo, manto real, pajarilla, palomilla,
palominera, pelécanos, pelícanos
Carthamus
carduncellus
Authority:Linnaeus, 1753
Synonyms:Carduncellus monspelliensium Allioni, 1785
English:mountain carthamus
Deutsch:Zwergdistel
Français:cardoncelle de Montpellier, carthame à feuilles longues,
petit chardon des Montpelliérains
Italiano:cardoncello provenzale
Español:cardillo azul, cardo arzolla, cardo de arzolla
Pinguicula grandiflora
Authority:Lamarck, 1789
Nederlands:Grootbloemig vetblad
English:Large-flowered Butterwort
Deutsch:Grossblütiges Fettblatt, Grossblütiges Fettkraut
Français:Grassette à grandes fleurs
Italiano:erba unta con grandi fiori
Español:flor de las fuentes, grasilla, grasilla de flor grande, tiraña, tirañuela,
violeta de agua
Dactylorhiza majalis
Authority:(Rchb.) P.F.Hunt & Summerh., 1965
Synonyms:Orchis majalis Rchb. 1828
Nederlands:Brede orchis
English:Western marsh orchid, Broad-leaved marsh orchid
Deutsch:Breitblättrige Fingerwurz
Norsk:Kongsmarihand
Svenska:Majnycklar
Français:Dactylorhize à larges feuilles, Dactylorhize de mai
Italiano:orchide a foglie larghe, sconcordia
Español:palma christi
Primula farinosa
Authority:Linnaeus, 1753
English:Bird's-eye Primrose
Deutsch:Mehl-Primel
Norsk:Melnøkleblom
Svenska:Majviva
Français:Primevère farineuse
Italiano:primula farinosa
Español:primavera de flor bermeja
Dactylorhiza sambucina
Authority:(L.) Soó, 1962
Synonyms:Orchis sambucina Linnaeus, 1755
Nederlands:Vlierochis
English:Elder-flowered orchid
Deutsch:Holunder-Knabenkraut
Norsk:Engmarihand
Svenska:Adam och Eva
Français:L'Orchis sureau
Italiano:giglio sambucino, orchide sambucina
Español:orquídea sáuco
Neotinea ustulata
Authority:(L.) Bateman, Pridgeon & Chase
Synonyms:Orchis ustulata Linnaeus, 1753
Nederlands:Aangebrande orchis
English:burnt orchid, Burnt-tip orchid, dark-winged orchid
Deutsch:angebrannte Orchis, angebranntes Knabenkraut, Brandkeuschständel,
schwarzköpfige Orchis, schwärzliches Knabenkraut
Svenska:krutbrännare
Français:orchis brûlé, orchis mignon
Italiano:orchide bruciacchiata, sipho macchiettato
Español:orquídea manchada