In those days, quite a few orchids are blooming in Slovenia: some, mainly, are found in the blooming meadows, while the habitat of Cypripedium calceolus - it is the one and only Cypripedium growing in the wild in Europe - is slightly higher, near the foot of the mountains:


Orchis morio:


Orchis mascula:



Orchis simia:



Orchis purpurea:


Ophrys insectifera:


Listera ovata:


Dactylorhiza maculata:


Serapias vomeracea:


Neottia nidus avis, non-photosynthetic orchid:


Himantoglossum adriaticum:


Cypripedium calceolus: