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Cephalanthera rubra (13-JUN-2009) & Anacamptis pyramidalis (12-JUN-2009)

About one month ago (I had forgotten I had taken teh pictures :(), I found these two species flowering near my place in Basel, Switzerland. Cephalanthera rubra growing in the forest near the border, and Anacamptis pyramidalis growing in the grassland...

Note: clicking onthe pictures you will open a larger version in my Flickr page.

Anacamptis pyramidalis
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2640/...f0c388d7_m.jpg

Cephalanthera rubra (3 different plants)
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3511/...6f03e067_m.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2548/...c9b28ff3_m.jpg http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2488/...06d8fc4d_m.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2639/...64d76118_m.jpg http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2571/...81ffd54b_m.jpg

Very intense and Beautiful color Ramon. Thanks

Very, very nice photos!

Wow, those are great colours :cheer: