Would like to know what this flower is
 

I saw this flower on my visit to France in August of 2011. I thought it was an orchid but honestly I'm not sure. I was in the southern region of France if that helps. Just curious as to what it might be.

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It's not an orchid. Those are sweet peas

Ah ok. Thank you.

JKEYS, I hope you took time tto smell them, the fragrance is delicious. Just looking at them I can almost smell them...Jean

you have that in your surroundings this spring....go take a walk at the commons

Yes, a sweet pea! I can see how you thought it was an orchid, it's very Phal or Den like in appearance. There are quite a few native terrestrial orchids in France, and the south has a few nice ones, if you know where to look!

Yeah, sweet pea, but I can see the orchid likeness as well.

My Mum used to always grow these on trellis in the garden every year. The fragrance was always wonderful :)

We used to have a lot in the garden too, but now that I've moved out my mom doesn't bother too much with sowing annuals. We had planted perrenial sweet pea once, but it was a big disappointment, those don't smell at all!