Mirror Orchid
Height: 5-25cm
Colour: Blue, Brown, Green
Flowering: March to April
Soil type: Alkaline

A distinctive shiny blue shield on the main part of the flower makes this an easy orchid to identify. There can be between 2 and 8 flowers per stem, each edged with a hairy brown trim. The sepals are green with a varying thickness of brown streaks.

The mirror orchid will grow in full sun or partial shade on alkaline soils. It grows in dry areas on roadside verges, pastures, garrigue, matorral / scrubland and woodland clearings. This orchid can be found from coastal areas up to an altitude of 1200m.

Synonyms: Ophrys ciliata, Ophrys vernixia

These images of orchids were taken in Southern Spain, many terrestrial species are widespread from the Iberian peninsular eastwards through the Mediterranean region.

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