Thursday Macro Photography: Italian orchid

The delicate beauty of an Italian orchid (Orchis italica), a species also known as naked man orchid, due to the curious shape of its petals, which take the form of tiny hanging humans !

Photo taken at Boca do Rio beach, located near the village of Burgau (Algarve, SW Portugal)

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Orchis italica © David Germano | All rights reserved.

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