AH_Birds nest orchid Neottia nidus-avis_1257.jpg
Bird's nest orchid flower (Neottia nidus-avis) flowering in coniferous woodland. The plant lacks chlorophyll and obtains nutrients from fungal hypae which it parasitises. Nordtirol, Tirol, Austrian Alps, Austria, 1500 metres altitude, June.
- Copyright
- © Alex Hyde
- Image Size
- 3599x5399 / 7.8MB
- Keywords
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Austria,
Austrian Alps,
Bird's,
Bird's nest orchid,
Neottia nidus-avis,
Nordtirol,
Parasitic,
Tirol,
Tyrol,
alpine,
birds,
brown,
flowering,
flowers,
forest,
nest,
orchids,
organism,
parasite,
parasitises,
plants,
trees,
woodland
- Contained in galleries
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