This is Germany's most common Ophrys species, although I have never found one by myself so far.

The blossoms are small and green, but the lip looks surprisingly like a brown fly.

In fact, all Ophrys species imitate female insects of various species: bees, wasps, flies and so on. They do even copy their smell. Male insects try to copulate with them and pollinate the blossoms. These "insect flowers" are something unique, and you can speak about a form of co-evolution.

This is the most grateful Ophrys species which can be cultivated like O. apifera, but according to the experts, it can also tolerate light shade. On suitable places it can multiply itself via seeds and vegetatively.