Hagedisjes met bokkengeur

When a friend from England sent me a message that he had found a lizard orchid in nature, I had no idea what he meant. Which orchid looks like a lizard, I wondered. I could not think of any and I also did not know an orchid with a name that refers to a lizard.

Text and photographs: Rob Böck
raboc at xs4all.nl
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1-Bokkenorchis.-Bloempjes-als-kleine-hagedisjes
2-Bokkenorchis-Zeeweg-Bloemendaal
4-Bokkenorchis.-Afbeelding-uit-Flora-von-Deutschland-Osterreich-und-der-Schweiz-1885
5-Oude-afbeelding-van-Bokkenorchis