We found a beautiful walk that we'd never been on before on the Aphrodites Hills trail above the Aphrodites Hills resort near Kouklia. There weren't a lot of
birds about but I was delighted to find a couple of species of orchid in
flower including this one, which I think is Ophrys flavomarginata. It's one of several members of a group of orchids from the eastern Mediterranean which fall under the umbrella name Ophrys umbilicata, also known as Mount Carmel orchid. They're all very similar but as it's name suggests, Ophrys flavomarginata has a yellow margin to the lip which is easily seen in these photos.
I believe that this is Anacamptis collina, Fan-lipped orchid.
Poppy anenomes are everywhere at the moment and vary in colour from almost
white, through pink and purple, to scarlet red.
Mandragora officinarum, a type of tomato apparently!
Fagonia cretica, quite a common plant in the hills that we visited around western Cyprus.
Bermuda buttercup Oxalis pes-caprae is a common, invasive non-native plant in Cyprus.
Romulea tempskyana
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