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Found at Wied il-mielah, Gharb.

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This was on a tree and the fruit (unripe) looked like an almond.
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Looks like a rose to me, but it was growing wild at Hagar Qim.
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Thanks Stephen. I found two groups, one having 6 examples and the other 2, in the valley behind the Villa Rosa in St. Georges Bay.

Thanks Stephen. I will visit the site in April so that I can photograph the flower.

Many thanks. So the sensible thing to do is to label them as "Ophrys"

Can anyone please tell me what this is ?
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I came across these orchids this morning and although they look different to each other, they are probably the same species as they were pretty close to each other. Could someone please ID them ? Many thanks.

Lovely image Pine
Thanks for the ID Stephen.

Thanks Pine, will wait for the expert.

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Are both of these Orchis conica, even though one is much "whiter" than the other.
Photographed at Penbroke this morning, growing within a few yards of each other.
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Could you please let me know what type of Ophrys is ?
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Could it perhaps be this ?
http://www.naturamediterraneo.com/forum ... _ID=109878

Yes Stephen, I will do them soon.
Unfortunately I have not been well lately, and was not in the mood, but will do Diptera next.

Thanks to both.
Will split them up next time.

Without any doubt torulosus.
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Sorry but forgot to tell you that the first was around 1cm from tip to tip, while the second had a diameter of just under 1 cm.

Hope this does not put you out too much.
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ps. Should I have split these in two posts seeing that they are two different species ?

No I have not checked genus Phellinus, but will do so, and yes it was growing on a Tamarix, pretty high up in fact and could not photograph it from above, but could see that it was a dark brown.

Is this correctly identified ?

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Sorry for late reply.

Unfortunalety these were the only two phots I took.
If I remember correctly it was pretty flat, maybe very slightly convex.

This is getting more and more interesting.

Many thanks. It was slightly smaller that a 10 cent piece and flat on top. Also it was found at marslaforn valley (after the rains, thst is why it is covered in mud) and not at Dwejra as stated. I also noticed that the white balance was wrong in the first phot, so I am posting another which reflects...

Photographed in Dwejra, Gozo if this helps.

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