Ophrys apifera
Hgt 50cm
Seed Origin Somerset. Short lived perennial flowering from May to late June or early July. Flowers resemble a bumblebee. Habitat grassland, road verges, waste ground, gravel pits, undisturbed ground and sand dunes.
Caution seed is like dust. Sowing info - The easiest way to sow the seed is to sow it onto disturbed or bare ground from early summer until mid autumn and let nature do the work, if the conditions are suitable for orchids they should start flowering in approx five to eight years.
Each pkt contains 2,000 + seeds in a plastic vial.

Sowing time for wildflowers is all year round with best results sowing either March to early May, or from August to September.