Parco dell'uccellina in April

[enrico]

I took a few shots of these plants in the end of April, at the Parco dell'uccellina, in southern Tuscany, any idea about ID?
I think it might be some kind of Dactylorhiza but I'm not sure at all.

[Anthony Darby]

I once took a wrong turning coming away from a Puccini opera at Torre del Lago in the dark and went down a very dubious street, but that's another story. These look like naked man orchids (Orchis italica)?

[enrico]

Antony, Torre del Lago is not the right place to turn on the wrong street  In Alberese (where the photos are taken) the worst you can find is a boar or a fox

[Anthony Darby]

Yes Enrico, it was your address and the name of the orchid that reminded me. The worst part was we had to turn round and drive back along that street to get to the main road again!