I Would Like To Know About “seed” That I Have Called Naked Man Orchids

I understand one name they are known by is Orchis Italica. The seeds appear to be quite large. They look like very tiny tulip bulbs. Am I looking at a small bulb? Is the fungus needed to help them germinate? Some photos are attched.

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#1 Comment By GKH_Susan On 05/07/2023 @ 6:23 am

Here is information we have on Orchis Italica. It is one of many wild orchids in Turkey whose rhizomes are used to make a powder, then ice cream or a beverage. Orchid seeds are the size of a speck of dust and they do need the symbiotic relationship with a mycorrhizal fungus to germinate.

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