Field Guide to the Orchids of Europe and the Mediterranean is a comprehensive photographic guide to the orchids of the region written by leading experts, who between them have decades of orchid field and research experience.

The book covers 30 genera and their species including Ophrys, Cypripedium, Orchism, as well as 70 natural hybrids. To simplify identification, several images accompany each species to illustrate their diversity, along with notes on distinguishing features and distribution maps. Each species is also accompanied by common names and important synonyms, as well as notes on habitat, flowering times and distinguishing features.