Orchis simia, commonly known as the monkey orchid, is a greyish pink to reddish species of the genus Orchis.

It gets its common name from its lobed lip which mimics the general shape of a monkey's body.

[1] The range of the species is central and southern Europe, including southern England, the Mediterranean, Russia, Asia Minor, Caucasus, northern Iraq, Iran to Turkmenistan and northern Africa[2][3] where it occurs in grassland, garrigue, scrub and open woodland, chiefly on limestone soils.

It is absent from the Balearic Islands, Corsica and Sardinia.

[4] On Cyprus the species can be categorized as threatened,[2] and it became a protected species in the UK in 1975 under the Conservation of Wild Creatures and Wild Plants Act.