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Post by fredg on Jun 6, 2016 16:14:08 GMT
An early visit to this particular meadow. It puts on a very fine show of many orchids throuhout the season predominately Dactylorhiza fuchsii. These are not quite out yet ( see last picture) but I was very pleasantly surprised to see these little purple gems. Unfortunately I haven't ID'd them yet but they look just as good without a name. Purple thingies   |
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Post by fredg on Jun 11, 2016 8:37:37 GMT
MrsG forced me to buy a pocket orchid ID book so we now have a pretty good idea what these are now  The darker ones are the Northern Marsh Orchid - Dactylorhiza purpurella and the lighter one is the Southern Marsh Orchid - Dactylorhiza praetermissa.
The bottom photo is still the Common Spotted Orchid - Dactylorhiza fuchsiiUnless you know better  |
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Post by fredg on Jun 22, 2016 19:12:16 GMT
A short video slideshow of the orchids from today's field trip.
Enjoy
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Post by fredg on Jun 30, 2016 19:09:39 GMT
There's more  |
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Post by fredg on Jul 12, 2016 20:11:34 GMT
Orchid video No.3 for 2016.
It's a little longer than the first two as it's difficult to stop taking photos when there's so much good subject around.
I hope you enjoy.
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Post by fredg on Jul 14, 2016 17:37:21 GMT
Another day, another site. This is a SSSI near Mansfield. The Orchids on site include Dactylorhiza, Neottia ovata - Twayblade and Gymnadenia conopsea - the Fragrant Orchid.
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not here it isn't