Merry Christmas 2020
It's Christmas Day as I publish this blog. It's been a horrible year with Covid-19 restricting movement and later infecting us and making us ill. However, enough of that. Here's a selection of some of the UK wild orchids I found in this and previous years to hopefully bring you some Christmas cheer and to look forward to a Happy New Year to come. I hope you like them. In alphabetical (latin name) order: Anacamptis morio Green-winged orchid Anacamptis pyramidalis Pyramidal Orchid Dactylorhiza fuchsii Common spotted orchid Dactylorhiza praetermissa Southern marsh orchid Dactylorhiza incarnata ssp coccinea Early marsh orchid Cephalanthera damasonium White Helleborine Epipactis helleborine Broad-leaved helleborine Epipactis palustris Marsh helleborine Gymnadenia conopsea Chalk fragrant orchid Hermin...