2013 UK orchids (1 Viewer)

[Ghostly Vision]

Spent five hours looking for Ghosts at two Herefordshire sites, including the 2009 spot.

No luck I'm afraid, but it was pleasing to see good numbers and variety of fungi in both areas, meaning that although the 2009 place is being heavily overgrown with Bramble due to light ingress, beneath the canopy there is still activity.

Yesterday was the anniversary of 2009's find, and a day earlier than the one nearby in 1982, so it would have been rude not to check......

However, this will be my last attempt for another year.

Sean

 

[JCL]

Sadness at the end of another orchid season.

My last - yesterday - was (just) 6 ALTs at James Hunter's site at Littlestone, SE Kent. Might have to go birding now...

 

[leptochila]

Sadness at the end of another orchid season.

My last - yesterday - was (just) 6 ALTs at James Hunter's site at Littlestone, SE Kent. Might have to go birding now...

Sad indeed!

Also, got the book through a couple of weeks ago - looks great! Shark cage diving in Cornwall; never knew about that. Very keen to give it a go :t:

Mike

 

[JCL]

Sad indeed!

Also, got the book through a couple of weeks ago - looks great! Shark cage diving in Cornwall; never knew about that. Very keen to give it a go :t:

Mike

Glad you like it, mike!

James

 

[heakl]

Bee orchid rosettes just starting to appear on the Cotswolds.

Alan

 

[lizard orchid]

I am at the moment on my quest to refind Autumn Ladies Tresses for Northants. Checked today verges around Whittlebury village where there is a 1950's record. Sadly verges not suitable now for the species. In Druces flora of 1930 he mentions Hartwell so I had a go at many of the mown verges checking for basal rosettes. One lawn in particular looked very promising with autumn hawkbit and the like. I even knocked on a door to see if could get permission to check this lawn but sadly no answer. Anyway will keep trying.

Brian Laney.

 

[lizard orchid]

I also had a go at a record in Druces flora for between Wappenham and Bucknell Wood in Northants and got permission by kind farmer to check south facing slopes the other week for Autumn Ladies Tresses. One south facing bank looked again very promising but sadly nothing noted.

Brian Laney.

 

[MarkHows]

Found this in Pembrokeshire last week

Mark

 

[JCL]

Irish Lady's Tress discovered on Colonsay, Hebs

http://www.birdguides.com/webzine/article.asp?a=4031

 

[heakl]

Rosettes

Bee and Early Spider rosettes are now well developed and easy to spot, in a small area where I've seen up to twenty Bee orchids in flower I found over fifty rosettes this week.

Also showing in my area are Fly, Autumn Lady's-tresses and Green-winged rosettes, none of them easy to find unless you know the exact locations in which to look.

Alan

 

[rogpow]

Very interesting, Alan.
Might head out to my local patches this weekend and see what (if anything!) I can find.

Rog

 

[heakl]

Bee and Early Spider rosettes are now well developed and easy to spot, in a small area where I've seen up to twenty Bee orchids in flower I found over fifty rosettes this week.

Also showing in my area are Fly, Autumn Lady's-tresses and Green-winged rosettes, none of them easy to find unless you know the exact locations in which to look.

Alan

Lizard orchid and the heavily keeled Pyramidal orchid leaves also showing.

Alan

 

[Wood Nymph]

Anyone know how the orchids will go on with all this flooding in certain areas, especially places like Sandwich bay?

 

[heakl]

Early Purple rosette

Took this photo of an Early Purple rosette today, not seen one as early as this before and being so well developed it looks as though it must have been above ground for some time. It is on a site where hundreds will be developing in the New Year but as far as I could see this is the only one showing.

Alan