On route home from the Hudwit we popped into the Bee x Fly site
A few plants look about 10 - 15 days away from looking decent but one plant already had 2 flowers open - superb for the end of April!
Regards
James
There seems to be mixed messages about whether orchids are a bit later this year or earlier. This seems early to me, so are they catching up on lost time now?
A photo of said plant I took with James yesterday
Mark
That's a cracker!
On route home from the Hudwit we popped into the Bee x Fly site
A few plants look about 10 - 15 days away from looking decent but one plant already had 2 flowers open - superb for the end of April!
Regards
James
Saw this oddity courtesy of heakl while down on the coast; the lowest flower was going over but looked pretty normal, with 6 perianth segments, but a bit of a misshapen/mispatterned lip.
As you can see the second 'flower' consists of only four perianth segments instead of the normal 6, and the top flower has merely 2! However both have a column of sorts, although that on the top 'flower' seems to contain 3 pollinia.
What a mixed up boy!
There was another plant close by where both flowers had misshapen and mispatterned lips.
Rich M
Hi Rich
Clocked this plant last weekend at Dancing Ledge - was it in a separate field with a wall at the bottom?
Very weird!
Mike
Any news on Lady Orchids yet, and if possible - any tips on good locations (close to Herts if any exist) ???
Thanks all
R
Any news on Lady Orchids yet, and if possible - any tips on good locations (close to Herts if any exist) ???
Thanks all
R
On route home from the Hudwit we popped into the Bee x Fly site
A few plants look about 10 - 15 days away from looking decent but one plant already had 2 flowers open - superb for the end of April!
Regards
James
It would appear that this plant has already been trashed;
https://twitter.com/zoylandbirder/status/594739949968195584
Rich M
I saw this plant at about 8am on Saturday morning the same day as this tweet. It was in fine condition then as were the other spikes on site. There did seem to be quite a few plants so hopefully not to much damage done.
Ben