Saturday 14 June 2014

The Lesser Butterfly Orchid


I have found eight species of orchids so far this year at Durlston Country Park and Fontmell Down; Lesser Butterfly orchid (as below), Early Purple orchid, Early Spider orchid, Bee orchid, Common Twayblade orchid, Green Winged orchid, Common Spotted orchid, Pyramidal orchid.   We went for a walk at Fontmell Down on Thursday, wonderful wide variety of wildflowers throughout the walk where I found this orchid, the Lesser Butterfly.


5 comments:

Richard Pegler said...

That's absolutely beautiful, Linda!

Roy Norris said...

Thats a new one on me Lyn. Quite different.

holdingmoments said...

That's a beauty Linda.
Never seen one of those before.

Richard Pegler said...

Such a delicate and beautiful orchid, Linda.

Linda Yarrow said...

Thankyou all for your comments. This orchid was at Fontmell Down, there was quite a few of them around.