Just in: Wild Orchid
So far, we had discovered three species of orchids in the Aamsveen, a peat bog near my home town in The Netherlands: the common spotted orchid (Dactylorhiza fuchsii or maybe Dactylorhiza maculata), the lesser butterfly-orchid (Platanthera bifolia), and the eggleaf twayblade (Neottia ovata).
The lesser butterfly-orchid has since disappeared completely, as has the eggleaf twayblade, but the latter wasn't supposed to be in that habitat anyway; it was probably brought there with the sand used to shore up a path.
A few days ago, we found a fourth species: the broad-leaved helleborine (Epipactis helleborine), brede wespenorchis in Dutch.
The flowers up close:
Olympus Stylus 1s, 42mm, ISO400, f5.6, 1/50s
The peculiar bottom leaves:
Olympus Stylus 1s, 42mm, ISO400, f5.6, 1/80s
Overview:
Olympus Stylus 1s, 42mm, ISO400, f5.6, 1/80s
That makes four discovered species of orchids in a relatively small area, but only two are still around.
Thanks for watching!
Wow. Thats a nice one. Looks quite tall too. We are fortunate to have many wild orchids here in Tasmania but on my own little property I have only ever found one.
On your property? Oh you are so lucky :)
heh, I actually have those exact same ones in my garden
You guys are terrible!
nooo... we're just lucky!
That too :)
Pretty one!
I only found one native Portuguese orchid so far. I don't think it is the season now to look for them, will have to wait for winter and spring again. Pretty sure those terrestrial ones enjoy cooler and moister months (or Dutch weather).
Really interesting! There are still so many things unknown to us in this beautiful World. I'm glad you're helping with the discovering :)
Nice post! Followed :)
Wow you definitely know your stuff about and with your plants! A book of knowledge and I now know my first orchard name thank you for sharing 😊
I look forward to more!
best quality image.
upvote and resteem
nice... i have these growing (wild) in my garden.
I posted about that a few weeks ago [here]
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, amazing photos! Steemit in your face? :) @ocrdu