Man Orchid
Man Orchid / aceras anthropophora. Barnack Hills and Hollows, Cambridgeshire. 25/05/17.
'SOME BLASTS FROM THE PAST.' (2)
An image made just over two years ago and my first ever sighting of a Man Orchid.
One of just three plants found growing on a steep bank, it took some dedicated searching for ... even though I'd been given directions to the general area it grew in. Once found, I was thrilled and absolutely enthralled by it.
The orchid gets it's name because the small, stemless flowers resemble human figures. The petals and sepals form a 'head' whilst the lobes of the labellum form a 'torso' and 'limbs'. I'd never seen anything like it before and spent ages looking at it's structure and making far too many images!
Man Orchid
Man Orchid / aceras anthropophora. Barnack Hills and Hollows, Cambridgeshire. 25/05/17.
'SOME BLASTS FROM THE PAST.' (2)
An image made just over two years ago and my first ever sighting of a Man Orchid.
One of just three plants found growing on a steep bank, it took some dedicated searching for ... even though I'd been given directions to the general area it grew in. Once found, I was thrilled and absolutely enthralled by it.
The orchid gets it's name because the small, stemless flowers resemble human figures. The petals and sepals form a 'head' whilst the lobes of the labellum form a 'torso' and 'limbs'. I'd never seen anything like it before and spent ages looking at it's structure and making far too many images!