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Bird's Nest Orchid

A solitary Bird's Nest Orchid (Neottia nidus-avis) just emerging among the Bluebells in Buckholt Wood, Cranham, Glos today. At this stage they look for all the world like brown asparagus.

 

There is a site where these grow in numbers a few hundred yards away but this large example was completely on its own

 

Orchid 4 of 2013

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Uploaded on May 19, 2013
Taken on May 18, 2013