Orchid totals

A good result at 307 Orchids - a 33% increase on last year's total. As usual the vast majority are Common Spotted. One definite Heath Spotted and a couple I am looking at closely that are either Heath Spotted or a hybrid. One Twayblade (but a different one to last year's single Twayblade) and that was damaged by the frost so didn't flower. Only 20 Broad-leaved Helleborines this year vs 23 last year - the three near the bottom of the South Field didn't show this year. A number of the Common Spotteds didn't flower after coming upand I think it was the weird weather that caused that. Still I'll take 307.