Tuesday, 10 June 2025

Bee Orchids plural!

On three occassions we have had a single Bee Orchid (2017, 2021 and last year), all in the same area. Yesterday I recorded five Bee Orchids there which is definitely my biggest surprise this year regarding flowers. This is an outstanding looking flower, evolved to mimic a particular female bee but which is generally self-pollinating. That explains why we now seem to have progeny of either the 2017 or perhaps the 2021 specimen.

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