New Orchid species for my list.
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| Dark Spider Orchid (Ophrys incubacea). |
After I dropped Peter back in Antequera I headed out towards the Dam at Embalse de Iznajar. After a tip off by Ian Phillips in Malaga I was hoping to pick up a new orchid species, he had found several spikes of
Dark Spider Orchids (Ophrys incubacea). I started the search and with his excellent directions I very quickly found the first of the three spikes Ian told me about and then located the other two nearby. Also in this area I found loads of
Mirror (Ophrys speculum),
Yellow Bee (Ophrys lutea),
Italian Man (Orchis italica) and
Giant Orchids (Himantoglossum robertiana).
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| Italian Man Orchid (Orchis italica) Hypochromatic. |
A little further along the road I had a look at the
Bumble-bee Orchids (Ophrys bombyliflora) seen a week or so earlier, whilst looking at these I looked up and found another three spikes of the
Spider Orchids. A little further up the bank there was a nice group of around 50 more
Italian Man Orchids including a couple of Hypochromatic white flowers and a Hybrid between
Italian Man (Orchis Italica) and
Man Orchid (Aceras anthropophorum) =
Orchiaceras bivonae.
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| Orchiaceras bivonae. |
Birds were few but I did pick up
Coal Tit (Carbonero Garrapinos / Parus ater),
Common Crossbill (Piquituerto Común / Loxia curvirostra) and very smart
Firecrest (Reyezuelo Listado / Regulus ignicapillus).
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