A day with the masters of Orchids.
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Yellow Bee Orchids (Ophrys lutea). |
I spent a cracking morning with some of the top Orchid botanists in our area and listened to a couple of very interesting lectures given by Manuel Becerra Parra and Jose Antonio Díaz Romera.
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Pink Butterfly Orchid (Anacamptis papilionacea). |
It was also good to meet some old faces and met some new ones who had up till then just been names and photo's on Facebook.
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Orchis x gennarii (O. papilionacea x O. champagneuxii). |
Later we went for lunch and the out doing some photography, we visited a site just out side of the town of Archidona. In the first few minutes Damián Quintana showed us a superb patch of Pink Butterfly Orchids (Anacamptis papilionacea) with a few
Yellow Bee Orchids (Ophrys lutea) dotted in with them.
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Pheasant's Eye (Adonis annua). |
We continued walking around the site and soon added
Southern Early Purple (Androrchis Olbiensis),
Mirror (Ophrys speculum) and then the star of the day for me 6 spikes of the stunning hybrid
Orchis x gennarii (O. papilionacea x O. champagneuxii).
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Mirror Orchid (Ophrys speculum). |
We again continued on and found Sawfly Orchid (Ophrys tenthredinifera),
Conical Orchid (Neotinea conica), more of the Hybrids and lots of other wildflowers including
Pheasant's Eye (Adonis annua),
Grey-leaved Cistus (Cistus albidus),
Star of Bethlehem (Ornithogalum umbellatum) and
Shepherds Needles (Scandix pecten-veneris).
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Sawfly Orchid (Ophrys tenthredinifera). |
On the wonder around the area I also picked up a few bird species as well including
Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus),
Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor),
Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala),
Pallid Swift (Vencejo Pálido /Apus pallidus),
House Martin (Avión Común / Delichon urbica) and
Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica).
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Conical Orchid (Neotinea conica). |
I had to leave the group quite early as Jayne and I were heading out for the evening for an Indian meal with our friend from the Good Fork Club in Loja.
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