A very warm day today so we didn't walk too far this morning. It was nice to see the orchids starting to appear in the grassland around
Shipley Park.
These little stunners are Southern Marsh Orchids (
Dactylorhiza praetermissa). The name
Dactylorhiza comes from the Greek
Dactylos, meaning finger and
rhyza, meaning root. Reference to this species five-'fingered' root system.
The rather
beautifully coloured, pinkish-purple flowers stand out well amongst the green grass and give a touch of the 'exotic' to an English landscape.
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