British Wild Orchids*
Professor Mike Fay is a Senior Research Leader in conservation genetics at Kew Gardens and also a world expert on orchids.
Professor Mike Fay is a Senior Research Leader in conservation genetics at Kew Gardens and also a world expert on orchids.
Local lawn care expert and former head greenkeeper, Ian Stephens, loves grass and his work creating healthy, vibrant lawns at homes across Notts and Lincs. But Ian has long seen ‘beyond the green…
Hundreds of thousands of blooms give field a purple haze.
The Early purple orchid is one of the first orchids to pop up in spring. Look for its pinkish-purple flowers from April, when bluebells still carpet our woodland floors. Its leaves are dark green…
Join warden Phil Townsend to explore this spectacular reserve with its impressive orchid display and other wildlife treasures.
This is probably the most widespread and commonest of the marsh orchids.
More than 20 winners and runner-ups win prizes for shots of nature.
The petals of the rare Lizard orchid's flowers form the head, legs and long tail of a lizard. They are greenish, with light pink spots and stripes, and smell strongly of goats! Spot this tall…
Come and help warden Phil Townsend count the orchids at this jewel of a nature reserve, famed for its display of these fascinating flowers.
The bee orchid is a sneaky mimic - the flower’s velvety lip looks like a female bee. Males fly in to try to mate with it and end up pollinating the flower. Sadly, the right bee species doesn’t…
This unassuming orchid is easily overlooked. It is found patchily across the UK, but has been declining for decades.
The pyramidal orchid lives up to its name - look for a bright pinky-purple, densely packed pyramid of flowers atop a green stem. It likes chalk grassland, sand dunes, roadside verges and quarries…