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Sunday 22 June 2014

Spectacular Bee Orchids, 20th June 2014 in Surrey

Three Bee Orchids were in a meadow in Surrey, where I had never seen them before and will keep secret for fear of them being trampled or worse still, dug up by ignorant persons.  Such persons, sadly do still exist.


 
  
In the UK they are self-pollinated, it seems, in the absence of the suitable bee. One of the two pollinia above, has attached itself to the flower for self-pollination.

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