Ophrys and some others! 2011

[Neil]

Well my L. ovata  have only just put there leaves up

[christian pfalz]

in flower today, ophry....a hybrid between insectifera and sphegodes ? or apifera ? or holoserica

cheers
chris

[alpinelover]

Orchis mascula in my garden today.

[Alex]

From my greenhouse today, Ophrys lacaitae, O. apulica and Serapias neglecta.

Alex

[Tony Willis]

A Serapis vomeracea in flower now

[Tony Willis]

Not one to quicken the pulse. The flower head is about 1cm across

Amitostigma gonggashanicum

[Alex]

A couple of Ophrys from a few days ago - O. lacaitae and O. aveyronensis.

[fredg]

A few Dactylorhiza are beginning to open with me.

1. Dactylorhiza fuchsii
2. Dactylorhiza fuchsii
3. Dactylorhiza foliosa
4. Anacamptis laxifolia now fully open.

I will try to get Platanthera chlorantha when the sun disappears.

[fredg]

Platanthera chlorantha is terrible to photograph if there's sun around, it just burns out.
I managed to get a dullish period.

Incidentally I'm still awaiting the promised thunderstorms, so far I've had 1" in my barrels ( all of which had been completely empty).

[Maren]

Lovely Greater Butterfly orchid. Was it at Aston Rowant?

[fredg]

This is a tame one Maren.
It was originally purchased as Platanthera bifolia but we can both see it isn't 

[Tony Willis]

Platanthera chlorantha

Incidentally I'm still awaiting the promised thunderstorms, so far I've had 1" in my barrels ( all of which had been completely empty).

Fred lovely platanthera way ahead of mine.

Just had a couple of inches of rain in the last half hour and no sign of it letting up.

[SteveC2]

Well that makes a change Tony, for once my plants are ahead of yours!  Bifiloia and chlorantha both in flower for over a week now.
And still no rain, I've emptied my own four water butts and have raided half my neighbours.  Today acquired two 25 litre containers for collection of rain water from a friend five miles away!

[Maren]

What you need is this, available athttp://www.rainharvesting.co.uk/pages/systems/domestic.html

I'd have one straight away but the tank would have to be delivered by helicopter which adds a little to the cost.

[Maggi Young]

Here's a slightly larger picture than Maren's from that website:
click to enlarge....