Wild Orchids at West Wycombe
 

Visited the "Hell Fire Caves" at West Wycombe yesterday and after parking in
the car park next to the old closed Garden Centre we walked straight across
the hill to the caves. The grass was peppered with the Pyramidal Orchids,
there must be thousands of plants there. I have never seen them in such
abundance especially near the road to the caves but they were all over the
hill too. Also noticed some wild Oregano flowering amongst the grass along
the track and wondered if it had escaped from the old GC.

ps The George and Dragon in the village is good for lunch, it's just a tight
squeeze getting into their large car park through the old coaching arch.

-- Regards
Bob Hobden
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from the W.of London. UK

Wild Orchids at West Wycombe
 

On Tue, 1 Jul 2014 16:23:22 +0100, "Bob Hobden"
wrote:

Visited the "Hell Fire Caves" at West Wycombe yesterday and after parking in
the car park next to the old closed Garden Centre we walked straight across
the hill to the caves. The grass was peppered with the Pyramidal Orchids,
there must be thousands of plants there. I have never seen them in such
abundance especially near the road to the caves but they were all over the
hill too. Also noticed some wild Oregano flowering amongst the grass along
the track and wondered if it had escaped from the old GC.

ps The George and Dragon in the village is good for lunch, it's just a tight
squeeze getting into their large car park through the old coaching arch.


It is almost worth the drive from south Devon just to see the
Pyramidal Orchids. I have had a solitary one in a wildflower area for
some years and I keep hoping that it will seed at least one more
nearby. An additional Common spotted orchid seem to pop up each
year, this years new arrival some 4 metres from its likely source, but
alas no new Pyramidal.
--
rbel