helenann

By helenann

Green winged

We took the ferry from Southampton to Cowes this morning to spend a couple of days on the Isle of Wight. We stopped at Osborne House for a walk in the extensive grounds of what was Queen Victoria's house/palace. 
There was an impressive, huge, lawn of Green -winged orchids (Anacamptis morio) stretching away from the house, towards the beach. The first extra shows this meadow, while the main shows a close-up of one flower spike. Each flower has a pair of lateral sepals with prominent green veins, extending laterally, which gives the orchid its name.     
The second extra shows the formal terrace gardens beside the house.

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