Hebridean Spotted Orchid (Dactylorhiza fuchsii hebridensis)

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Jun 282009
 

Spotted (groan… pardon the pun) these beautiful flowers growing on the cliff above Silver Strand on Sherkin Island in West Cork last week.

Close up of the Hibernian Spotted Orchid (Dactylorhiza fuchsii hebridensis) growing above Silver Strand, Sherkin Island

Really gorgeous – but what really amazed me was how many of them there were growing in one spot.

Spotted Orchids growing above Silver Strand, Sherkin Island

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