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27-06-2010, 10:55 AM
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27-06-2010, 04:03 PM
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27-06-2010, 10:24 PM
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Did you manage to get the recently re-discovered Ghost Orchid? I have not seen one since the early 80's. | When I say I've seen 'every' British species, I exclude the Ghost orchid since it's never officially flowered within my life time (apart from last year). I don't have enough contacts to help me find it and that's the same with the Herefordshire plant 
It's the Holy Grail that I don't expect I'll find for a very long time yet.
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27-06-2010, 10:40 PM
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| | | Re: Post exams - a week of wildflowers (:
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Originally Posted by the young hunter When I say I've seen 'every' British species, I exclude the Ghost orchid since it's never officially flowered within my life time (apart from last year). I don't have enough contacts to help me find it and that's the same with the Herefordshire plant It's the Holy Grail that I don't expect I'll find for a very long time yet.
Mike | I wish you all the best with the Ghost, I wouldn't mind betting you'll see it before too long. In my opinion is it is always there: just a case of someone finding it. "Right place, right time".
I have a pic of it flowering underground believe it or not, and I, along with several others think that it's not uncommon for it to do this. Thats why I think it's always there!
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28-06-2010, 01:04 AM
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| | | Re: Post exams - a week of wildflowers (:
Wow! How did you manage that?!
But yes, hopefully one day. It would be a shame to have to go all the way to the Black Forest.
I agree though, I'm sure it appears virtually every year somewhere in the country, just all depends on who is lucky enough to spot it before the slugs have it 
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28-06-2010, 08:55 AM
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| | | Re: Post exams - a week of wildflowers (:
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Originally Posted by the young hunter Wow! How did you manage that?!
But yes, hopefully one day. It would be a shame to have to go all the way to the Black Forest.
I agree though, I'm sure it appears virtually every year somewhere in the country, just all depends on who is lucky enough to spot it before the slugs have it
Mike | I was at the 'Marlow Site' in the early 80's when Ghosts appeared quite regularly.
A couple of girls rode through the site on ponies and I just happened to lift up some of the clods of earth disturbed by the horses hooves, and there under one, to my utter amazement, was a Ghost Orchid flower down in this 4"/10cm deep hole!
I believe it is the one and only time such a photograph has been shot. It was
pure luck, plain and simple.
In my experience you have no more than two or three days before the slugs get the flowers.
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30-06-2010, 07:29 PM
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That's incredible! I'm very jealous of such a unique find!
A Ghost Orchid is waiting for me somewhere... 
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01-07-2010, 07:55 PM
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Originally Posted by the young hunter That's incredible! I'm very jealous of such a unique find!
A Ghost Orchid is waiting for me somewhere...
Mike | and me hopefully
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