Whilst waiting to enter the roundabout yesterday I noticed orchids standing upright amongst the grasses and clovers in the central reservation between two roads
Took my life in my hands to cross over to get a photo of one of the early purple orchids flowering. What is sad, is in a few days the council will probably mow this lot away.
Pocketful of joy today - sunny, warm and I hope I successfully put through a 12 exposure film through the Rolleiflex camera. I'll pop the film in to be developed and printed tomorrow.
FAV this is such a beautiful flower! I am not sure it was worth the life-threatening trek to get the photo though. The council needs to let well enough alone, so the bees can get to those gorgeous blooms.
Worth the adventure to get it- maybe a group of you can present the positives of leaving this for the pollinators- at least until the flowers are gone. Good shot.
@dailypix lovely to see roadside wildflowers @olivetreeann maybe @randystreat I know @shutterbug49 it'll be there next year @pcoulson I won't mention I wasn't a passenger when I first spotted them @robz it is! @tiaj1402 but the plant will survive @koalagardens I think so @mittens it is @wakelys they're not rare, but a surprise to see them I'll go hunting the bee orchids up the hill before it's mown!
@olivetreeann maybe
@randystreat I know
@shutterbug49 it'll be there next year
@pcoulson I won't mention I wasn't a passenger when I first spotted them
@robz it is!
@tiaj1402 but the plant will survive
@koalagardens I think so
@mittens it is
@wakelys they're not rare, but a surprise to see them I'll go hunting the bee orchids up the hill before it's mown!