..........spiranthe d'ete!!
This I saw only a few days ago - probably the 22nd September - pushing up through the coarse remaining uneaten grass of summer..
It was my orchid expert friend Stephanie Do-Re-Go Lima...with a name like that what else could she be but an expert in something rare..
Fortunately Stephanie did live at La Chaise for some years during which she worked very hard on her knowledge of wild orchids. Fortunately for Stephanie, the La Chaise fields have always been well endowed by orchids, even when we had heavy footed sheep grazing the land. When a local farmer was permitted to take hay from the fields Stephanie immediately armed herself with piquets and netting to surround the orchid patches. It was a great success. All the orchids continue to flourish as appropriate times at La Chaise.
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