Corine Oosterlee is a botanist and photographer and she offers guided Botanical Walks and other activities around plants and vegetation in nature in Perigord. Do you want to know more? On www.baladebotanique.fr you can find more information. For Corine's photography see www.corineoosterlee.com. Both websites also in English.
Enjoy!
June 2, 2010
Pyramidal Orchid
The Pyramidal Orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis) is a species common to be found in Perigord. When they start flowering in may the flower heads are triangular in shape, but now, in June, they grow longer and longer.
They grow on roadsides and in hay meadows, and when you mow the grass the cut stalks give a sweet fragrance to the mown grass.