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.