If yesterday was bad, then today was in even worse. More rain, more wind, and more cold. No point in taking the big camera today either, so I was travelling light with the G10 again. We found lots more orchids and a rare fern as well, but because orchids are closer to my heart than ferns, then the discovery that probably meant the most to me was the early marsh orchid ssp. cruenta. There are two known locations of this orchid around Loos and although I’ve seen it in several places in the mountains, it’s just simply different to see it here. It also completes one orchid landmark for me – I’ve now seen all the native orchids in Loos here in Loos.

And then there was this really rare orchid I found. It’s the only known individual of its kind – the triblade (Listera trivata)!

(Yes the last one is a bit of a botanists’ inside joke.)