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Morgaine
June 8th, 2015, 01:50 PM
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What I saw yesterday.

migo984
June 8th, 2015, 03:30 PM
I'm not good at plant identification. Is that a Bee Orchid?

Morgaine
June 8th, 2015, 03:52 PM
You are right. It is a bee orchid. I took one picture of one 5 years ago, and then noticed last month that there was an orchid observers project on zooniverse. So, yesterday, we see if we can find it again. Was almost about to give up hope when we found one purply orchid, and then within 15 meters or so, that one (and more).

migo984
June 8th, 2015, 05:58 PM
You're lucky; they are quite difficult to find I believe. Beautiful plants.

Crazyorange
June 8th, 2015, 07:33 PM
Sweet....what a beautiful flower.

Is it fuzzy to the touch?

Morgaine
June 9th, 2015, 03:29 AM
I didn't touch it, just photographed (some shots blurry.... but most of the pics of flutterbys I took on Sunday weren't blurry).

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