Bee Orchid (1)

A Bee Orchid, found on a roadside verge in Lincolnshire. (For a closer look, see the next picture.)

Probably one of the more spectacular British wild flowers, though actually fairly small and easy to overlook. It's also not quite as rare as I'd originally thought - and I also discovered that it's been adopted as the county flower of Bedfordshire.

Picture taken: June 2011

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