Every Friday, we introduce #wildflowerhour members to a different beautiful native orchid. This week it’s the turn of the Marsh Helleborine, Epipactis palustris. It’s a fabulous orchid, as showy as any of the exotic members of the family that people (try to) grow on their windowsills at home. And it grows wild in this country. It’s amazing how few people are aware of how stunning our native flora is.
Here’s a short video, which you can also watch on our Twitter feed, our Facebook page, and our Instagram story:
It’s Friday so it’s orchid day! Meet the Marsh Helleborine, Epipactis palustris in this video – and tweet us pictures of your own Marsh Helleborine finds. pic.twitter.com/TLHBzN0Ye7
— wildflowerhour (@wildflower_hour) January 19, 2018
And here are your own Marsh Helleborine finds. If you haven’t yet seen this amazing plant, why not ask a #wildflowerhour member where they found it, so you can enjoy its exotic-looking beauty for yourself.
My first helleborine, seen in Highland Perthshire. Mesmerisingly colourful orchids combined with a mesmerisingly colourful alkaline flush was a little overwhelming. A site I'll be aiming to drop by again this year! pic.twitter.com/lM7muIJkOB
— Gus Routledge (@PinkfootedGus) January 19, 2018
Such a showy plant! Here's a fine specimen of Epipactis palustris from dune slack at Rosepenna, Co. Donegal pic.twitter.com/hUdquurD6a
— Rory Hodd (@NimbosaEcology) January 19, 2018
My favourite patch of Marsh Helleborines. Just 1km walk along coast from my old house in Seaton Devon. I try and go for a look at them every year. pic.twitter.com/rz32Jj7CNf
— Karen Woolley (@Wildwingsand) January 19, 2018
I was thrilled to see my first Marsh Helleborines on an Orchid filled outing with the Warrington Plant Group at Nob End SSSI. There were carpets of them! pic.twitter.com/xhdq9eZ9AJ
— Rebecca Wheeler (@Rebecca42041942) January 19, 2018
Here are a few of my 2017 Marsh Helleborine photos from Laois. Makes me sad looking at them because their marsh was reclaimed for grass. pic.twitter.com/NsFO8Zeiy8
— Martine Brennan (@BrennanMartine) January 19, 2018
from #wildflowerhour http://www.wildflowerhour.co.uk/blog/2018/01/19/marsh-helleborine/
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