Hello Wild Orchid Visitor

[glengary54]

Fran - No problem, we grow orchids, we are always up for a challenge. LOL

[Pink Lady]

I'm sure everyone appreciates your showing us those pictures. I know I did, I know now what Orchids dont look like.

[Bud]

you came here under false pretenses? you have a pertinent question. nothing is unimportant. in fact it is good you made me look for that on google(I have learned something)...the pictures you have posted is not on google but the shape texture and color are the same as the pictures on google(I meant the flowers look the same not that the photos look the same)

[FranOnTheEdge]

Originally Posted by camille1585

Nah, no problem! Think of it this way: now you know what an orchid doesn't look like!

Lol! True.

Originally Posted by Bud

you came here under false pretenses? you have a pertinent question. nothing is unimportant. in fact it is good you made me look for that on google(I have learned something)...the pictures you have posted is not on google but the shape texture and color are the same as the pictures on google(I meant the flowers look the same not that the photos look the same)

Thanks.

Now I do have one other question, sort of related to this:
What is the most likely orchid to see in the countryside here in Berkshire, UK - or isn't there one?

[RosieC]

I'm not sure if there is anything in the south of the UK.

I've seen Dactylorhiza fuchsii or something similar in Upper Teasdale. There are also meant to be some Cypripediums which are British natives but I think they are also more northern ones and I think they are pretty rare in the wild now (although you can grow them in your garden).

[glengary54]

Fran,
I don't know the answer to your question but here is a link to Amazon UK that has a book on the suject:
Wild Orchids of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire: Amazon.co.uk: David Steel, Peter Creed: Books

[RosieC]

Ooh, so if someone's written a book they must exist

[FranOnTheEdge]

Thanks. Unfortunately I can't afford such things right now, but as RosieC says at least it means there must be some somewhere. So I might be lucky and see one some day.

[camille1585]

Best time to see them is May and June. They can be hard to find if you don't really know where to look, unless you're lucky enough to live in an area that has many. If it's like in the netherlands, you'll find a a lot in the coastal areas. I've been around in the dunes here and seen quite a few species.

[FranOnTheEdge]

Dunes eh? I used to live really close to dunes, 300yrds away. But that was in Haverigg, Cumbria. Here in Berkshire, dunes are not quite so common.