Beaten to it.

When I got to the orchid site I found that a more serious photographer had got there before me. Moreover he had more expensive equipment.

Nevertheless it is a show worth seeing with several hundred Early Purple Orchids. They have black spots on their leaves. There were also a few of the white flowered variety.

Mixed in among them were a number of Green Winged Orchids. They usually flower a little later. My extra shows a Green Winged.