Another orchid
White Helleborine (Cephalanthera damasonium) in bud. I'll blip it again when the flower is more open. It never opens fully as it is self-pollinating. This orchid is relatively common, but declining, on chalklands under shady beechwoods, which describes my garden well.
The plant takes 7 to 8 years to develop from seed and then another 2 to 3 years to flower. This example has popped up on one of my woodland paths, so I built a little fence around it a few weeks ago so that it wouldn't get inadvertently stepped on...
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