Spikes and Buds

I had had enough of computer work today. Having read on another nature blog that the Ophrys tenthredinifera has started blooming in Doñana, I decided to escape for  a quick walk today to see what´s going on in our cooler climate in the Grazalema Park.

 

There were plenty of spikes of different orchids and other plants out but no buds or flowers on the orchid spikes. As every year, we will have to wait a bit longer.

 

There are buds and leaves of many plants about and it is good fun to try to locate familiar plants before they fully develop, a process which is not always successful...read more....