Pete's Walks - Early Purple Orchid

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Photo taken 26/04/18 at Monks Wood near Huntingdon, Cambs.

Not something I've yet come across on my walks, I've seen it a few years at the Monks Wood nature reserve near Huntingdon, and also at the Warburg nature reserve in Oxfordshire. It flowers from April to June.

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Photo taken 26/04/18 at Monks Wood near Huntingdon, Cambs.

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Photo taken 26/04/18 at Monks Wood near Huntingdon, Cambs.

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Photo taken 7/05/15 at Monks Wood near Huntingdon, Cambs.

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Photo taken 13/05/10 at Monks Wood near Huntingdon, Cambs.

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Photo taken 13/05/10 at Monks Wood near Huntingdon, Cambs.