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pyramidal orchid

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pyramidal orchid
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(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a chalk-loving orchid, Anacamptis pyramidalis, bearing a dense cone-shaped spike of purplish-pink flowers with a long curved spur


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ox-eye daisies, tall spikes of foxgloves and even the occasional pyramidal orchid.
ox-eye daisies, tall spikes of foxgloves and even the occasional pyramidal orchid.
Up where the green woodpecker goes, the wildflowers in rabbit-grazed turf are wonderful this year: drifts of sweetly scented lady's bedstraw, tufty patches of white eyebright, pink scatterings of common centaury, bright gold yellow-wort, dazzling pink pyramidal orchids, tatty rugs of wild thyme and resplendent purple thistles.
 
 
 
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