SLBI member Geoffrey Norman will be leading a survey of wild orchids growing in inner London boroughs south of the Thames including Merton, Wandsworth, Lambeth, Southwark, Lewisham and Greenwich.
The SLBI aims to record the orchid locations and help the landowners or responsible bodies to be aware of these plants so they can take steps to encourage their conservation.
Want to get involved? If you noted any orchids in the relevant boroughs during 2023, please email details of the species and the location to: [email protected]
Images above: Left – Pyramidal orchid, (Anacamptis pyramidalis) and right – Bee orchid, (Ophrys apifera). Both photographed by Amanda Tuke.
Watercolour paintings of orchids for the Natural History Museum by artist E.J Bedford (1865-1953).
