Snippets of Wealth - Saturday 6th July 2019 - Hutton Roof - Epipactis atrorubens/Grayling Butterfly etc.

A pair of beautiful Grayling butterflies seen mating (Click over to enlarge)

Photo: Hutton Roof on 6th July 2019

A pair of beautiful Grayling butterflies seen mating (Click over to enlarge)

Photo: Hutton Roof on 6th July 2019

Again today a nice selection of both schmalhauseneii hybrids and variants on offer.  More are being discovered daily with nice surprises everyday. 

Epipactis atrorubens (Dark Red Helleborine) Click over to enlarge

Photo: Hutton Roof on 6th July 2019 

A very pale variety but not pallid enough for pallens

 Epipactis atrorubens var 'bicolor' (Dark Red Helleborine) Click over to enlarge

Photo: Hutton Roof on 6th July 2019 

Shows a beautiful 'bicolor' form of which we do have a number 

Epipactis atrorubens (Dark Red Helleborine) Click over to enlarge

Photo: Hutton Roof on 6th July 2019 

Shows a beautiful 'bicolor' form of which we do have a number 

Epipactis atrorubens (Dark Red Helleborine) Click over to enlarge

Photo: Hutton Roof on 6th July 2019

This is compression of leaves to the base of the plant

Epipactis atrorubens (Dark Red Helleborine) Click over to enlarge

Photo: Hutton Roof on 6th July 2019

A lovely specimen with a keeled epichile

Epipactis atrorubens (Dark Red Helleborine) Click over to enlarge

Photo: Hutton Roof on 6th July 2019

 Epipactis atrorubens (Dark Red Helleborine) Click over to enlarge

Photo: Hutton Roof on 6th July 2019

Epipactis atrorubens (Dark Red Helleborine) Click over to enlarge

Photo: Hutton Roof on 6th July 2019