A Bee Under Our Bonnet – One Mans Quest To Save A Colony Of Bee Orchids

 

Enjoy this Informative 2021 Video

Length – circa 13mins


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The above image was taken by the late Alan Gendle. I sent him some surplus Bee Orchid corms that needed re-homing. Alan was happy to take them off my hands. As you can see he planted some of them in a small group, presumably so he could monitor them. He chose a good sunny spot for them and they appear to be doing rather well amongst several orchid species. I don't know where he put them, he didn't say, but I have a feeling they might be on an embankment at Waitby Greenriggs Nature Reserve, part of Cumbria Wildlife Trust. Alan was reserve manager there at the time.



   

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  1. LCAugust 6, 2025 at 5:02 AM

    Hi Paul, I do recall Alan telling me he'd planted them at Waitby Greenriggs

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