Tag Archives: orchid hunter

Not remotely spooky

Posted on August 17, 2019 by Jon Dunn

My next blog post was meant to be all about a summer that’s been largely spent working with butterflies in France, Greece and Spain – a sun-drenched, joyous examination of a strand of my developing life as a wildlife tour … Continue reading →

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Bog orchids, home and away

Posted on July 21, 2019 by Jon Dunn

Once again, it’s been way too long since I last took a moment to write a personal blog post – though, lately, I’ve started to write for the lovely folk at Promote Shetland about two of my favourite things in … Continue reading →

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The Ophrys question

Posted on March 26, 2018 by Jon Dunn

When I set out to see all of Britain and Ireland’s orchid species in the course of researching Orchid Summer, seeing all of our native Ophrys orchids did not appear to offer an enormous challenge – we have, after all, just … Continue reading →

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Giant orchids in wintery France

Posted on March 14, 2018 by Jon Dunn

The first week of March, in rural France, feels like an unlikely time and place in which to be orchid-hunting. The village in which I’ve been staying is still firmly in thrall to winter, with chimneys spooling thin tendrils of … Continue reading →

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Northern Marsh Orchid hybrids

Posted on August 24, 2017 by Jon Dunn

It may, just, still feel like summer down in mainland Britain at the moment, though the signs of the changing seasons are there, if you look a little closer in the hedgerows – blackberries and sloes are starting to sweetly and … Continue reading →

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