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A Rhodes Orchid Odyssey (vi)

Posted on April 9, 2020 by Jon Dunn

Our final full day on Rhodes began, for the guides, with a pre-breakfast expedition a few miles out of the village following up a rumour of a colony of yet another delectable Ophrys, Ophrys lucis. The directions we’d been given … Continue reading →

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A Rhodes Orchid Odyssey (iv)

Posted on April 7, 2020 by Jon Dunn

If our preoccupation with the weather had, hitherto, seemed stereotypically British, that had not been without good cause – our destinations on the preceding two days had been determined wholly by reading the forecast auguries and, with a degree of … Continue reading →

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A Rhodes Orchid Odyssey (iii)

Posted on April 6, 2020 by Jon Dunn

Another wet day dawned in Rhodes though, with a weather eye firmly on the local forecasts, we would not find our orchid hunting too badly impaired by the elements. We made the decision to swap coasts today, and struck east … Continue reading →

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A Rhodes Orchid Odyssey (ii)

Posted on April 5, 2020 by Jon Dunn

We were up early in the morning of our second day on Rhodes, keen to make the best we could of our time on the island, and fired up by the previous day’s strong start to our orchid hunting. It … Continue reading →

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A Rhodes Orchid Odyssey (i)

Posted on April 4, 2020 by Jon Dunn

Our arrival on Rhodes was tumultuous, to say the least – we flew in on the wings of a violent storm that closed airports across the eastern Mediterranean, descending through black clouds towards the island before, to our dismay, being … Continue reading →

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Orchids in Rhodes

Posted on September 13, 2018 by Jon Dunn

This blog post is long overdue – indeed, to the point where I’ve actively shied away from logging in and writing it, which should tell you just how ashamed I am of my tardiness! I do have an excuse, though… … 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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2017 – a review of a naturalist’s year

Posted on December 30, 2017 by Jon Dunn

Somehow I find myself on the cusp of a new year and realise that, if I’m not quick, it’ll be too late to look back on the past twelve months as I’ll be too busy looking forward to the year … Continue reading →

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An Orchid Odyssey on Rhodes

Posted on October 12, 2017 by Jon Dunn

I’ve blogged, back and forth, about my forthcoming orchid book, Orchid Summer, set to be published by Bloomsbury on 19th April 2018. It’s been the most fabulous project to be involved with, from start to finish – the culmination of … Continue reading →

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