Orchid of the day – Calanthe sylvatica
Two photos of this stunning terrestrial. We found it in swampy woodland on the edge of Kamiranzovu. It is about time the word ‘swamp’ was reclaimed as a good thing and its negative connotations forgotten. In Kamiranzovu today no one sunk without trace, no one was attacked by a mysterious swamp monster and we were surrounded by amazing plants and wildlife. Please do your bit to support the conservation of the world’s threatened wetlands or should I say swamps.
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another lovely image . how interesting that our exotic is their every day . i wonder what the reverse is ? i wonder if dandelions and stinging nettles would float their boat ?
Not there everyday actually. These orchids are restricted to threatened swamp forests but the work of Kitabi and the Nyungwe national park is helping to protect these rare jewels – great if we can do our little bit to help 🙂
Lovely photos of beautiful orchids as there isn’t a name do you know what they are??
I’m sure you will have worked that out by now!!
I’m loving the blog.
Hello Simon,
I’m surprised and glad about the on going activities.
Theo