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A bee orchid spotted in my front garden (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 months ago by nimomycelium to c/[email protected]

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[–] teamevil 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Congratulations.... I'm not sure I've ever actually even seen a regular orchid in the wild let alone a unique one like that..

[–] callcc 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

They are not that rare once you know how to spot them.

[–] teamevil 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

So far the only place I know to look is on the bark of trees in Florida

[–] callcc 1 points 4 months ago

Search for orchids on iNaturalist.org to see where you can find them near your place.

In general they have three habitats. Wet meadows, dry meadows and woodlands. All these habitats need to be poor in nutrients, so usually they are not close to where industrial agriculture is practised.