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Dr Richard Bate

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Tour leader at @Mariposa_Nature & botanist with particular interest in European #Orchids

#wildflowerhour admin & BSBI member

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3 months ago

24/5/25 Cumbria - The Birds Nest #Orchid is a funny-looking thing, lacking chlorophyll and therefore being almost wholly reliant on mycoheterophy for its sustenance. This is the only reliable population I know from this county and it's near a cracking chippie, too #wildflowerhour

24/5/25 Cumbria - The Birds Nest #Orchid is a funny-looking thing, lacking chlorophyll and therefore being almost wholly reliant on mycoheterophy for its sustenance. This is the only reliable population I know from this county and it's near a cracking chippie, too #wildflowerhour