Monday 16 June 2008

A heaven in a Wild Flower

Marsh Orchid - Dactylorhiza sp. growing on the disused railway track, Lower Largo.
I do love these small orchids. I spotted a couple of these yesterday at the side of the old railway track. I think it is a marsh orchid, but the Dactylorhiza species hybradize freely, which makes exact identification difficult.
To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
and Eternity in an hour.
William Blake.

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