On the road to Lac de Gloriette - France

Wonderful lamp standard on the Napoleon Bridge just outside Luz-Saint-Saveur











Beautiful Beechwood with moss covered rock understorey.













Globe Daisy (Globularia vulgaris)



Burnt Tipped Orchid (Orchis ustulata)







Large Flowered Butterwort (Pinguicula grandiflora)



Early Purple Orchid (Orchis mascula)





Elder-flowered Orchid (Dactylorhiza sambucina)

On the way the flash of white was fortuitously spotted on the side of the road as we went past.





White Helleborine (Cephelanthera damasonium)

A couple of days later some more were spotted and a few Fly Orchid





White Helleborine (Cephelanthera damasonium)







Fly Orchid (Ophrys insectifora)

Tag CloudLandscape, GlobeDaisy, BurntTippedorchid, LargeFloweredButterwort, FlyOrchid, Elder-floweredOrchid, EarlyPurpleOrchid