COMMON SPOTTED ORCHID - DACTYLORHIZA FUCHSII

I do not normally expect to see these in flower until end of My to early June anyway but as the Marsh Orchids have not yet flowered I wonder if they will flower together?!

Oddly enough and further to my previous postings about Lea Valley Park Authority I had a chat with someone the day I took these photos.

He was an Orchid enthusiast and as usual we recognised that in each other and he told me that he had been told by the park authority that the site were...'SLOWLY DYING'?!

But then I have been witnessing this for years anyway.

More about this in my next post...THE ORCHID CONUNDRUM.