
Ghost Orchid Gallery

August 1968 - Buckinghamshire

August 1968 - Buckinghamshire

August 1968 - Buckinghamshire

August 1970 - Buckinghamshire

1979 - Oxfordshire

August 1986 - Buckinghamshire

August 1986 - Buckinghamshire

August 1986 - Buckinghamshire

August 1986 - Buckinghamshire

July 1987 - Buckinghamshire

July 1987 - Buckinghamshire

July 1987 - Buckinghamshire

July 1987 - Buckinghamshire

September 2009 - Herefordshire

1982 - Herefordshire

Photographing the Ghost Orchid - Buckinghamshire

A slide depicting the Ghost Orchid site in Oxfordshire and how it looked in 1985.

The Buckinghamshire Ghost Orchid site and how it looked in 1970.

The Buckinghamshire Ghost Orchid site and how it looks today.

The site of the very first record of the Ghost Orchid in Britain (1854) in Herefordshire and how it looks in the present day.

Letter from Rex Graham to Max, describing the finding of Ghost Orchids in Buckinghamshire in August 1953.

A montage of images from the Rex Graham findings in 1953.

Herbarium specimen of one of Rex Graham's plants found in Buckinghamshire, July 1953.

Herbarium specimen of one of Rex Graham's plants found in Buckinghamshire, July 1953.

Herbarium specimen of one of Rex Graham's plants found in Buckinghamshire, July 1953.

Comparison between the UK specimen (right) with those from the continent. Note the difference in size.

A painting of one of the Buckinghamshire Rex Graham plants of 1953.

A painting of one of the Buckinghamshire Rex Graham plants of 1953.
Delve in to the secret world of the Ghost Orchid with this collection of images featuring real-life plants as seen in their natural habitat in Britain. All taken in the UK and showing British records, study close-ups of the delicate flowers or marvel at the tiny specimens in-situ, demonstrating just how difficult indvidual stems are to spot.