on the road to Launceston

this is the site of the pink purple orchid, on the A388, surrounded by cow parsley, stitchwort, and bluebells. Getting these photographs was very dangerous; mania is setting in. Great yellow fields of wretched oilseed rape spread out in the background . Am I the only dog allergic to the smell of rape?

risking one's life

and this is the road to Launceston, rape seed fields in background, cow parsley, stitchwort, bluebells and early purple orchid together. The hedgerows are stunning now, the weather is warm and moist, and evrything is flourishing. Just a little bit up the road there is a whole mass of these orchids

the purple purple early orchid, near Whiteford

this is the normal characteristic purple colour

early purple orchids

this looks like the pink version of the early purple orchid that is flourishing along the A388 at present
this is a good side view of the flower, with two sepals folded up behind the main tube

cuckoo flower

and mum and her favourite rare double cuckoo flower, or may flower or lady's smock. May is accumen.

down by the river

this pretty little flower is pink purslane. I am not sure why it is called Purslane (? french porcelaine, latin portulaca) for shiny stems?