Last updated: 31st May 2010
Butterflies include: Orange Tip, Green-veined White, Brimstone, Peacock, Comma, Small Tortoishell, Dingy Skipper, Grizzled Skipper, Small Heath, Green Hairstreak, Common Blue & Small Copper.
Current orchid statistics:
These figures might be adjusted through the flowering season as more new plants are found. The number of flowering Monkey orchids is particularly prone to error.
| Name |
Number
of plants
|
Flowering
status
|
Comments |
| Lady orchid (Orchis purpurea) |
22 | 3 | gone over |
| hybrid (O. purpurea x simia) |
300 |
77 |
most OK but some gone over |
| Monkey orchid (O. simia) |
448 | 136 in flower | most OK but some dead |
| TOTAL | 769 |
Last year’s performance:
| Name |
Number
of plants
|
Flowering
status
|
Comments |
| Lady orchid (Orchis purpurea) |
7 | 2 | finished flowering |
| hybrid (O. purpurea x simia) |
130 |
27 |
finished flowering |
| Monkey orchid (O. simia) |
427 | ~200 | finished flowering |
| 564 | TOTAL |
2008 performance:
(with Lady/hybrid figures adjusted):
| Name | Number of plants |
Flowering status |
Comments |
| Lady orchid (Orchis purpurea) |
7 | 2 flowered | finished |
| hybrid (O. purpurea x simia) |
72 | 11 flowered (+1 flower destroyed by trampling) | finished |
| Monkey orchid (O. simia) |
397 | 136 flowered | finished |
| TOTAL | 477 | a record season for Hartslock |
