Botany Photo of the Day Arethusa bulbosa

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Dragon’s mouth orchid, like several other orchid species, is subject to mutations in flower colour (including the lack of pigmentation). The pink-coloured flowers in the second photograph have the typical colouration. These photographs were taken in early July in Newfoundland by UBC’s Curator of the E.H. Lohbrunner Alpine Garden, Laura Caddy. Laura was attending the […]

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