Island Life Magazine Ltd April/May 2017 | Page 73

w Country life and herbicides, it has disappeared from half of its historical range and is now mostly confined to nature reserves. You can see populations between late April and June in the meadows around Newtown Harbour. Pyramidal Orchid The pyramidal orchid is the county flower of the Isle of Wight. This orchid is easy to identify from the bright pink, pyramid-shaped cluster of flowers on top of the stem. Botanists did not appreciate the close relationship between pyra