Flowerspike of Autumn Ladies Tresses (Spiranthes spiralis), a tiny grassland orchid the last to flower in the year, on farmland in Cumbria,England UK

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Size: 2250px × 3000px
Location: Cumbria,England,UK
Photo credit: © Steve Holroyd / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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