Near threatened orchid discovered in Oranmore

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*Rosina Joyce, Biodiversity Officer for Galway County Council, and Ray Fallon and Perter Butler of Conservation Volunteers Galway pictured with the Autumn Lady’s Tresses Orchids at Rinville Park, Oranmore. Photo Hany Marzouk. A ‘near threatened’ orchid has been discovered in Oranmore for the first time in eighty years.