On May 31st this year, I visited the Bridgewater Canal by Stretford Mall to check out the orchids. Yesterday afternoon (August 11th), I visited again to see whether the fruit were ripe. As you can see from the second picture above, they were. The Council stopped mowing them sometime in the last thirty years, so they can seed themselves. They have spread to produce a really healthy population and a beautiful show in May/June.
