COMMON SPOTTED ORCHID

Dactylorhiza Fuchsii

Previously : Orchis fuchsii and Orchis maculata
Orchid Family [Orchidaceae]  

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31st May 2007, Landscale Haws Nature Reserve. Photo: © RWD


22nd June 2007, Bridgewater Canal, Barton. Photo: © RWD


25th June 2004, Grindleford, Derbyshire. Photo: © RWD


22nd June 2007, Bridgewater Canal, Barton. Photo: © RWD


31st May 2007, Landscale Haws Nature Reserve. Photo: © RWD


30th May 2007, Walney Island. Photo: © RWD


22nd June 2007, Bridgewater Canal, Barton. Photo: © RWD


19th Aug 2010, The Burren, Eire. Photo: © Paula O'Meara
Sub-species okellyi
O'Kelly's Orchid (Dactylorhiza fuchsii ssp. okellyi) has un-spotted and slender leaves.


19th Aug 2010, The Burren, Eire. Photo: © Paula O'Meara
Sub-species okellyi
The plant stands up to 30cm tall and the flowers are strongly scented in a square-topped spike. The flowers are white tinged faintly pinkish in places whilst the lobes are almost equal length and rounded.

Often hybridises with :

Rarely hybridises with : Frog Orchid (Dactyloriza viridis).

Distinguishing Feature : For an orchid, the flowers taper towards the top in a spike.

Perhaps the U.K.'s most common orchid.

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Distribution
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genus8Dactylorhiza
Dactylorhiza

COMMON SPOTTED ORCHID

Dactylorhiza Fuchsii

Previously : Orchis fuchsii and Orchis maculata
Orchid Family [Orchidaceae]