Gallery - Orchids
Autumn Ladys-tresses (Spiranthes spiralis)
Charming little Orchid that is easily overlooked.
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Orchid-Bee (Ophrys apifera)
Perennial of dry grassland, mainly on calcareous soils
Orchid-Early Purple (Orchismascula)
Seen on Keen of Hamar, Shetlands.
Orchid-Frog (Dactylorhiza viridis)
A short, compact orchid, mostly found on calcareous grassland.
Orchid-Green-winged (Anacamptis morio)
Perennial of undisturbed grassland.
Orchid-Heath Spotted (Dactylorhiza maculata)
Found on bog, moorland and damp hill pastures. Normally on mildly acidic soils.
Orchid-Pyramidal (Anacamptis pyramidalis)
An Attractive Orchid of dry grassland and usually associated with calcareous soils and stabilised sand dunes
Orchid- Common Spotted (Dactylorhiza fuchsii)
Orchid of grassland and open woods on calcareous or neutral soils.
Orchid-Southern Marsh (Dactylorhiza praetermissa)
Robust orchid of water meadows,fens and wet dune slacks.
Orchid-Greater Butterfly (Platanthera chlorantha)
Listed as near threatened, local, almost always on alkaline soils, deciduous woods, especially ancient woodland, rough chalk grassland.
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