Common spotted-orchid; Dactylorhiza fuchsii; orchids; wild orchids; Sevenoaks; Kent; England;
Description
The Common Spotted-orchid (Dactylorhiza fuchsii) is a commonly occurring species. It is widely variable in colour and height, ranging from 15 to 60 cm in height. The flower colour can vary from white to pale purple with purple spots. The lip has three lobes. Some colonies are highly perfumed, attractive to day-flying moths. Flowers: June–August in woods, grasslands, marshes & dunes.
Common spotted-orchid; Dactylorhiza fuchsii; orchids; wild orchids; Sevenoaks; Kent; England;
Description
The Common Spotted-orchid (Dactylorhiza fuchsii) is a commonly occurring species. It is widely variable in colour and height, ranging from 15 to 60 cm in height. The flower colour can vary from white to pale purple with purple spots. The lip has three lobes. Some colonies are highly perfumed, attractive to day-flying moths. Flowers: June–August in woods, grasslands, marshes & dunes.
Common spotted-orchid; Dactylorhiza fuchsii; orchids; wild orchids; Mountfield; East Sussex; England;
Description
The Common Spotted-orchid (Dactylorhiza fuchsii) is a commonly occurring species. It is widely variable in colour and height, ranging from 15 to 60 cm in height. The flower colour can vary from white to pale purple with purple spots. The lip has three lobes. Some colonies are highly perfumed, attractive to day-flying moths. Flowers: June–August in woods, grasslands, marshes & dunes.
Common spotted-orchid; Dactylorhiza fuchsii; orchids; wild orchids; Mountfield; East Sussex; England;
Description
The Common Spotted-orchid (Dactylorhiza fuchsii) is a commonly occurring species. It is widely variable in colour and height, ranging from 15 to 60 cm in height. The flower colour can vary from white to pale purple with purple spots. The lip has three lobes. Some colonies are highly perfumed, attractive to day-flying moths. Flowers: June–August in woods, grasslands, marshes & dunes.
Common spotted-orchid; Dactylorhiza fuchsii; orchids; wild orchids; Mountfield; East Sussex; England;
Description
The Common Spotted-orchid (Dactylorhiza fuchsii) is a commonly occurring species. It is widely variable in colour and height, ranging from 15 to 60 cm in height. The flower colour can vary from white to pale purple with purple spots. The lip has three lobes. Some colonies are highly perfumed, attractive to day-flying moths. Flowers: June–August in woods, grasslands, marshes & dunes.
Common spotted orchid, Fuchsknabenkraut, Dactylorhiza fuchsii, Ruegen Island, Insel Rügen, Germany Photo: Fritz Poelking, Fritz Pölking A nature document.
orchid, spotted, common, bud, species, Arranmore, island, Ireland, Donegal, dactylorhiza
Description
The buds of a species of Dactylorhiza, the Common Spotted Orchid. There are seven varieties of ‘spotted’ orchids in Ireland, therefore it is difficult to say which species this is, well for me anyway. Taken on Arranmore Island, County Donegal.
UK Bedfordshire -- 09 Jun 2012 -- A ( Bombus jonellus ) looks for pollen from the flowers of a Northern Marsh Orchid ( Dactylorhiza purpurella ) -- Picture by Jonathan Mitchell/Lightroom Photos
UK Bedfordshire -- 09 Jun 2012 -- A Small Heath Bumblebee ( Bombus jonellus ) looks for pollen from the flowers of a Northern Marsh Orchid ( Dactylorhiza purpurella ) -- Picture by Jonathan Mitchell/Lightroom Photos
Common spotted orchid, Fuchs-Knabenkraut, Orchis fuchsii, Ruegen Island, Insel Rügen, Germany Photo: Fritz Poelking, Fritz Pölking A nature document.
Heath-Spotted orchid. This photo depicts a wild British orchid. This image was taken on a sunny May day. The flower belongs to a group of Marsh orchids
Lip 6-8mm divided into 3 more or less equal pinkish lobes. Inflorescence globular, pyramidical or egg shaped. Found in dunes and grassland throughout the UK, mainly on basic soils. This hardy perennial plant grows to a height of 30 cm. The colour of the flower varies from pink to purple, or rarely white, and the scent is described as "foxy". The arrangement of hermaphroditic flowers in a compact pyramidal shape is very distinctive and gives the orchid its common name. The flowers are pollinated by butterflies and moths.
