Just when you thought Dactylorhiza orchids couldn't get any more complicated, let me present the ‘white form’ of Dactylorhiza incarnata var. pulchella, which is itself the purple form of D. incarnata, the Early Marsh-orchid 😅 Surrey 8/6/26 #orchid #wildflowers
Small White Orchids (Pseudorchis albida) seem to like cool wet weather…. which is fortunate 😁 Worth getting soaked for though. 7/6/26. #orchid #wildflowers
Stevie P
How did I forget to post these wonderful little weirdos from last weekend? Fen Orchids (Liparis loeselii) at Kenfig, South Wales 7/6/26 #orchid
Stevie P
Knapweed Broomrape (Orobanche elatior) on a fabulous Dorset verge. A plant in decline, I counted 25 at this small site. #wildflowers #broomrape #dorset
An insane but brilliant weekend of orchid hunting. Horrible weather, but beautiful flowers ! Lots more photos to come. See ALT text #orchid #wildflowers
Some of the many Lesser Butterfly-orchids (Platanthera bifolia) in the New Forest 9/6/26 #orchid #wildflowers
Nice pictures of a Chalk Fragrant-orchid (Gymnadenia conopsea) with hoverfly pollinator incoming (Eupeodes corollae perhaps). Dorset 9/6/26 #orchid #wildflowers #hoverfly
The first Burnt (Tip) Orchids (Neotinea ustulata) I’ve seen this year. Glorious. 8/6/26. Wiltshire #orchid #wildflowers
I love Early Marsh-orchids (Dactylorhiza incarnata). Here are some lovely examples from Kenfig. Two subspecies pictured - subsp. incarnata (pink) and subsp. coccinea (red). 7/6/26. #orchids #wildflowers
