Guardian Nature School Team Contact Blog Project Noah Facebook Project Noah Twitter

A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife

Join Project Noah!
nature school apple icon

Project Noah Nature School visit nature school

Common Spotted orchid

Dactylorhiza fuchsii

Description:

Green leaves with abundant purplish oval spots. They form a rosette at ground level before the flower spike appears; narrower leaves sheath the stem. The flowers were pale pink, but had distinctive darker pink spots and stripes on their three-lobed lips. The flowers were densely packed in short, cone-shaped clusters.

Habitat:

dunes;

Species ID Suggestions



Sign in to suggest organism ID

No Comments

acl.jdalziel
Spotted by
acl.jdalziel

Sefton, England, United Kingdom

Spotted on Jun 13, 2014
Submitted on Jun 13, 2014

Spotted for Mission

Related Spottings

Roman Dactylorhiza Dactylorhiza praetermissa Dactylorhiza fuchsii Dactylorhiza insularis

Nearby Spottings

Common Valerian Yellow Shell Oak Eggar/Northern Eggar Sea Holly
Noah Guardians
Noah Sponsors
join Project Noah Team

Join the Project Noah Team