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Heath Spotted Orchid/Orchis tacheté

Dactylorhiza maculata

Description:

One of the beautiful wild orchids flowering in my area the moment. Flowers are pink (sometimes white), decorated with purple lines and spots. Leaves are oblong with brownish/purple spots.

Habitat:

Swamps, pastures, wet lands, woods.

Notes:

The systematic of the genus Dactylorhiza is tricky, with numerous hybrids occurring in the wild.

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5 Comments

DanielePralong
DanielePralong 11 years ago

Thank you Dan and Heloisa Helena! In a week or so I'll be looking for some more.

Heloisa Helena
Heloisa Helena 11 years ago

beautiful!

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 11 years ago

Nice!

DanielePralong
DanielePralong 12 years ago

Hola Harsuame! Me encantaría participar, pero no con esta spotting. Tengo que señalar a su atención que las misiones creadas por el usuario son solo locales, como se indica en el mapa de la misión. El radio de su misión es 300 millas solamente. Puede editar el texto de la misión de indicar la ubicación exacta de la misión. Gracias!

rutasandinas
rutasandinas 12 years ago


Hermosa orquidea por favor agregala ala mission Orchids of the World Gracias
http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/9525...

DanielePralong
Spotted by
DanielePralong

Blonay, Vaud, Switzerland

Spotted on Jun 13, 2011
Submitted on Jun 14, 2011

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