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Dactylorhiza sp
I never seen a terrestrial orchid in this stage of bud... I'm guessing here that this would be Dactylorhiza maculata; but will have to retrace my steps and find the place and these orchids again early next week... For now, I found a couple of plants in this stage of growth; showing large basal leaves bearing large and numerous dark-violet spots and a bud.
Growing in a shade, on edges of meadow (pic n° 4) closing on mixed forest; on slopes of one of hills at feet of Jura mountain range.
The last pic shows the meadow in the middle of that forest, and yes, those ears in the middle are ears of a Roe deer I unwittingly flashed out... actually; I was only discovering that path, and stumbled upon that meadow... and that poor roe deer.
Spotted on May 23, 2019
Submitted on May 25, 2019
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