Orchids

(36 species)

Broad-leaved Helleborine Epipactis helleborine.


Broad-leaved Helleborine - Exmouth 27/7/20. One of seventeen spikes counted. And four photos below.





Broad-leaved Helleborine - Exmouth 16/7/21. One of at least 24 spikes.


Broad-leaved Helleborine - Exmouth 19/7/21.


Broad-leaved Helleborine - Liverton, Exmouth 22/7/21. Var chlorantha.


Broad-leaved Helleborine - Exmouth 24/7/21. 


Broad-leaved Helleborine - Liverton 25/7/21.


Broad-leaved Helleborine - the Cotswolds 29/7/21. And two photos below.




Broad-leaved Helleborine - Cotswolds 6/8/21.


Broad-leaved Helleborine - Alyn waters, Wrexham, Wales 26/7/22.

Violet Helleborine Epipactis purpurata.


Violet Helleborine - north Dorset 9/8/21. First one found and a dense-flowered individual.


Violet helleborine - north Dorset 9/8/21. Second spike found and the best one!





Violet Helleborine - north Dorset 9/8/21. Third spike found.


Violet Helleborine - north Dorset 9/8/21.

Dune Helleborine Epipactis dunensis.


Dune Helleborine - Alyn Waters, Wrexham, Wales 26/7/22.


Dune Helleborine - Alyn Waters, Wrexham, Wales 26/7/22.


Dune Helleborine - Alyn Waters, Wrexham 26/7/22.


Dune Helleborine - Alyn Waters, Wrexham 26/7/22.


Dune Helleborine - Alyn Waters, Wrexham 26/7/22.


Dune Helleborine - Alyn Waters, Wrexham, Wales 26/7/22.

Narrow-lipped Helleborine Epipactis leptochila.


Narrow-lipped Helleborine - Cotswolds 6/8/21.


Narrow-lipped Helleborine - Cotswolds 6/8/21. And two photos below.



Narrow-lipped Helleborine - Cotswolds 6/8/21.

Green-flowered Helleborine Epipactis phyllanthes.


Green-flowered Helleborine - Cotswolds 29/7/21.


Green-flowered Helleborine - Cotswolds 6/8/21. And two photos below.



Green-flowered Helleborine - Alyn Waters, Wrexham, Wales 26/7/22. And five photos below.






Green-flowered Helleborine - Alyn Waters, Wrexham, Wales 26/7/22.

Marsh Helleborine Epipactis palustris.


Marsh Helleborine - Dawlish Warren 22/6/20. And below.



Marsh Helleborine - Braunton Burrows 9/7/20 (and below).



Marsh Helleborine - Culverhole Point 28/6/21. And five below.







Marsh Helleborine - Kenfig, Glamorgan 10/7/21.


Marsh Helleborine - 'vanilla' variant - Kenfig, Glamorgan 10/7/21. And two photos below.



Marsh Helleborine - Kenfig, Glamorgan 10/7/21.

Sword-leaved Helleborine Cephalanthera longifolia.


Sword-leaved Helleborine - near Winchester, Hants 25/5/23.









Sword-leaved Helleborine - near Winchester, Hants 25/5/23.

White Helleborine Cephalanthera damasonium.


White Helleborine - Hartslock, Berkshire 29/5/21.


White Helleborine - Homefield Wood, Buckinghamshire 29/5/21. And below.


White Helleborine - Homefield Wood 29/5/21.


White Helleborine - near Winchester, Hants 25/5/23.



White Helleborine - near Winchester, Hants 25/5/23.

Irish Lady's-tresses Spiranthes romanzoffiana.


Irish Lady's-tresses - Dyfi National Nature Reserve, Wales 25/7/22. And four photos below.







Irish Lady's-tresses - Dyfi National Nature Reserve, Wales 25/7/22.

Autumn Lady's-tresses Spiranthes spiralis.


Autumn Lady's-tresses - Dawlish Warren 6/8/20. And two photos below.




Autumn Lady's-tresses  - Dawlish Warren 12/8/20.


Autumn Lady's-tresses - Dawlish Warren 19/8/21. And five photos below.






Autumn Lady's-tresses - Dawlish Warren 19/8/21.

Bird's-nest Orchid Neottia nidus-avis.


Bird's-nest Orchid - Homefield Wood, Buckinghamshire 29/5/21. And below.



Bird's-nest Orchid - Chudleigh 28/5/22. 


Bird's-nest Orchid - Chudleigh 18/5/23.



Bird's-nest Orchid - Chudleigh 18/5/23.


Bird's-nest Orchid - Chudleigh 20/5/23. The second of two discovered.




Bird's-nest Orchid - Chudleigh 20/5/23.

Common Twayblade Neottia ovata.


Common Twayblade - Chudleigh 23/6/20.


Common Twayblade - The Chilterns 29/5/21.


Common Twayblade - Hartslock, Berkshire 29/5/21.


Common Twayblade - Chudleigh 6/6/21. And below.



Common Twayblade - Chudleigh 28/5/22. 


Common Twayblade - Chudleigh 28/5/22.

Lesser Twayblade Neottia cordata.


Lesser Twayblade - Exmoor 12/6/21. And six photos below. One of three found.






Lesser Twayblade - Exmoor 12/6/21.

Fen Orchid Liparis loeselii.


Fen Orchid - Kenfig 10/7/21. And four photos below.





Fen Orchid - Kenfig, Glamorgan, Wales 10/7/21.

Bog Orchid Hammarbya paludosa.


Bog Orchid - Dartmoor 23/7/21. Three of eight seen.










Bog Orchid - Dartmoor 23/7/21.


Bog Orchid - Dartmoor 10/7/22.




Bog Orchid - Dartmoor 23/7/22.

Early Purple Orchid Orchis mascula.


Early Purple Orchid - Veiges Plantation, Exmouth 31/3/21. And below.



Early Purple Orchid - Veiges Plantation, Exmouth 3/5/21. And below.



Early Purple Orchid - Veiges Plantation, Exmouth 27/4/22.


Early Purple Orchid - Veiges Plantation, Exmouth 27/4/22.


Early Purple Orchid - Chudleigh 28/5/22.


Early Purple Orchid - Chudleigh 18/5/23.










Early Purple Orchid - Chudleigh 18/5/23.


Early Purple Orchid - Chudleigh 20/5/23.

Monkey Orchid Orchis simia.


Monkey Orchid - Hartslock, Berkshire 29/5/21. And ten photos below.











Monkey x Lady Orchid.


Monkey x Lady Orchid - Hartslock, Berkshire 29/5/21. And four photos below.





Monkey x Lady Orchid - Hartslock, Berkshire 29/5/21.

Military Orchid Orchis militaris.


Military Orchid - Homefield Wood, Buckinghamshire 29/5/21. And three photos below.




Military Orchid - Homefield Wood, Buckinghamshire 29/5/21.

Burnt Orchid Neotinea ustulata.


Burnt Orchid - Martin Down, Hampshire 4/6/21. And six photos below.







Burnt Orchid - Martin Down, Hampshire 4/6/21.

Green-winged Orchid Anacamptis morio.


Green-winged Orchid - Bristol Schools Camp, Orcombe Point 4/5/20.


Green-winged Orchid - Orcombe Point 17/4/21. And two photos below.




Green-winged Orchid - Orcombe Point 24/4/21.


Green-winged Orchid Var. Alba - Orcombe Point 30/4/21.


 Green-winged Orchid - Orcombe Point 30/4/21.


Green-winged Orchid - Orcombe Point 9/5/21.


Green-winged Orchid Var Alba - Orcombe Point 22/4/23.



Green-winged Orchid - Orcombe Point 14/5/23.


Green-winged Orchid - Orcombe Point 14/5/23.


Green-winged Orchid - Orcombe Point 14/5/23.


Green-winged Orchid - Orcombe Point 14/5/23. And below.


Pyramidal Orchid Anacamptis pyramidalis.


Pyramidal Orchid - Berrow, Somerset.


Pyramidal Orchid - Chudleigh 23/6/20. And below.



Pyramidal Orchid - Braunton Burrows 9/7/20.


Pyramidal Orchid - Berrow, Somerset 8/6/21.


Pyramidal Orchid - Dinan Way, Exmouth 19/6/21.


Pyramidal Orchid - Noar Hill, Hants 26/6/21.


Pyramidal Orchid - Kenfig, Glamorgan 10/7/21.


Pyramidal Orchid - Dinan Way, Exmouth 15/6/22.



Pyramidal Orchid - Dinan Way, Exmouth 15/6/22.


Pyramidal Orchid - Exminster 26/6/22.


Pyramidal Orchid - Exminster 26/6/22.


Pyramidal Orchid - Dinan Way, Exmouth 2/6/23.


Pyramidal Orchid - near Weymouth, Dorset 19/6/23. One of thousands on the main road between Weymouth and Dorchester. And 3 photos below.



A 'resupinate' Pyramidal Orchid - near Weymouth, Dorset 19/6/23.



Pyramidal Orchids - near Weymouth, Dorset 19/6/23.

Chalk Fragrant Orchid Gymnadenia conopsea.


Chalk Fragrant Orchid - Martin Down, Hampshire 4/6/21. And two photos below.




Chalk Fragrant Orchid - Noar Hill, Hants 26/6/21. And three photos below.





Chalk Fragrant Orchid - Martin Down 26/6/21. And two photos below.



Chalk Fragrant Orchid.

Heath Fragrant Orchid Gymnadenia borealis.


Heath Fragrant Orchid - New Forest, Hants 15/6/23.







Heath Fragrant Orchids - New Forest, Hants 15/6/23.

Marsh Fragrant Orchid Gymnadenia densiflora.


Marsh Fragrant Orchid - Culverhole Point 28/6/21. Just the one found. See five photos below.







Marsh Fragrant Orchid - Kenfig, Glamorgan 10/7/21.

Musk Orchid Herminium monorchis.


Musk Orchid - Noar Hill, Hants 26/6/21.









Musk Orchid - Noar Hill, Hampshire 26/6/21.

Greater Butterfly Orchid Platanthera chlorantha.


Greater Butterfly Orchid - Chudleigh 23/6/20. And four photos below.





Greater Butterfly Orchid - Chudleigh 28/5/22.



Greater Butterfly Orchid - Chudleigh 28/5/22.


Greater Butterfly-orchid - Chudleigh 20/5/23.

Lesser Butterfly Orchid Platanthera bifolia.


Lesser Butterfly Orchid - near Yelverton, South Dartmoor 19/6/21. And seven photos below. Four spikes found.









Lesser Butterfly Orchid - near Yelverton 11/6/22.


Lesser Butterfly Orchid - near Yelverton 11/6/22.


Lesser Butterfly Orchid - near Yelverton 11/6/22.



Lesser Butterfly Orchid - near Yelverton 11/6/22.

Frog Orchid Dactylorhiza viridis.


Frog Orchid - Somerset Levels 4/7/21. And five photos below.






Frog Orchid - Somerset Levels 4/7/21.

Lizard Orchid Himantoglossum hircinum.


Lizard Orchid - Berrow, Somerset 8/6/21. And four photos below.





Lizard Orchid - Berrow, Somerset 8/6/21.

Common Spotted Orchid Dactylorhiza fuchsii.


Common Spotted Orchid - Chudleigh 23/6/20. And below.



Common Spotted Orchid - Martin Down, Hampshire 4/6/21. Another below.



Common Spotted Orchid - Blackhill Quarry 10/6/21.


Common Spotted Orchid - Noar Hill, Hants 26/6/21. And below.



Common Spotted Orchid - Blackhill Quarry 5/6/22.


Common Spotted Orchid - Blackhill Quarry 5/6/22.


Common Spotted Orchid - Blackhill Quarry 5/6/22.


Common Spotted Orchid - Chudleigh 11/6/22.


Common Spotted Orchid - Blackhill Quarry 5/6/23.

Heath Spotted Orchid Dactylorhiza maculata.


Heath Spotted Orchid - East Devon Pebbled Heaths 20/5/20.


Heath Spotted Orchid - East Budleigh Common 9/5/21. And two photos below.




Heath Spotted Orchid - Bicton Common 19/5/21.


Heath Spotted Orchid - Bicton Common.


Heath Spotted Orchid - Colaton Raleigh Common 7/6/21.


Heath Spotted Orchid - Colaton Raleigh Common 24/6/21.


Heath Spotted Orchid - Aylesbeare Common 9/7/21. And below.



Heath Spotted Orchid - near Blackhill Quarry 5/6/22.









Heath Spotted Orchid - near Blackhill Quarry 5/6/22.


Heath Spotted Orchid - Woodbury Common 5/6/23.

 Southern Marsh Orchid Dactylorhiza praetermissa.


Southern Marsh Orchid - Somerset 22/6/19.


Southern Marsh Orchid - Dawlish Warren 22/6/20.


Southern Marsh Orchid - Exeter 12/6/21.


Southern Marsh Orchid - Culverhole Point 13/6/21. And two photos below.




Southern Marsh Orchid or hybrid - Culverhole Point 28/6/21.


Southern Marsh Orchid - Kenfig, Glamorgan 10/7/21.


Southern Marsh Orchid - Kenfig, Glamorgan 10/7/21.


Southern Marsh Orchid or hybrid? - Kenfig, Glamorgan 10/7/21.


Southern Marsh Orchid - Exminster 11/6/22.


Southern Marsh Orchid - Highweek, Newton Abbot 18/5/23.



Southern Marsh Orchid - Highweek, Newton Abbot 18/5/23.

Early Marsh Orchid Dactylorhiza incarnata.


Early Marsh Orchid subsp pulchella - Colaton Raleigh Common 31/5/21. And below.



Early Marsh Orchid ssp pulchella- Colaton Raleigh Common 31/5/21. 











Early Marsh Orchid - Colaton Raleigh Common 5/6/21.


Early Marsh Orchid ssp incarnata - Kenfig, Glamorgan 10/7/21. And three below.





Early Marsh Orchid ssp coccinea - Kenfig, Glamorgan 10/7/21.


Early Marsh Orchid - Kenfig, Glamorgan 10/7/21. The palest one found but presumably ssp incarnata.


Presumed hybrid Early Marsh x Marsh Fragrant or Southern Marsh.


Early Marsh Orchid ssp pulchella - Bicton Common 18/6/22.


Early Marsh Orchid - Bicton Common 18/6/22.

Bee Orchid Ophrys apifera.


Bee Orchid - Topsham June 2019.


Bee Orchid - Trago Mills, Newton Abbot 31/5/21. 





Bee Orchid - Dinan Way, Exmouth 3/6/21. On bank opposite Lidl.


Bee Orchid - Trago Mills, Newton Abbot 12/6/21.



Bee Orchid - Exmouth 7/6/22.


Bee Orchid - Pynes Hill, Exeter 8/6/22.











Bee Orchid - Pynes Hill, Exeter 8/6/22.


Bee Orchid - Exmouth 28/5/23.



Bee Orchid - Exmouth 28/5/23.


Bee Orchid - Dinan Way, Exmouth 2/6/23.


Bee Orchid - near Weymouth, Dorset 19/6/23.

Bee x Fly Orchid Ophrys x pietschii.


Bee x Fly Orchid - near Wincanton, Somerset 30/5/23.







Bee x Fly Orchid - near Wincanton, Somerset 30/5/23.

Fly Orchid Ophrys insectifera.


Fly Orchid - Homefield Wood, Buckinghamshire 29/5/21. And two photos below.




Fly Orchid - Noar Hill, Hants 26/6/21.



Fly Orchid - Noar Hill, Hampshire 26/6/21.

Early Spider Orchid Ophrys sphegodes.


Early Spider Orchid - Dancing Ledge, Dorset 15/4/21. And five photos below.





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