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29-06-2007, 12:44 PM
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| |  Unknown Orchid
Hi All,
Out walking in Newborough Forest on Angelsey, North Wales I came across this Orchid. Now I'm no expert, but I couldn't find it in my guide. The area was sand dunes with grass in a clearing from Pine Trees, which is approx 800 metres from a tidal estuary. Sorry, abit of everything, how that someone can help.
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29-06-2007, 12:56 PM
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| | | Re: Unknown Orchid
It looks like a common-x-heath spotted orchid Dactylorhiza fushsii-x-macullata - do you have a picture that shows the leaves? |
29-06-2007, 01:09 PM
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| | | Re: Unknown Orchid
Thanks for the quick reply - sorry I haven't got a picture of the leaves |
29-06-2007, 01:16 PM
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| | | Re: Unknown Orchid
It looks like Common Spotted to me... |
29-06-2007, 03:11 PM
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| | | Re: Unknown Orchid
I'd say Common Spotted as well. |
29-06-2007, 10:18 PM
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| | | Re: Unknown Orchid
I too would call this pure Common Spotted Orchid. The hybrid with D. maculata is said to occur much less readily than most other marsh orchid hybrids and this is my own experience too. In this case I see no hint of hybridity.
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29-06-2007, 11:43 PM
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| | | Re: Unknown Orchid
Hi Alan
Are there standard features that would indicate possible hybridity, not just between D.fushii and D.maculata but within the marsh orchids too? | | |
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