Some Orchid photos for comment

[turntostone]

Any comments on these Orchids appreciated.
ID cofirmation appreciated as always.

1. Albino? Pyramidal Orchid





2. Fragrant Orchid in Bud. Is it usual to have this many flowers in bud at once?



3. Early Marsh Orchid Hybrid? at Wicken Fen end of May.
Is this Early Marsh hybrid and what with?



Thanks Gordon

[Hypatia]

1. Agree
2. Yes, often
3. I would hazard a guess that this is early marsh var rhodochila. Nice one!

[Dorts]

Hi Gordon.
1. is a lovely albino Pyramidal Orchid - Anacamptis pyramidalis.
2. is a Fragrant Orchid - Gymnadenia conopsea. Yes it often has as many flowers, and frequently many more.
3. is Early Marsh Orchid - Dactylorhiza incarnata subsp. pulchella. Lovely find, and as far as I'm aware, it's the only place in that part of the country it grows.

Originally Posted by Hypatia

3. I would hazard a guess that this is early marsh var rhodochila. Nice one!

Hypatia, there is no form of Early Marsh Orchid, var. rhodochila, only of Common Spotted.
Perhaps you were thinking of var. pulchella?
Dorts.

[turntostone]

Cheers Hypatia & Dorts.

With the Fragrant I was asking if it was usual for all the flowers to be in bud
without any being open.?

Gordon

[Dorts]

Originally Posted by turntostone

Cheers Hypatia & Dorts.
With the Fragrant I was asking if it was usual for all the flowers to be in bud
without any being open.?
Gordon

Sorry Gordon. Yes, it is a little unusual, by now some florets should have opened. I think it's because your plant doesn't have many flowers, if there were twice as many almost certainly some would now be open.
Dorts.

[Hypatia]

Originally Posted by Dorts

Hi Gordon.
1. is a lovely albino Pyramidal Orchid - Anacamptis pyramidalis.
2. is a Fragrant Orchid - Gymnadenia conopsea. Yes it often has as many flowers, and frequently many more.
3. is Early Marsh Orchid - Dactylorhiza incarnata subsp. pulchella. Lovely find, and as far as I'm aware, it's the only place in that part of the country it grows.



Hypatia, there is no form of Early Marsh Orchid, var. rhodochila, only of Common Spotted.
Perhaps you were thinking of var. pulchella?
Dorts.

Sorry, I am still a novice at this game. I thought the term referred to the uniform wash of colour without any pattern. Thank you for putting me right

[Dorts]

Originally Posted by Hypatia

Sorry, I am still a novice at this game. I thought the term referred to the uniform wash of colour without any pattern. Thank you for putting me right

In a way you are right, the term 'rhodochila' is used for a variety of Common Spotted Orchid in which the lip is un-marked except for a 'wash' of the darkest colour normaly found in that species. As far as I'm aware, such a plant has not been observed within the Early Marsh group of orchids.

In the plant Gordon has illustrated, the center of the lip is marked with 'loops and dashes' of a dark colour, rather than a 'wash' of colour without any markings.
All the best
Dorts.