Dactylorhiza maculata (Linnaeus 1753) Soó 1962 (Family Orchidaceae)


Plant

Leaves

Flower

Fruit

Height: 20-70cm
Orchid Mycorrhizal
Perennial
Hermaphrodite, Flowering May - July (Earliest: 18.5)

Habitat:
Wet Meadows

Peat Bogs and Fens
Pollination:
Cratichneumon sicarius

Anarta myrtilli

Trichius zonatus

Plateumaris sericea
Parasites:
Chyliza vittata Larva

Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora: Heath Spotted Orchid


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