Common spotted orchid

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Common Spotted Orchid
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Liliopsida Order: Asparagales Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Dactylorhiza Species: D. fuchsii
Binomial name
Dactylorhiza fuchsii Druce ex Soó 1962

The Common Spotted Orchid (Dactylorhiza fuchsii) is a commonly occurring species of European orchid. It is widely variable in colour and height, ranging from 5 to 60 cm in height. The flower colour can vary from pale pink to pale purple to white, with purple spots and edges. The lip has three lobes.

• Flowers: June-August.
• Leaves: narrow lanceolate, keeled, often dark-spotted.
• Distribution: grassland, on lime.

[edit] Subspecies

• Dactylorhiza fuchsii subsp. carpatica (Batoušek & Kreutz) Kreutz (Slovakia)
• Dactylorhiza fuchsii subsp. fuchsii (Europe to Siberia and Mongolia)
• Dactylorhiza fuchsii subsp. hebridensis (Wilmott) Soó (Great Britain, Ireland)
• Dactylorhiza fuchsii subsp. okellyi (Druce) Soó (Great Britain, Ireland)
• Dactylorhiza fuchsii subsp. psychrophila (Schltr.) Holub (Europe to Siberia)
• Dactylorhiza fuchsii subsp. sooiana (Borsos) Borsos (Slovakia, Hungary)

[edit] Source

• World Checklist of Monocotyledons, Kew Botanical Gardens

[edit] Gallery

Dactylorhiza fuchsii	Dactylorhiza fuchsii close-up	Dactylorhiza fuchsii subsp. okellyi	Dactylorhiza fuchsii subsp. hebridensis
Dactylorhiza fuchsii subsp. hebridensis	Dactylorhiza × venusta (D. fuchsii × purpurella)	Dactylorhiza × braunii (D. fuchsii × majalis)