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Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Pollinators: Moths and Butterflies
Bees

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Common names
  • Early Purple Orchid
  • Spotted Orchid
  • Early Purple Orchis
  • Orchid

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Location: Mountain forest near Big Sochi
Date: 2009-04-19
The picture was captured by me in the evening, at the begining of
Location: Mountain forest near Big Sochi
Date: 2009-04-10
The picture was captured by me on the sunny morning at the begini

Date: c. 1869
illustration from 'English Botany', vol. 9, 1869
Location: Marfield Wetlands Reserve Masham N.Yorks
Date: 2018-06-07
Location: Mountain forest near Big Sochi
Date: 2009-04-10
On the southern hillside.
Location: Mountain forest near Big Sochi 
Date: 2009-04-10
There's the form with the spoted leaves.

Date: c. 1913
illustration of Orchis mascula (left) & Dactylorhiza maculata as

Date: May
credit: Tuxyso
Location: Mountain forest near Big Sochi 
Date: 2009-04-10
The pic shows the start of the blooming.

Photo courtesy of: Jose Vicente Ferrandez
Comments:
  • Posted by yurikashtanov (St.Petersburg, or Sochi, or North Smolensk reg., Russia; Los Frailes, Ecuador - Zone 10a) on Jan 12, 2013 6:30 PM concerning plant:
    Those are quite abundant on the southern hillside near my house.
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The variability of species. by yurikashtanov Jan 12, 2013 6:49 PM 0

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