Early Purple Orchid (Orchis mascula)

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

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Location: Mountain forest near Big SochiDate: 2009-04-10The picture was captured by me on the sunny morning at the begini
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Location: Mountain forest near Big SochiDate: 2009-04-19The picture was captured by me in the evening, at the begining of
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Location: Mountain forest near Big SochiDate: 2009-04-10On the southern hillside.
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Location: Mountain forest near Big Sochi Date: 2009-04-10There's the form with the spoted leaves.
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Location: Marfield Wetlands Reserve Masham N.YorksDate: 2018-06-07
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Location: Mountain forest near Big Sochi Date: 2009-04-10The pic shows the start of the blooming.
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Date: Maycredit: Tuxyso
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Photo courtesy of: Jose Vicente Ferrandez
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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

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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