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Greater butterfly orchid

platanthera chlorantha

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Field Notes

Description:

The flowers are greenish-white, scented of vanilla, with spreading sepals and petals. This orchis is endemic to Europe, especially the British Isles, flowers June to July and grows to about 15cm in height.

Habitat:

found on Low common meadows at Meltby which is owned by the Yorkshire wildlife trust.

Notes:

There were over 300 of these in one field!

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (3)
Debbie Stewart
It is Injica, I love to go there as it is so quiet and peaceful as not many people know its there but it is cared for by one of our wildlife trusts and has hundreds of different species growing wild across its large meadows :-)
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wow must be a wonderful place!
Debbie Stewart
The meadow was literally covered with over 300 of these beauties!

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PublishedJune 17, 2013

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