Dactylorhiza fuchsii
Archive entry 07.07.13
7th June 2007
The Common Spotted Orchid grows in an assortment of moist locations in the UK, where it is probably our commonest orchid. I grow
it in a pot in bog conditions, and though it is early days yet, I think it is prospering.
7th June 2007
6th July 2013
This isn't the original plant, but probably a seedling from it that came up in a pot nearby and has now been transferred to the garden.
The identity is open to question because they hybridise rather freely.
19th June 2020
A good year for the species in the garden, these three flowered in the long grass on one of the paths - helped by a catastrophic mower breakdown!