Dactylorhiza purpurella
Archive entry 31.05.09
3rd June 2007
The Northern Fen Orchid grows in the same sort of conditions as the common Fen Orchid, but in Scotland and northern England. My young plant is nursery grown and the nurseryman
(who gets seedlings popping up in all the wrong pots) suspects that this is a hybrid. There is a suggestion of some spotting on the leaf, which shouldn't be there.
31st May 2009
This is a new plant, made available through the wonders of micropropagation.
6th June 2010
29th June 2013