Early marsh orchid
size:
15 to 60 (sometimes 120) centimeters
color:
flower: dark purple, pink or flesh-colored, rarely white
lip: dots and lines surrounded by heart-shaped line
blossoms:
May through July
reproduction:
seed
life span:
perennial
- Dut: Vleeskleurige Orchis
- Lat: Dactylorhiza incarnata
- Eng: Early Marsh Orchid
- Fren: Orchis incarnat
- Ger: Fleischrotes Knabenkraut
- Dan: Kødfarvet
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- Early marsh orchid, foto fitis, sytske dijksen
Early marsh orchid
The frustration of many beginning plant-lovers is identifying which orchid is which. The early marsh orchid distinguishes itself from the other common Dutch orchid species by the combination of spotless leaves (at least in most cases) and the top uppermost leaves that are long enough to touch the flower somewhere along the spike.
- Distribution and habitat
- Early marsh orchid, foto fitis, sytske dijksen
The early marsh orchid is found primarily on moist grasslands, in marshes or in young, wet dune valleys. The plant grows best in sunny, open and damp areas. It is a rare plant in the Netherlands and legally protected. In fact, you generally only find it on the Wadden Islands, in the delta region, in northwest Overijssel and on a few other nutrient-poor regions such as the flood plains along the Frisian coast of the IJsselmeer.
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