Butterfly Orchids - Lesser

This is smaller and more delicate than the Greater and grows on more acid soils on heaths, among heather and bracken. This photo was taken by Wilverley Woods in the New Forest on 10 June 2002.

Butterfly Orchids - Lesser

This is a close-up of the above plant.

Butterfly Orchids - Lesser

In this photo you can see that the column is narrow and the sides are narrow...a diagnostic identification for the 'lesser'. It was taken again at Wilverley on 28 June 2003.

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© Peter Burford