A PHOTO FLORA OF THE
DEVON AND CORNWALL PENINSULA



Orchids

Anacamptis morio - Green-winged Orchid
Anacamptis morio - Green-winged Orchid     close-up
North Fort. Berry Head, Nature Reserve, Brixham, Devon. 07.05.05 (Public Location)

Anacamptis morio - Green-winged Orchid
The Rabbit Warren. Berry Head, Nature Reserve, Brixham, Devon.
21.05.05 (Public Location)

Anacamptis pyramidalis - Pyramidal Orchid
Anacamptis pyramidalis - Pyramidal Orchid     
flower close-up     individual flower     habitat
Limestone grassland. Long Quarry, Babbacombe, Torbay, Devon.
11.06.05 (Public Location) SX 93663 65159

Anacamptis pyramidalis - Pyramidal Orchid     flower     seed head
Base of limestone wall. Breakwater Hill, Cattedown, Plymouth, Devon.
16.06.05 (Public Location) SX 49128 53726

Dactylorhiza fuchsii - Common Spotted Orchid
Dactylorhiza fuchsii - Common Spotted Orchid     flower close-up     leaves
Limestone grassland. Long Quarry, Babbacombe, Torbay, Devon.
04.06.05 (Public Location) SX 93574 65174

Dactylorhiza fuchsii - Common Spotted Orchid (1)
Shrubby grassland. Orley Common, nr. Ipplepen, Devon. 13.06.05 (Public Location)

Dactylorhiza fuchsii - Common Spotted Orchid (2)
Shrubby grassland. Orley Common, nr. Ipplepen, Devon. 13.06.05 (Public Location)

Dactylorhiza fuchsii - Common Spotted Orchid (3)     flower close-up
Shrubby grassland. Orley Common, nr. Ipplepen, Devon. 13.06.05
(Public Location) SX 82488 66204

Dactylorhiza fuchsii - Common Spotted Orchid (4)     flower close-up
Shrubby grassland. Orley Common, nr. Ipplepen, Devon. 13.06.05
(Public Location) SX 82531 66308

Dactylorhiza fuchsii var. cornubiensis - Cornish Common Spotted Orchid
Dactylorhiza fuchsii var. cornubiensis - Common Spotted Orchid (1)   
flower close-up     plant
Lelant area of Cornwall. 11.06.07 (Public Location)

Dactylorhiza fuchsii var. cornubiensis - Common Spotted Orchid (2)     plant
Lelant area of Cornwall. 11.06.07 (Public Location)

Dactylorhiza fuchsii var. cornubiensis - Common Spotted Orchid (3)
Lelant area of Cornwall. 11.06.07 (Public Location)

Dactylorhiza incarnata ssp. coccinea - Early Marsh Orchid
Dactylorhiza incarnata subsp. coccinea - Early Marsh Orchid     flower close-up
Dune slack. Braunton Burrows Biosphere Reserve, Braunton, Devon.
08.07.05 (Public Location)

Dactylorhiza incarnata ssp. pulchella - Early Marsh Orchid
Dactylorhiza incarnata subsp. pulchella - Early Marsh Orchid     flower close-up
Heathland. Goonhilly Downs, LNR, Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall.
11.06.07 (Public Location)

Dactylorhiza maculata ssp. ericetorum - Heath Spotted Orchid
Dactylorhiza maculata ssp. ericetorum - Heath Spotted Orchid (1)   
flowers close-up     leaf
Wet heath. Whitchurch Down, nr. Tavistock, Devon. 07.06.05 (Public Location)

Dactylorhiza maculata ssp. ericetorum - Heath Spotted Orchid (2)   
flowers close-up     habitat
Wet heath. Whitchurch Down, nr. Tavistock, Devon. 07.06.05 (Public Location)

Dactylorhiza maculata ssp. ericetorum - Heath Spotted Orchid (3)
Wet Heath. Nr. Kynance Gate, West Lizard NNR, Kynance, Cornwall.
30.05.06 (Public Location)

Dactylorhiza maculata ssp. ericetorum - Heath Spotted Orchid (1)    (2)    (3)    (4)     (5)
Main Dale and Crousa Downs, National Nature Reserves, nr. Coverack, The Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall. 10.06.06 (Public Location)

Dactylorhiza praetermissa - Southern Marsh Orchid
Dactylorhiza praetermissa - Southern Marsh Orchid (1)
Forder Valley Nature Reserve, Leigham, Plymouth, Devon. 10.06.04  (Public Location)
(Public Location) SX 507 580

Dactylorhiza praetermissa - Southern Marsh Orchid (2)
Forder Valley Nature Reserve, Leigham, Plymouth, Devon. 10.06.04  (Public Location)
(Public Location) SX 507 580

Dactylorhiza praetermissa - Southern Marsh Orchid (3)
Forder Valley Nature Reserve, Leigham, Plymouth, Devon. 10.06.04  (Public Location)
(Public Location) SX 507 580

Dactylorhiza praetermissa - Southern Marsh Orchid (4)
Penlee Battery Nature Reserve (CWT), Rame, Cornwall. 09.07.04.  (Public Location)
(Public Location) SX 43919 49160

Dactylorhiza praetermissa - Southern Marsh Orchid (5)     flower close-up     leaves
A38 Embankment, Marsh Mills, Plymouth, Devon. 21.05.05 (Public Location)

Dactylorhiza praetermissa - Southern Marsh Orchid (6)     flower close-up
Radford Quarry, Plymstock, Devon. 28.05.05

Dactylorhiza praetermissa - Southern Marsh Orchid (7)   
group    part of large colony    habitat
Marsh. Wixenford Quarry Bottom, Billacombe, Plymouth, Devon. 17.06.05

Dactylorhiza praetermissa - Southern Marsh Orchid (8)     flower close-up
Grassland. Sylvia's Meadow, CTNC Reserve, St. Anne's Chapel, Gunnislake, Cornwall.
25.06.05 (Public Location)

Dactylorhiza praetermissa - Southern Marsh Orchid (9)     flower close-up
Grassland. Sylvia's Meadow, CTNC Reserve, St. Anne's Chapel, Gunnislake, Cornwall.
25.06.05 (Public Location)

Dactylorhiza praetermissa var. junialis - Southern Marsh / Leopard Orchid
Dactylorhiza praetermissa var. junialis - Leopard Orchid     flower close-up     leaf
Near Visitor Center. Dawlish Warren National Nature Reserve, Dawlish Warren, Devon.
26.05.06 (Public Location)

Dactylorhiza praetermissa var. junialis - Leopard Orchid     flowers close-up     leaf
Cultivated. (Of hort., plant originally labelled as Heath Spotted Orchid, see above.)
Rowden Gardens, Brentor, nr. Tavistock, Devon. 07.06.05 (Private Location)

Dactylorhiza Hybrids
Common Spotted Orchid x Southern Marsh Orchid
Dactylorhiza x grandis - D. maculata x D. praetermissa ?
Loggan's Moor Nature Reserve, nr. Hayle, Cornwall. 16.06.06 (Public Location)

Heath Spotted Orchid x Southern Marsh Orchid
Dactylorhiza x hallii - D. maculata x D. praetermissa (1) ?     leaves     habitat
Upland Hay Meadow, nr. Two Bridges, Dartmoor National Park.
13.06.06 (Private Location)

Dactylorhiza x hallii - D. maculata x D. praetermissa (2) ?     flower close-up     leaf
Upland Hay Meadow, nr. Two Bridges, Dartmoor National Park.
13.06.06 (Private Location)

Dactylorhiza x hallii - D. maculata x D. praetermissa (3) ?     flower close-up     leaf
Upland Hay Meadow, nr. Two Bridges, Dartmoor National Park.
13.06.06 (Private Location)

Early Marsh Orchid x Southern Marsh Orchid
Dactylorhiza x wintoni - D. incarnata subsp. coccinea x D. praetermissa ?     close-up
Braunton Burrows Biosphere Reserve, Braunton, Devon. 30.06.06 (Public Location)

Epipactis helleborine - Broad-leaved Helleborine
Epipactis helleborine - Broad-leaved Helleborine     
fl. close-up     fl. side-view     leaf      plant
Wooded path. Nr. Warleigh Point, Tamerton Foliot, Plymouth, Devon.
18.07.05 (Public Location)

Epipactis palustris - Marsh Helleborine
Epipactis palustris - Marsh Helleborine     
buds     flower close-up     flower side-view     leaves
Wet grassland. Dawlish Warren NNR, Dawlish, Devon. 26.06.05 (Public Location)

Epipactis palustris - Marsh Helleborine
Dune slack. Braunton Burrows Biosphere Reserve, Braunton, Devon.
08.07.05 (Public Location)

Epipactis palustris var. ochroleuca - Marsh Helleborine
Epipactis palustris var. ochroleuca - Marsh Helleborine     flower close-up
Dune slack. Braunton Burrows Biosphere Reserve, Braunton, Devon.
30.06.06 (Public Location)

Gymnadenia borealis - Fragrant Orchid
Gymnadenia borealis - Fragrant Orchid (pale)     flower close-up     plant
Main Dale National Nature Reserve, nr. Coverack, The Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall.
16.06.06 (Public Location)

Gymnadenia borealis - Fragrant Orchid (dark)     flower close-up
Main Dale National Nature Reserve, nr. Coverack, The Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall.
16.06.06 (Public Location)

Neottia nidus-avis - Bird's-nest Orchid
Neottia nidus-avis - Bird's-nest Orchid     flower close-up     habitat     seed head
Stover Country Park, nr. Newton Abbot, Devon. 27.05.05 (Public Location) SX 830 751

Neottia ovata - Twayblade
Neottia ovata - Twayblade     flower close-up     flower side view     group     leaf
Dark wet woodland. Kitley, Yealmpton, Devon. 15.05.05 (Public Location)

Neottia ovata - Twayblade     flowers
Wooded Canal Path. Plym Bridge Woods (North), Plymouth, Devon. 08.06.05
(Public Location) SX 52512 59150

Ophrys apifera - Bee Orchid
Ophrys apifera - Bee Orchid     flower side view
Forder Valley Junction, Plymouth, Devon.
11.06.04 (Dangerous Public Location) SX 509 572

Ophrys apifera - Bee Orchid      flower close-up     colony
Grassland. Blagdon's Meadow, Plymouth, Devon.
10.06.05 (Public Location) SX 50130 54868

Orchis mascula - Early Purple Orchid
Orchis mascula - Early Purple Orchid (group)     plant
Grass verge. Bickleigh to Plympton road. East, one mile from Bickleigh Bridge,
Plymouth, Devon. 08.05.05 (Public Location)

Orchis mascula - Early Purple Orchid     in bud
Estover Industrial Estate, Estover, Plymouth, Devon.
03.05.04 (Public Location) SX 515 594

Orchis mascula - Early Purple Orchid     leaf     habitat   
Wood beside Blunts Lane Allotments, Estover, Plymouth, Devon.
03.05.04 (Public Location) SX 504 592

Orchis mascula - Early Purple Orchid (Pink Form)     in bud     flower side view     
Wood beside Blunts Lane Allotments, Estover, Plymouth, Devon. 03.05.04
(Public Location) SX 504 592

Orchis mascula - Early Purple Orchid (White Form) (unmarked 1)
North Fort. Berry Head, Nature Reserve, Brixham, Devon. 07.05.05 (Public Location)

Orchis mascula - Early Purple Orchid (White Form) (unmarked 2)
Open woodland. Nr. Chub Tor, Clearbroook, Devon. 22.05.05 (Public Location)

Platanthera bifolia - Lesser Butterfly Orchid
Platanthera bifolia - Lesser Butterfly-orchid    fl. close-up    fl. side-view    leaf    habitat
Sylvia's Meadow, CTNC Reserve, St. Anne's Chapel, Gunnislake, Cornwall.
25.06.05 (Public Location)

Platanthera chlorantha - Greater Butterfly Orchid
Platanthera chlorantha - Greater Butterfly-orchid     flower close-up     leaf
Damp wooded roadside. West Ogwell, nr. Newton Abbot, Devon.
13.06.05 (Public Location) SX 815704

Platanthera chlorantha - Greater Butterfly-orchid     
flower close-up     flower side-view     leaf
Shrubby grassland. Orley Common, nr. Ipplepen, Devon. 13.06.05 (Public Location)

Serapias parviflora - Lesser Tongue Orchid
Serapias parviflora - Lesser Tongue Orchid    flower close-up    flower side-view    leaf
Rame Peninsula, Cornwall. 29.06.05 (Public Location)

Spiranthes spiralis - Autumn Lady's Tresses
Spiranthes spiralis - Autumn Lady's Tresses     flower close-up     habitat
Off lower footpath. Snellings Down, above Pilot Cove, Noss Mayo, Devon.
31.08.06. SX55176 45763

Spiranthes spiralis - Autumn Lady's Tresses     flower close-up     in bud
Grassland. Blagdon's Meadow, Plymouth, Devon.
20.08.05 (Public Location) SX 50130 54868