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Copyright: Tairi Tappo (uduputuk) Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 28 W: 29 N: 51] (268)
Genre: Plants
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-06
Categories: Flowers
Exposure: f/7.1, 1/100 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2009-09-20 8:58
Viewed: 210
Points: 4
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Orchis militaris, the Military Orchid, is a species of orchid native to Europe.

This plant grows to a height of 20 to 50 cm with a robust stem with rather drawn up oblong basal leaves. The inflorescence forms a purplish dense cone consisting of from 10 to 40 flowers. In each flower the sepals and side petals are gathered together to form a pointed "helmet" (whence it gets its name), a lilac colour outside and a veined purple colour inside. The central tongue finishes in two lobes separated by a tooth.

Flowering Period:
Depending on location, April to June.

Habitat:
Likes full light on a dry calcareous substrate. For example unfertilized lawns, meadows, edges and light woods up to 2000m in altitude.

Distribution:
It is well distributed around Europe, reaching as far north as southern Sweden, but rather rare in the Mediterranean areas. It is extremely rare in Britain and a protected species, occurring only at the Rex Graham nature reserve in Suffolk and the Buckinghamshire Chilterns.
/Wikipedia/

It is quite common in Estonia, but like all the orchids, under protection.
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Tairi
Waw...what a great orchid.
Lovely colors and great details.
Congratulation.
Mariana

Bonjour Tairi,
Agréable macro finement détaillée et délicatement colorée.
A bientôt sur TN pour de nouvelles aventures.
Gérard

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