Local Wild Orchids - Hybrids and Aberrations
ABERRATIONS
Common Name: Bee Orchid
Latin Name: Ophrys apifera
Photographer: Vincent Blood
Site Name: Winchester
Date of Image: 11/06/2022
Photographer’s Comments: “Hypochromic Bee Orchid”.
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Common Name: Green-Winged Orchid
Latin Name: Anacamptis moria
Photographer: Vincent Blood
Site Name: Barrington Hill Meadows, Somerset
Date of Image: 27/04/2025
Photographer’s Comments: “Green-winged from Somerset this year. Not fascination, but rather a proliferation of flowering growth. Not dissimilar to how cauliflowers formed!”
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Common Name: Heath Spotted Orchid
Latin Name: Dactylorhiza maculata
Photographer: Vincent Blood
Site Name: New Forest, Hampshire
Date of Image: 24/06/2022
Photographer’s Comments: “Hyperchromic example”.
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HYBRIDS
Common Name: Chalk Fragrant x Common Spotted Orchid
Latin Name: Dactylodenia heinzeliana
Photographer: Vincent Blood
Site Name: Braunton Down, Hampshire
Date of Image: 24/06/2023
Photographer’s Comments: “An intergeneric example i.e. species from a different genus.”
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Common Name: Southern Marsh x Common Spotted Orchid
Latin Name: Dactylorhiza x grandis
Photographer: Vincent Blood
Site Name: Near Dorchester
Date of Image: 29/05/2023
Photographer’s Comments: “The Dactylorhiza x grandis (Southern Marsh x Common Spotted) are an example of an intrageneric hybrid i.e. species within the same genus. It is the most common hybrid in the UK.”
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