Chinese Ground Orchid

Bletilla striata half hardy

flowersMay-June grows up to 50 cm

magenta pink moist well drained

sheltered/partial shade

mulch over winter

Leopard Spotted Orchid

Dactylorhiza pardalina grows up to 70 cm

flowers June-July

reddish purple

moist well drained soil

partial shade

Common Spotted Orchid

Dactylorhiza fuchsii flowers May-August

grows up to 50 cm  white-dark purple

with dark dots/blotches

grassland /open woods

Southern Marsh Orchid Dactylorhiza praetermissa

grows up to 50 cm flowers May-July

dark rose-purple with

dark spot and streaks

marsh/wet meadow

Early Marsh Orchid

Dactylorhiza incarnata

flowers May-July grows up to 40cm

Variety of colours flesh/pink/rose/mauve/

purple/red/yellow

marsh/wet meadow

Heath Spotted Orchid

Dactylorhiza  maculata flowers May-August

grows up to 50 cm  white-dark purple

with dark dots/blotches

heaths/moors/bogs

acid soils

Bee Orchid

Ophrys apifera grows up to45 cm

flowers June-July shape and appearance

of small bumble bee

grassland /bare patches

on lime

Western Marsh Orchid

Dactylorhiza majalis flowers May-June

grows up to 25cm  pale reddish purple

well spotted leaves

marsh/wet meadow 

Early Purple Orchid

Orchis mascula

grows up to 40cm tall.

flowers April-June

purple shade

blotched leaves

Woodland/ hedge banks grassland

Spotted Orchid

Dactylorhiza sphagnicola Flowers in May to June.

grows up to 60cm sword like leaves.

dense spikes of

lilac to purple

 damp grassland.

Marsh Orchid

Epipactis palustris  flowers  July to September 

grows up to 60cm.

Flowers maroon purple

 moist conditions 

 Stream Orchid

(Chatterbox) Epipactis gigantea

flowers  April to May. .

grows up to 90cm.

Yellow, Mauve and Pink

 moist conditions

Chadds Ford

Spiranthes cernua odorata

flowers September  on

grows up to 90cm.

flowers white

vanilla scent

 moist wet conditions

Chinese Lady's Tresses

Spiranthes sinensis

flowers Spring

grows up to 15 cm.

flowers white

 moist wet conditions