Fragrant-orchid
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Gymnadenia, conopsea, borealis or densiflora
Common & widespread in Britain in three sub species & all very similar.
These plants are tuberous geophytes, as they bring their buds in underground tuber, organs that annually produce new stems, leaves and flowers.
These Orchids are "terrestrial" because unlike "epiphytic" species, they do not grow on other plants of major sizes.
The stem is leafy and robust, with a striated surface.
The leaves are long, narrow and lanceolate and vary from 3 to 7.
The leaf color is gray-green. Size of leaf: width 1 to 2 cm, length 10 – 25 cm.
These Orchids have two ovoidal bulbs, deeply webbed and with many small and short lobes.
Flowers from June-July.