Heath Spotted-orchid
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Dactylorhiza maculata
Common & widespread on British heathlands.
The inflorescence is 5–15 centimetres (2.0–5.9 in) long and it is composed of flowers gathered in dense spikes.
The flowers grow in the axils of bracts membranous and lanceolate-shaped.
Their colours vary from light pink to purple or white with darker streaks mainly on the labellum (sometimes at the margins of tepals).
The flowers reach on average 10–15 centimetres (3.9–5.9 in).
The flowers are hermaphrodite and insect pollinated.
Flowers from June-August.