Greater Butterfly-orchid
Introduction
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Greater Butterfly-orchid
Image: © Lairich Rig Taken: 25 Jun 2018
(Platanthera chlorantha) This is one of dozens of these flowers that were growing alongside a Image; see Image for the habitat. I did not examine many of the Butterfly-orchids, but all of those I did examine proved to be examples of the Greater rather than the Lesser.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.946984
Longitude
-4.803209