European Dactylorhiza species are notoriously difficult to identify by eyeball alone, they are very variable and, to add to the confusion, are known to hybridise with other species and some closely related genera.

Dactylorhiza group, found growing among the burned out Gorze nr. Lymington. 5th June 2006.




Dactylorhiza, possibly D. maculata subsp. ericetorum, nr. Lyndhurst. June 2006