This plant has some of the features of Dactylorhiza maculata (Heath-spotted Orchid) such as the shape of the labellum and size but not the colour which is completely wrong and looks more like Dactylorhiza praetermissa (Southern marsh Orchid) than anything else. This plant has been determined as a hybrid between Dactylorhiza fuschii (Common Spotted Orchid) and Dactylorhiza maculata (Heath Spotted Orchid) and really doesn't look much like either of the parents.
Hole of Horcum, North Yorks, 11th June 2005
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Added on 14th June 2005