APHOTOFLORA

An online educational resource and botanical image library dedicated to
the flora; wildflowers, trees, shrubs, ferns, liverworts and mosses, found in
South-West England, mostly around Devon and Cornwall, by David Fenwick.

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Early Purple Orchid
Orchis mascula
- flowers 1

Early Purple Orchid
Orchis mascula
- flowers 2

Early Purple Orchid
Orchis mascula
- flowers 3

Early Purple Orchid
Orchis mascula
- flowers / white 1

Early Purple Orchid
Orchis mascula
- flowers / white 2

Early Purple Orchid
Orchis mascula
- flower side view 1

Early Purple Orchid
Orchis mascula
- flowering plant 1

Early Purple Orchid
Orchis mascula
- flowering plant 2

Early Purple Orchid
Orchis mascula
- flowering plant 3

Early Purple Orchid
Orchis mascula
- flowering plant 4

Early Purple Orchid
Orchis mascula
- flowering plants 1

Early Purple Orchid
Orchis mascula
- flowering plants / habitat 1

Early Purple Orchid
Orchis mascula
- flowers in bud stage 1

Early Purple Orchid
Orchis mascula
- flowers in bud stage 2

Early Purple Orchid
Orchis mascula
- leaf 1

Quite a common orchid and often the first of the year to flower. It prefers woodland, but can often be found in similar places as Southern Marsh Orchid. Images taken across Devon and Cornwall.

The main objective of this website is in furthering environmental awareness and education through the medium of photography. To increase awareness and access to the flora of the region and help

people find and identify it. Sometimes the difference between species is obvious but a few species may only be determined by observing microscopic differences that are characteristic to any one species.