Scientific Name: Orchis x angusticruris
English Name: Monkey x Lady Orchid hybrid
French Name: Hybride Orchis singe x pourpre
5 Key Characters:
Habitat: Calcareous grassland, woodland clearings and roadside banks where both parents are present, in full sun or partial shade.
Flowering Period: April-May-June.
Status: Quite common in the Touraine and can be seen within 5 km of Preuilly-sur-Claise. By far the most common of the Orchis spp hybrids.
Photographed by Loire Valley Nature:
Photographs numbered from left to right, top to bottom. 1 detail of flower. 2 in woodland clearing near Preuilly-sur-Claise, April (for detail of single flower see 1). 3 roadside bank between Preuilly-sur-Claise and Chaumussay, April. 4 - 6 roadside near Chaumussay, April.
English Name: Monkey x Lady Orchid hybrid
French Name: Hybride Orchis singe x pourpre
5 Key Characters:- a very variable mixture of the parent species.
- usually has a dark 'cap'.
- 'body' shape midway between the parent species.
- occurs where both parents occur in close proximity and flower simultaneously.
- at first glance usually looks like a Lady Orchid.
Habitat: Calcareous grassland, woodland clearings and roadside banks where both parents are present, in full sun or partial shade.
Flowering Period: April-May-June.
Status: Quite common in the Touraine and can be seen within 5 km of Preuilly-sur-Claise. By far the most common of the Orchis spp hybrids.
Photographed by Loire Valley Nature:
Photographs numbered from left to right, top to bottom. 1 detail of flower. 2 in woodland clearing near Preuilly-sur-Claise, April (for detail of single flower see 1). 3 roadside bank between Preuilly-sur-Claise and Chaumussay, April. 4 - 6 roadside near Chaumussay, April.
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