Austrian Orchid for ID (1 Viewer)

[Adey Baker]

Can anyone help, please, with the identification of the orchid below? It was near Hinterglemm, Austria at a height somewhere around 1300-1400m in a rather damp area. The leaf is shown in the first shot - the rather dark one towards the bottom right of the photo. July 24th 2009. Thanks.

 

[Ghostly Vision]

Hi Adey

Looks like pretty standard almost-white form of Dactylorhiza fuchsii to me, with unmarked leaves.

Regards

Sean

 

[Adey Baker]

Thanks, Sean. There were plenty of 'normal' fuchsii around but they were all more advanced than this one with half the flowers already fading or gone to seed so I wondered whether this might be something a bit different.