Wild Wonders of Europe / Elander / Early marsh orchid (Dactylorhiza incarnata incarnata) flowers, Vall DIncles, Andorra, June 2009

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Early marsh orchid (Dactylorhiza incarnata) flowers, Lochbusch-Königswiesen, Nature Reserve, Germany. June. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Early marsh orchid (Dactylorhiza incarnata) flower, Lochbusch-Königswiesen, Nature Reserve, Germany. June. Meetyourneighbours.net project

Will Watson / Early marsh orchid (Dactylorhiza incarnata), Carpathian Mountains, Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine.

Chris Mattison / Early marsh orchid (Dactylorhiza incarnata) with Ragged robin (Lychnis flos-cuculi) behind. Gower, South Wales, UK, June.

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Early marsh orchid (Dactyorhiza iincarnata) flowering on managed grazing land, Wicken Fen, Cambridgeshire, UK, June

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Early marsh orchid (Dactylorhiza incarnata) Wicken Fen, Cambridgeshire, UK, June

Paul Harcourt Davies / Early marsh orchid (Dactylorhiza incarnata) Italy

Paul Harcourt Davies / Early marsh orchid (Dactylorhiza incarnata) Italy

Robert Thompson / Early marsh orchid {Dactylorhiza incarnata incarnata} Bull NNR, County Dublin, Republic of Ireland

Robert Thompson / Early marsh orchid {Dactylorhiza incarnata subsp. coccinea} Bull Island Natural Nature Reserve, Dublin, Republic of Ireland, May

Robert Thompson / Early marsh orchid {Dactylorhiza incarnata subsp. coccinea} Bull Island Natural Nature Reserve, Dublin, Republic of Ireland, May

Wild Wonders of Europe / Giesbers / Early marsh orchid (Dactylorhiza incarnata) in flower, Liechtenstein, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Giesbers / Early marsh orchid (Dactylorhiza incarnata) in flower, Liechtenstein, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Giesbers / Early marsh orchid (Dactylorhiza incarnata) close-up of flowers, Liechtenstein, June 2009

Roger Powell / Early Marsh Orchid {Dactylorhiza incarnata} flowering on cliff top, Caithness, Scotland, UK

Gary K. Smith / Early Marsh Orchid {Dactylorhiza incarnata coccinea} Norfolk subspecies, growing with Marsh Helleborine {Epipactis palustris} on coastal dune slacks, Norfolk, UK, July

Gary K. Smith / Early Marsh Orchid {Dactylorhiza incarnata coccinea} Norfolk subspecies, growing in coastal dune slacks Norfolk, UK, July

Philippe Clement / Early marsh orchid {Dactylorhiza incarnata}, De Panne, Belgium

Geoff Simpson / Early marsh orchid {Dactylorhiza incarnata} Peak District NP, Derbyshire, UK

Geoff Simpson / Early marsh orchid {Dactylorhiza incarnata} UK

Staffan Widstrand / Early marsh orchid, {Dactylorhiza incarnata incarnata} Gotland, Sweden.

Philippe Clement / Early marsh orchid {Dactylorhiza incarnata} Netherlands

Philippe Clement / Early marsh orchid {Dactylorhiza incarnata} Netherlands

Niall Benvie / Early marsh orchid, yellow morph, flower {Dactylorhiza incarnata} Estonia

Fabio Liverani / Early marsh orchid in flower (Dactylorhiza incarnata incarnata). Italy, Europe

WILLIAM OSBORN / Early marsh orchid {Dactylorhiza incarnata} Wales UK Glamorgan

Niall Benvie / Early marsh orchid {Dactylorhiza incarnata} Scotland UK

Robin Chittenden / Yellow early marsh orchid {Dactylorhiza incarnata ochroleuca} UK

Paul Harcourt Davies / Early marsh orchid (Dactylorhiza incarnata) in flower, Piediluco, Umbria, Italy. May.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Early marsh orchid (Dactylorhiza incarnata) in flower, Piediluco, Umbria, Italy. May.

Nick Upton / Early marsh orchid (Dactylorhiza incarnata coccinea) flowering in a sand dune slack, Kenfig National Nature Reserve, Glamorgan, Wales, UK, June.

Nick Upton / Early marsh orchid (Dactylorhiza incarnata coccinea) flowering in a sand dune slack, Kenfig National Nature Reserve, Glamorgan, Wales, UK, June.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Flecked marsh orchid (Dactylorhiza incarnata cruenta) at 2200m, lake in background. Valparola Pass, near Cortina, Dolomites, Belluno, Italy. July.

Steve Nicholls / Early marsh orchid (Dactylorhiza incarnata) on tne machair at Sidhean a'Phiobaire, South Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK, July.

Steve Nicholls / Early marsh orchid (Dactylorhiza incarnata) growing on the machair of Horgabost, South Harris, Outer Hebrides, Scotland