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Nenagh, Ireland
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Title
Heath Spotted Orchid
Artist
Rob Hemphill
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Found in the Burren in the west of Ireland this Heath Spotted Orchid has pale pink flowers with purple streaks and the flowering period is between June and August.
The heath spotted orchid (Dactylorhiza maculata) prefers sunny places on lowlands or hills, it can be found in slightly damp meadows, but also in the undergrowth of dry forests, in areas with bushes and at the edges of streams. They grow on siliceous and calcareous substrate, at an altitude up to 2,200 metres (7,200 ft) above sea level.
Dactylorhiza maculata reaches on average 15–45 centimetres (5.9–17.7 in) of height, with a maximum of 70 centimetres (28 in). These plants are bulbous geophytes, forming their buds in underground tubers or bulbs, organs that annually produce new stems, leaves and flowers. Furthermore, these orchids are "terrestrial", because unlike "epiphyte" species they do not live at the expense of other large plants.
This orchid has an erect, glabrous and cylindrical stem, with a streaked surface. The leaves are oblong or oval-lanceolate, with dark ellipsoid-shaped "spots" on the surface (hence the species name). The leaves are amplexicaul and can be either radical (basal) or cauline.
The underground part of the stem has two webbed tubers each one more or less deeply divided into several lobes or tubercles (characteristic of the genus Dactylorhiza), the first one plays the important functions of supplying the stem, while the second one collects nutrient materials for the development of the plant that will form in the coming year.
The inflorescence is 5–15 centimetres (2.0–5.9 in) long and it is composed of flowers gathered in dense spikes. The flowers are placed in the axils of bracts membranous and lanceolate-shaped. Their colors vary from light pink to purple or white with darker streaks mainly on the labellum (sometimes at the margins of tepals). The flowers reaches on average 10–15 centimetres (3.9–5.9 in). The flowers are hermaphrodite and insect pollinated. (from Wikipedia)
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Featured in the following FAA Groups:
"Beautiful Flowers Group" 04/28/2020
"Orchids" 02/16/2020
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January 7th, 2013
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JABALPUR, MA - India
Glorious presentation on Orchid Divine + L f Rob... "In fact Even Petals of Orchid after suitably drying process also used along with other dried sturdy ingredients in form of sturdy & dried layers of flowers/twigs etc(before Perishing) to create "Organic Art" on Painting surface i.e Bark Cavas.Main "Theme" once Nature has  immense source of sturdy ingredients of colors/textures created by Almighty ... then why not art can exclusively be generated by recycling & saving trees by using Bark of Canary Palm Tree instead of paper canvas Thus Art may be combined with Environment Protection too --Ur valuable views on the concept of Eco-Art ...??
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