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Series: European Terrestial Orchids
Dactylorhiza incarnata (Early March Orchid / Vleeskleurige orchis) is a very variable species both in flower colour and in stature. Nevertheless it is relatively distinctive because the individual flowers have a characteristic size and shape. They are always small, indeed disproportionately so on robust plants, compared to the stem, bracts and ovaries. The lip is no more than 9mm wide and usually rather less. Furthermore, the flowers appear even narrower because the sides of the lip are often folded downwards, sometimes sharply so. This narrow appearance is forther accentuated by the lateral sepals, which are held almost vertically above the flower as if it is holding its 'arms' up tu surrender ...
Image: Antwerpen (Belgium) 28/05/2010
© Johan Dierckx
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@dang: Thanks, Tom !
@Photome: Het is geen echt opvallende soort, dus moeten de details het maar doen :-)
@GJC: The colour is all over the flower spike and gave its name to the species: incarnate means "coloured like meat"
@Julie Brown: Thanks, Julie. The purple colour repeats in the bracts. I found this very interesting.
@Ralph: De stengels waar je naar refereert zijn eigenlijk de schutbladeren van de bloemen. Normaal staan ze recht naar boven. ik vond het naar mekaar toe krullen een detail dat de foto interesanter maakte - een soort natuurlijk kader, zeg maar.
@Dutch: Thx :-) I was making pictures on the other side of the spike. Why? That was the sunny side :-) and so lightning was a bit more easy with the background. Purple flowers in combination with a green background are always very diffucult to get the colours right (other side of the colour-spectrum). While turning round the spike I just noticed these two bracts forming a little heart-shape. (Normally the bracts just stand straight up.) So i replaced tripod :-)) But then lightning problems occured.... So there are a few overlighted places in the background here... But i preferred this composition - glad you like it :-)
Canon EOS 400D
1/20 second
F/13.0
ISO 200
150 mm
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