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Flowers: July -
September.
An orchid with 3 - 6
pairs of leaves growing in alternating ranks. Height up to 45 cm.
The leaves become more narrow the higher up the stem they are. The
spike has 15 - 35 pale green hanging flowers, which are not open
all the way. The petals are sometimes tinged with violet.
Found locally in
open woodland and scrub on dry calcareous soils, also in coastal
sand dunes in Wales and England, especially the south.
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