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Herbarium specimen: Orchis mascula

Taxon:Orchidaceae: Orchis mascula (L.) L. ("Early-purple Orchid")
Filed in taxon folder:Orchidaceae: Orchis mascula (L.) L. ("Early-purple Orchid")
Collected by:Mr William Lowndes Notcutt
Collection date:10/5/1864
Locality:Great Britain, VC33 East Gloucestershire, Dowdeswell Wood, SO92
communicated:Mr Charles Bailey
ex herb:Mr William Lowndes Notcutt
British Botanical Competition
Institution:Manchester Museum (MANCH)
Image:Orchis mascula herbarium specimen from Dowdeswell Wood, VC33 East Gloucestershire in 1864 by Mr William Lowndes Notcutt.
fruits/flowers:mature flowers
notes:considerable pest damage to central portion of stems, and leaves; unusually the inflorescences have not been attacked

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Documented by pilaira on 10th January 2007.

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