Feedback request: Orchis morio (140709_5)

[hallucigenia]

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Specimen #299500

Taxon:	Orchidaceae: Orchis mascula (L.) L. ("Early-purple Orchid")
Other name:	Orchidaceae: Orchis morio L. ("Green-winged Orchid")
Filed in taxon folder:	Orchidaceae: Orchis morio L. ("Green-winged Orchid")
Collection date:	5/1840
Locality:	Great Britain, VC90 Angus, Forfar, NO45
ex herb:	Andrew Kerr
Institution:	Bolton Museum (BON)
Accession number:	30-07-22605
Image:
fruits/flowers:	mature flowers
notes:	Den of fullorton

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Documented by hallucigenia on 26^th May 2010.

Edit history

date	user	change
27/05/2010	hallucigenia	Deleted determination (orig): Orchis morio
27/05/2010	hallucigenia	Added determination (orig): Orchis morio
27/05/2010	hallucigenia	Added determination (orig): Orchis mascula

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User comments about this sheet

hallucigenia wrote

The Den of fullorton appears to be where the University of Dundee Botanical garden is?

[David Price]

Surely Orchis mascula, as the collector said.

[hallucigenia]

Yes I think you are right early purples are very common here and indeed are just finishing flowering now.
I don't make a habit of checking the species as I don't know enough and they mostly are green or grey anyway, but on checking it is for sure not a purple.
Chris