Early Marsh-Orchid

Dactylorhiza incarnata

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Botanical name
Dactylorhiza incarnata
Also known as
Early Marsh Orchid, Early Marsh-Orchid
Family
Orchidaceae
Genus
Dactylorhiza
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Early Marsh-Orchid

We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.

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Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Dactylorhiza incarnata but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Dactylorchis incarnata Dactylorchis incarnata var. rhombeilabia Dactylorhiza strictifolia Orchis incarnata Orchis incarnata f. fraasii Orchis incarnata f. retusa Orchis incarnata f. rhombeilabia Orchis incarnata subsp. fraasii Orchis incarnata var. fraasii Orchis latifolia subsp. incarnata Orchis latifolia subsp. incarnata Orchis latifolia var. incarnata Orchis maculata subsp. incarnata Orchis mixta var. incantata

Others in Dactylorhiza

Dactylorhiza maculata
Heath Spotted-Orchid
Dactylorhiza × abantiana
Dactylorhiza × aldenii
Dactylorhiza × altobracensis
Dactylorhiza × alutiiqorum
Dactylorhiza × aschersoniana
Dactylorhiza × aschersoniana nothosubsp. × aschersoniana
Dactylorhiza × aschersoniana nothosubsp. ishorica

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