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Early Purple Orchid
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As can be seen from the pictures above, this is a plant that is given to considerable colour variation. In May 2008, on one of the Cotswold commons, a friend and I came across a couple of plants of var. alba, which is uncommon. However, closer examination revealed that some of the flowers retained some purple spotting, which Harrap suggests is even more uncommon. Growing adjacent to the two white flowered stems was a very rare "broken colour" variant, but it remains to be seen if this is the rare one, or a more common variation. Opinions via email please.
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