Orchis
mascula, miehenkämmekkä
Few orchids take part to the annual fest of flowers in Ahvenanmaa every
spring. Everyone who have wisited the island in this time have guite propably
met Dactylorhiza sambucina, and Orchis mascula can also be
found in the same area, althought it is less common than the first one.
It is guite a handsome plant, and the inflorescense in longish. The flowers
look little like ones of Dactylorhizas, at least more than in O.
militaris. It is one of th
e
orchids which have get more common in resent years in Finland, and
the species is safe at least by now.
The
plant only grows in Ahvenanmaa, where it is not very common in groves,
but can be found with some search. I have heard a rumour of that it would
have sometimes grown in Parainen, where it would have died from, but I
can´t tell if it is true.
Protected in Ahvenanmaa.
This plant flowers from May to June.
