January 2nd and 3rd 2019 (below)
Early Purple Orchid rosettes found on January 2nd (right column) and also on
January 3rd (left column) - found on Hutton Roof - Lancelot and Burton (Cumbria Wildlife)
Rosette size: approx 1" in all cases - Click over to enlarge
March 3rd 2019 (below)
Orchis mascula (Early Purple Orchid) - Click over to enlarge
Photo: 4th March 2019 - Lancelot Clark Storth (CWT)
These were all taken today 4th March 2019 within a area of 10ft diameter and show several Early Purple Orchid rosettes at their current stage. The spotted leaf one showing the 50p is about 4" in diameter and most of the others are between 3" and 4"
8th April 2019 (Below)
These are some examples of the progress on 8th April 2019 (Silverdale)
Heavily marked leaves
Early Purple Orchid leaves - Click over to enlarge
Photo: The Lots Silverdale on 8th April 2019
March 3rd 2019 (below)
Photo: 4th March 2019 - Lancelot Clark Storth (CWT)
These were all taken today 4th March 2019 within a area of 10ft diameter and show several Early Purple Orchid rosettes at their current stage. The spotted leaf one showing the 50p is about 4" in diameter and most of the others are between 3" and 4"
8th April 2019 (Below)
Heavily marked leaves
Photo: The Lots Silverdale on 8th April 2019
2018 (below)
Some of our lighter EPO specimens (Click over to enlarge)
Top L to R: Albino (Hutton Roof), Light specimen (Hutton Roof), Light Specimen (Hutton Roof), Light Specimen (Hutton Roof). Bottom L to R: 50/50 mix (Hutton Roof), Light Specimen (Warton Crag), Albino (The Lots, Silverdale), Light Specimen (Hutton Roof)
Photos between 2015 and 2018.
Wednesday 9th May 2018 - Hutton Roof
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| A very special Early Purple Orchid - Light phase with a bonus of dewdrops (Click over to enlarge) |
Early Purple Orchid
10th May 2018 - Burton Fell and Lancelot Clark Storth (Cumbria Wildlife)
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| Another beautiful Early Purple Orchid variant: "Magenta with white" found today 10th May 2018 |
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| Our regular year in year out EPO variant: "Albino" pair have come through again OK, sadly the day after taking this photograph the beauties were taken down by Brown Hares. 
A straight forward EPO with unmarked leaves
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Saturday 12th May 2018 - Dalton Crags, Lancelot Clark Storth, Burton Fell
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| EPO - variant White with Pink Flush (Click over to enlarge) |
Holme Stinted Pastures - 14th May 2018 (14 photos)
Burton Fell - Hutton Roof - 16th May 2018 (Below) (8 beautiful specimens)
Dalton South East - Thursday 17th May 2018
Orchis mascula (Early Purple Orchid)
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| Orchis mascula (Early Purple Orchid) |
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Specimen EPO "pure Albino flowerhead" Lancelot
2017 photos
Orchis mascula (Early Purple Orchid) (Click over to enlarge)
Specimen EPO - pure albino flowerhead - Lancelot
Photo: 6th May 2017
Orchis mascula (Early Purple Orchid) (Click over to enlarge)
Specimen EPO - pure albino flowerhead - Lancelot
Photo: 6th May 2017
2018 photos
Orchis mascula (Early Purple Orchid) (Click over to enlarge)
Specimen EPO - pure albino flowerhead - Lancelot
Photo: 5th May 2018
This photo was taken on 5th May 2018. It is a very strong plant which comes up usually with two flowerheads. Although we have several plants which shows a large percentage of white/cream
features, this particular specimen is the only 100% white flowers on Hutton Roof.
Orchis mascula (Early Purple Orchid) (Click over to enlarge)
Specimen EPO - pure albino flowerhead - Lancelot
Photo: 10th May 2018
This photo above shows the mature plant taken on 10th May 2018. Sadly the day after this photo was taken, the plant was taken down by
Brown Hare which seems to be coming a regular thing.
2019 photos
Orchis mascula var: albino (Early Purple Orchid - albino)
Photo: 10th April 2019 - Lancelot Clark Storth
2019 photos
Photo: 10th April 2019 - Lancelot Clark Storth