SPOTTKI) OKCliin 



ami rilaiiiciu, which cohere, and the suvj;U 

 round rosiclhini al the liasc anil iirnicciim 



in June and July. The plant is a [U'rennial. propaL^.Ueil l)\ division of 

 the tuberous root. 



The Mowers are stali<liss in llic axils of the hracls. 'l"\vo of the 

 petals arch over, and the third forms the spin-red lahelluni. The 

 column consists of tin- st\le 

 anther is above, w ith .i sni.il 

 over the entrance to the 

 spur. At the liack of 

 this cavity lie the 2 sti;^- 

 mas, which form a sticky 

 disk-like area below the 

 rostellum or third stigma. 

 -An insect's proboscis 

 thrust into the cavity 

 towards the spur touches 

 the rostellum, opening it, 

 and the pollinia or pollen- 

 inasses are detached in 

 an erect position, united 

 by a netlike caudicle with 

 a sticky disk below, which 

 adheres to the bee's head, 

 after it has been with- 

 drawn from its gumm\- 

 seat on the rostellum. 

 The pollinia in thirty 

 seconds bend forwards, 

 and an insect in enterini^ 

 a second flower and try 

 ing to insert its proboscis 

 into the spur leaves the 

 pollinia attached by their cluli-shapcd extremity on the stigmaiic disk. 

 Hence cross-pollination will occur. 



The flower is visited by Bouibits pratoniiii, Jiiiipis livida, E. 

 pennipcs, Volucclla boiubylans, Eristalis horticola. 



The seeds are very small and light, and dispersed by the 

 wind. 



The Spotted Orchid is found on a clay soil, being a clay plant, or 

 a peat plant growing in wet peat soil. 



The Spotted Orchid is liable to attack by two fungi, Mc/aii/psora 

 repentis and Cceonia orchidis. 



Spottkd Oucmi) (Onhis iiiaciilala, L.) 



