Pyramidal Orchid - Anacamptis pyramidalis

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Description

The purple-pink flowers are small and clustered in a dense spike. Each flower has a long spur.

Identification difficulty
Habitat

Grass banks, short turf, dunes etc.

When to see it

June to August.

UK Status

Perennial

VC55 Status

Widespread but occasional in most of England, mainly coastal in the rest of Britain.

Further Information

Uncommon in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 4 of the 617 tetrads.

  • Richard Jeffery
    Croft Hill Nature Trail
    23 June 2015
  • David Nicholls
    Bloody Oaks
    02 July 2015
  • David Nicholls
    Bloody Oaks Quarry
    08 July 2016
  • David Nicholls
    Bloody Oaks Quarry
    08 July 2016
  • David Nicholls
    Bloody Oaks Quarry
    08 July 2016
  • Peter Smith
    Markfield Road Ratby
    19 June 2011
  • David Nicholls
    Bloody Oaks
    02 July 2015
  • David Gray
    Bloody Oaks Quarry LRWT
    26 June 2016
    Var.albiflora

Leicestershire & Rutland Map

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Species profile

Common names
Pyramidal Orchid
Species group:
Wildflowers
Kingdom:
Plantae
Order:
Asparagales
Family:
Orchidaceae
Records on NatureSpot:
103
First record:
04/07/2004 (Gamble, David)
Last record:
05/09/2024 (Allen, Rob)

Total records by month

% of records within its species group

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Latest records

  • Graham Calow
    Stanton Lakes
    04 June 2023
  • Carl Baggott
    Croft Quarry
    19 June 2016
    Pyramidal Orchid, Croft Quarry
  • David Nicholls
    Evington Park
    25 May 2012
  • David Gould
    Croft Hill, Leics
    27 June 2016
  • Graham Calow
    Stanton Lakes
    04 June 2023
  • Richard Jeffery
    Croft Hill Nature Trail
    04 July 2016
  • Dave Gamble
    Kirby Lakes
    04 July 2004
  • David Nicholls
    Bloody Oaks
    02 July 2015
  • mhider
    Tickencote
    07 July 2014
  • AJ Cann
    Bloody Oaks
    21 June 2015
  • David Gould
    Croft Hill, Leics
    03 July 2015
  • David Gould
    Croft Hill, Leics
    03 July 2015
  • Ken Charity
    A46/M1 Slip road.
    19 June 2016
    Pyramidal Orchid.
  • Ken Charity
    A46/M1 Slip road.
    19 June 2016
    Pyramidal Orchid.
  • Adrian Baker
    Brascote Pits
    25 June 2016
  • Ken Charity
    Waltham on the Wolds. Stonesby Quarry N.R.
    09 July 2019
  • David Gould
    Braunstone, near Wood Close Plantation
    28 June 2020
  • David Nicholls
    Bloody Oaks Quarry
    08 July 2016
  • chrishill
    Cadeby Quarry
    04 July 2016