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Sharp rush Juncus acutus with nutlet and inflorescence

Wood horsetail Equisetum sylvestris plant, stem detail, and flowering spike

White helleborine Cephalanthera damasonium

Water horsetail Equisetum fluviatile pencil illustration showing flower and leaf

Southern Marsh Orchid Dactylorhiza praetermissa

Pyramidal orchid Anacamptis pyramidalis

Diagram of a Pollinia and within an orchid flower

Lords and Ladies Arum maculatum showing spotty leaves, spathe and flower and orange berries held erect

Marsh helleborine Epipactis palustris growing in grass

Marsh horsetail Equisetum palustre small pencil illustration

Heath spotted orchid Dactylorhiza maculata with pale flowers and showing long spotted leaves

Green winged orchid Anacamptis morio

Early purple orchid Orchis mascula with purple flowers and spotted leaves

Common spotted orchid Dactylorhiza fuchsii with spotted leaves and flowers on show

Diagram of a bract with little flower growing from behind the bract

Birds nest orchid Neottia nidus-avis flowering spike

Bee orchid Ophrys apifera entire plant with flowers