Orchidaceae

 

Elder-flowered Orchid

Dactylorhiza sambucina

Valais, Switzerland - June 2013

Elder-flowered Orchid has a widespread but fragmented distribution throughout Europe. In the areas that it does occur it can often be quite abundant in sunny, calcereous grasslands and mountain pastures up to an altitude of 2600m.

Valais, Switzerland - June 2013