The Flora of Derbyshire - Checklist, Maps and Sample Accounts

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Dates
First year: 1789
Latest year: 2006

County Status
Native

Family
Orchidaceae

Total records held
238

Grid Square Count

1987-2007	Ever
Monads: 54	73
Tetrads: 40	52
Hectads: 12	18

Conservation Status

Account last edited
Nov 6 2007

Explanation of terms

Species Details

Fragrant Orchid is an attractive native perennial of dry calcareous grasslands, old quarries and waysides. It occurs occasionally throughout the White Peak and Magnesian Limestone areas [Chee Dale SK1272; Hartington Quarry SK1561; Rose End Meadows SK2956; Teversal Trail SK4963]. It occurs only very rarely outside these Natural Areas [Northwood SK2664; Houndkirk Moor SK2882]. Older records are known from southern Derbyshire, as at Dale (SK43) and near Osmaston Church (SK24), both in 1903. Three subspecies are known, though most belong to subsp. conopsea. Subsp. Xxdensiflora is a very rare and possibly under-recorded plant of north-facing or damp grasslands and fens, frequently associated with lime slurry in quarries. All five modern tetrad records are from the White Peak (e.g. Priestcliffe Lees SK1472; Slaley area SK2657; Harpur Hill SK0570, and nr Peak Dale SK0976-SK0975]. Subsp. Xxborealis occurs in rough upland grasslands, but was only known from Hartington Station Quarry (SK1561) between 1978 and 1993.