The Flora of Derbyshire - Checklist, Maps and Sample Accounts

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Dates
First year: 1789
Latest year: 2007

County Status
Native

Family
Orchidaceae

Total records held
385

Grid Square Count

1987-2007	Ever
Monads: 100	118
Tetrads: 69	80
Hectads: 23	24

Conservation Status
Q

Account last edited
Nov 7 2007

Explanation of terms

Species Details

Bee Orchid is an attractive native perennial of grassland, scrub and quarry-waste, often colonising recently disturbed sites. Apart from the South West Peak and Dark Peak, where it is very rare, it occurs occasionally throughout the county {Millers Dale SK1373; Hopton Quarry SK2656; Derby SK3638; Pleasley SK4963; Steetley Quarry SK5478}. Variety Xxtrollii has been recorded in the past at Ticknall (SK3523). At 335m, a site near Parsley Hay holds the national altitude record (Preston XXet al. 2002). The number of flower spikes varies greatly from year to year at any one site, and may depend on factors such as variations in rabbit grazing or winter freezing. Climate change may explain the national doubling in frequency since 1987-8 seen in the BSBI's Local Change Survey (Braithwaite Xxet al, 2006)