Last year I found a wild orchid that puzzled me, and I couldn’t find out what kind of orchid it was. I made a post of it, of the secretive swedish beauty. Got a lot of response, but no more knowledge about the species. After some while I was contacted by a swedish expert of orchids, who said this probably was a hybrid of two species. Anyway, I went back to the same place this year, and there it was again. But last year I found two plants of this small beauty. This year it was only one. The picture above is from this year, the one below, from last year. Here is a link to all my photo galleries of wild Scandinavian orchids.
It is 23th July and I have to do an update, because I got in touch with the swedish expert, who have a very interesting site about European Orchids. In his opinion this is a mix between the Common Spotted-orchid (Dactylorhiza maculata) and the Frog orchid (Coeloglossum viride). Great to know.
Bente Haarstad Photography 
beautiful!
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Thanks, Lois.
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Well, whatever it is, it is gorgeous!
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I say the same, but I want to know too. Thanks, Emilie.
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It certainly is a beautiful orchid.
Lovely photos too.
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Thanks, Vicki.
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A hybrid! How interesting…and beautiful. They are such delicate flowers.
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Interesting, beautiful and delicate, you are abolutely right, Jackie.
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Ahh, nature doesn’t stand still, evolving always.. It’s a beautiful flower Bente. 🙂
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That is true, and an exciting part of nature. Thanks, Chillbrook.
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Perhaps they could name it after you, Bente, even as a hybrid!
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You are too sweet, Andrew. Thanks.
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🙂 Great work, well done!
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Precious flower, beautiful shot.
Carlos
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Yes, very precious flower. Thanks a lot, Carlos.
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hybrid or species new to science….? 😉
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Probably a hybrid. Orchids often do make hybrids, at least some of them. Thanks, Stephen.
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Lucky. You have a hybrid orchid just for you and she’s so beautiful:)
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Yes, lucky, and I will be very excited next year, if there are any. The one missing from last year was in the middle of a trail. The orchids wants the light, but some times they take chances.
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It’s a beautiful orchid. I hope it continues to grow.
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I hope so too, Tuxedo.
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Its very interesting to have spotted a hybrid and lucky an expert saw the photo. I like to find out the names of things too but as I’m just starting on flowers and insects I hope I find ones that are easy to Google 🙂 Never the less it is a beautiful flower, perhaps I should be less fixated by naming things and just enjoy them.
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I absolutely enjoy the ones who I can’t name, but I still find it interesting to learn their names. More and more so. So I want to find out more.
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I love orchids. How very dedicated you were to go back to the same spot to find the next year’s orchid.
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The wild orchids are very exciting and fascinating. We have 30 something different ones, and just a very short season. Not all of them in my region, but many. Thanks for your comment, Anneli.
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Truly beautiful! Did the expert say what mix this might be? And, couldn’t it be named after you – as it seems you’re the one who found it? A bit sad though that only one was left this year. I hope it will survive and bring more to life!
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It is probably “found” before, Lagotto. And it might be more of them, even if I didn’t see any. The expert gave me his thero of what kind of orchids made this hybrid, but I am ashamed to say I don’t remember. It will be in one of my thousands of email from last winter…
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It seems like saying ‘Happy New Year’.
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Or just happy, happy, happy…
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You should get it named after you.
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That is too kind of you, but I think my name would sound riduiculous or something in latin.. Thanks, George.
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Great to find a wild orchid Bente, beautiful photos, greetings from a warm Netherland
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And greeting to you, lucky you in a warm country. We are hoping for the same, one of these days. Thanks, Ann.
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Such a special treat to find something so uncommon… a treasure indeed.
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One of many treat looking for flowers and taking their picture. But you are right, a special one. Thanks, Gunta.
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I remember when you found this flower last year. Amazing that you found something so rare. Very cool that an orchid expert contacted you.
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You have a good memory, Emily. And yes, cool to be contacted. I think he wanted to find out the location, which I told him of course.
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Surprised he didn’t go out there to document, etc. You’re awesome Bente!
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I’m not an expert though, I might have seen thousand of them yet this one looks rather funny shape.
Looks like paper-doll of Angel. Very nice discovery and good documentation. Well done Bente.
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I might agree with you, Yoshizen; a paperdoll of an angel. Thanks.
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So unusual…and so delicate! 🙂
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Nice photos . . . even as “There can be only one!” came to mind.
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They look like Aliens ! Wonderful !!
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I am in awe of your gallery of orchid photos. Everyone so beautiful.
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Stunning.
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If an orchid specialist says this is something special, I’d be all aflutter! Me being a plant geek, I’d totally get it named after me! Let’s Latin out the name. .. Bentesi Haardstantii orchid! =)
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Oh, I can like that joke, but I don’t think that would happen. Thanks a lot anyway, Plant Gilr.
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It is a pretty little orchid with nice colouring.
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Thats a nice compliment for a flower, comming from an expert.
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Good for you for pursuing your mystery orchid. Perhaps with further advances in genetic technology there will one day be a machine that we can touch a plant with, and the device will tell us what the plant is.
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That would really make the world easy, Steve. But there is some reward in learning the hard way too. Thanks.
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Lovely orchid, and nice to see one now in July. They’ve been over for 6 weeks or more here in Southern France, athough we’re lucky enough to have dozens of species if you care to look.
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I guess you have a lot of species, and really wonderful ones. Our season is July, a few in June and a few in August.
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It’s amazing how widespread the orchid family has spread, and as with cross pollination the hybridization of the species. Wonderful find.
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Orchids are my favorites!So beautful and Gorgeous.
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It’s a beautiful mystery!
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I hope it survives and prospers.
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Sometimes it is better with mystery but, like you, I always want to know the species. They are lovely orchids, Bente.
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Fantastiskt!
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Fantastic close ups Bente 🙂
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Thanks, Bashar.
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I was just visiting my parents near the coast and also went out again chasing the wild orchids I heard of growing in the meadows nearby. Last year, I couldn’t find them and this year seemed even more difficult as the grass had grown very high. But suddenly, I saw something that looked like an orchid, albeit one that was already withered, leaving behind just dry shells of what were blossoms a while ago. Once I knew what to look out for, I found many more and maybe next year I’ll come earlier to see them flowering 🙂
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They don’t flower for such a long time, at least not around here, so I bet you will be there in the right time next year. By the way, high growing grass or other rich vegetation is not good for wild orchids. Less grazing animals and less harvesting of gras is the reason they are in decline in Scandinavia. Thanks, Viola and good luck with next year.
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Beautiful and well done for persevering and finding out about it. It is obviously happy there!
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Probably very happy there. I think I can see the smile. Thanks, Diana.
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Una belleza…
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Grazie, Alpuymuz.
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🙂 . Buen trabajo, mejor día.
Saludos.
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Bente: Do you have Lady Slippers in Norway? They’re comparatively rare in Maine, and protected. We find quite a few of the pink flowers in the woods here in southwestern Maine, but the yellow flower is rarely found, though I have seen a dozen or so over the years. Google Maine Lady Slipper and select maine.gov
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Yes, Jerry, we have one kind of lady slippers, and I guess it’s the one you call yelow: https://bentehaarstad.wordpress.com/2012/12/05/my-scandinavian-orchids/
Very rare, and protected in Norway too.
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I would like to see the same orquid next year in your blog 😉
Nice pictures and captures. I love orchids and I love Norway.I follow u for sure..XD
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I promise to have a look next year too, and hope to be there on the right time. Thanks, Artesonja.
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Beautiful orchid. Un saludo. Orchids of Andalucía (Spain): https://fotosdeaquiydealla.wordpress.com/2012/03/25/orquideas-antonio-merida-villar/
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Saludo too, and thanks, Antonio. You really have a lot of exciting, wild orchids in your nature.
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How wonderful to find a hybrid species in the wild…. that must be an exciting moment. I hope the plant survives?
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Always exciting to find something I don’t know before. I hope it survives, and it might. It came back this year, on the exact same place..
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I have to make my way out to Norway…I love your photos
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Kind of you, thanks a lot. And enjoy music!
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