Alpine spotted orchid

This orchid is a herbaceous perennial plant. It is also hermaphrodite, that is to say, each plant is male and female. Grouped in threes to sixes, its flowers are very spread out and generally spotted with purplish marks on the upper side. Appearing in June to July, it flowers in the forms of a simple dense spike holding 10 to 25 purplish-red flowers. Its pollination is entomogamous, that is to say, it is pollinated by insects. It prefers damp places in full sunlight. It can be seen at altitudes of up to 2,500 metres.