The common spotted orchid requires damp alkaline territory with deciduous supporting species. It is medium sized, upright, six to eighteen inches. Sometimes with marsh orchids. These near Westonbirt (Wiltshire), and Cirencester and Stroud (Gloucestershire), UK. June 1992 - 1999. Very little fragrence. Note variation 3. Some sites you get one or two like this. Hybrid? Marsh orchids nearby in this case.