Skye Flora

Narrow-leaved Helleborine

Cephalanthera longifolia

Photo © Carl Farmer
9 Jun 2006 Dalavil
Flower c 2 cm tall as seen, excluding "streamers"

Rare, in woodland.

Up to 50 cm high. Flowers c 1.5-2.5 cm long.

Skye ID: Unmistakable. White-flowered orchid with narrow leaves in two rows up stem.

Other features: Orange spot on lower petal. Flower bracts very short for an orchid.

Photo © Carl Farmer
9 Jun 2006 Dalavil
For scale see pic above

Photo © John Phillips
Highland Council Ranger Service
9 Jun 2004 Dalavil

RH pic showsame plant 6 weeks
later; nothing left but the leafy stem