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This form of Marsh-orchid, has recently been treated as a variant of Southern Marsh-orchid, D. praetermissa, even though it remains distinct from typical D.praetermissa when growing alongside it. It differs in having narrower leaves, fewer larger flowers and a distinctive shape of lower lip. It is virtually confined to low-nutrient calcareous marshes with moving groundwater at the soil surface, and almost always grows with black bog-rush, Schoenus nigricans.
Book illustrated by Sowerby, John E. (John Edward), 1825-1870. Described with an introduction and a key to the natural orders by Johnson, C. Pierpoint (Charles Pierpoint), 1893. Published in London by Sowerby, 1860.
Mounts Botanical Garden in West Palm Beach, Florida. Mounts Garden is not very "educational" for people like me who are interested but don't know much botany. Very few labels or information otherwise presented so I've posted a lot of unidentified plant pictures from this trip.