Wild orchid ID required

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  1. Scrungee

    Scrungee Well known for it

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    Hundreds of these grow all around where I grow my veg:


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    My first thoughts were that it's an early purple orchid. There's quite a variation in colour, these flowers above are amongst the the lightest ones (or there may be more than one species).
     
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    Scrungee Well known for it

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    Another plant today (although going back through pics from last year they appear to be 2 weeks earlier - along with just about everything else round here!).

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    I am going to hazard a guess at either Early Marsh Orchid ( Dactylorhiza incarnata ) or Fragrant Orchid (Gymnadenia conopsea ).:dbgrtmb:
     
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