Description: Hybrids between different species are quite frequent among the wild Irish and British orchids, some of these hybrids being very common in the right situations. This particular hybrid, however, has only been found at one Northern Ireland site (Conlig), on two occasions. Hybrid orchids only occur at sites where both parent species grow side by side.

All names: Dactylorhiza purpurella x Gymnadenia conopsea (x Dactylodenia varia) (Stephenson & T.A.Stephenson) Averyanov; Dactylorhiza x Dactylodenia varia (Stephenson & T.A.Stephenson) Averyanov; Dactylorhiza purpurella x Gymnadenia conopsea; Dactylorhiza x Dactylogymnadenia varia (Stephenson & T.A.Stephenson) Soo

Distribution Map from NBN: Dactylorhiza purpurella x Gymnadenia conopsea at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.

iNaturalist: Dactylorhiza purpurella x Gymnadenia conopsea at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.