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Pictorial guide to the flora of the British Isles
Neottia nidus-avis is a saprophytic orchid, with no leaves or green pigment; it grows in shady beech woods over limestone or chalk, most abundantly in southern England.
Sapperton (VC34: West Gloucestershire); 2022-05-31 |
![bird’s-nest orchid / Neottia nidus-avis: _Neottia nidus-avis_ is a <a href="parasite.html">saprophytic</a> orchid, with no leaves or green pigment; it grows in shady beech woods over limestone or chalk, most abundantly in southern England.](img/158037.jpg) |
The fruits of Neottia nidus-avis are dry capsules containing huge numbers of tiny seeds.
Temple Guiting (VC33: East Gloucestershire); 2018-06-21 |
![bird’s-nest orchid / Neottia nidus-avis: The fruits of _Neottia nidus-avis_ are dry capsules containing huge numbers of tiny seeds.](img/428326.jpg) |
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