Table 1. Phenotypic correlations (Spearman’s rank) among morphological traits in Orchis mascula (above diagonal) and O. pauciflora (below diagonal).

All plants from the three years were pooled together.

	Plant height	Flower number	Labellum width	Labellum length	Spur length	Anthocyanins content in tepals	Anthocyanins content in labellum	Carotenoid content in tepals	Carotenoid content in labellum
Plant height		0.76***	0.47***	0.48***	0.44***	0.29***	0.25***	0.07	−0.07
Flower number	0.51***		0.25***	0.30***	0.24***	0.15**	0.14**	0.15**	0.06
Lebellum width	0.32***	0.28***		0.71***	0.69***	0.39***	0.48***	−0.16**	−0.09
Labellum length	0.26***	0.22***	0.49***		0.63***	0.40***	0.50***	0.01	0.06
Spur length	0.22***	0.10*	0.44***	0.14**		0.47***	0.50***	−0.05	−0.05
Anthocyanins content in tepals	0.16**	0.19***	0.08	0.22***	0.01		0.66***	−0.01	−0.08
Anthocyanins content in labellum	0.18***	0.42***	0.31***	0.24***	0.08	0.45		−0.01	0.01
Carotenoid content in tepals	−0.09*	0.21***	0.19***	−0.03	−0.05	−0.05	0.18***		0.43***
Carotenoid content in labellum	0.24***	0.19***	0.30***	0.10*	0.00	0.18***	0.25***	0.32***

Notes.

^***P < 0.001.

^**P < 0.01.

^*P < 0.05.