KeenTeen17

Commander of the Wild Empire

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29-06-2009 09:47 PM - permalink
leifus

a good time on the forest, sunday.

I got...;)

lesser butterfly orchid
bog pimpernel
marsh lousewort
heath fragrant orchid
marsh helleborine!!
marsh sjw
meadow thistle
petty whin

:D:D awesome day
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28-06-2009 11:03 AM - permalink
leifus

haha no worries! :) I'm on 20 orchids for the year, 24 for my life

this afternoon I'm going to the New Forest so hopefully some good stuff to bump up the year and life lists! I'm 374 for the year so far (:
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27-06-2009 06:30 PM - permalink
Tiggrx

Thanks Jack, been in Canada for the last two weeks - loads of great flowers including 21 species of orchid (5 of those Lady's-slippers). I will do a bit of research and see what I can come up with for the Italian plants. It might be worth trying out Wild About the World to upload the rest. It's not too different from this site.
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26-06-2009 03:12 PM - permalink
pammosley

Hope your having a great holiday! Thought I`d join your wrong ID group, but can`t work out how to do it. How thick am I!!!!
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18-06-2009 08:53 PM - permalink
kiwi

Have go at finding a Ghost orchid 0.o lol. Should keep you busy for a few years.
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09-06-2009 05:07 PM - permalink
the young hunter

my coralroots are up btw ;)
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02-06-2009 06:56 PM - permalink
Lancashire Lad

Cheers KT. There should be some bugloss coming up at haslingden Panopticon site too, but it's not up yet. - Regards Mike.
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02-06-2009 06:01 PM - permalink
Morph

Hi, how did you get on with the Birds Nest Orchid ? we found the Ladies Slipper OK and as luck would have it it had just opened a couple of days before. We were going to go the weekend before good job we didn't
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30-05-2009 11:14 AM - permalink
Tiggrx

Hi Jack,
it's a bit of a combination of experience and a lot of reading/research!

I use a large range of books (I have a few thousand - not just on plants/animals - and not a big enough house!). It is also useful to visit gardens and garden centres with labelled plants so you become familiar with species that may turn up in the wild.

It is also useful to belong to one of the botanical societies such as the BSBI? Their journals regularly feature unusual alien species which people find - often with detailed descriptions and pictures.

Of course much is down to experience. I have been looking at plants for about 27 years so even if I come across a plant that I don't know, I have some idea of which genus or family it would be in. This of course can then greatly narrow down the search.

hope this helps
Tig
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28-05-2009 12:47 AM - permalink
the young hunter

lol thankyou, ive done pretty well already actually since my mom agreed to a trip to cyprus back in april... 26 new european species!! really amazing. unfortunately i cant get up there because of A levels and other trips but i would like to.
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About KeenTeen17

Biography

I live with a great family and a dog and 2cats!

Location

Preston in NW

Interests

photography, snooker, flowers, fungi

Occupation

full time student - work in a café
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