Broad-leaved Helleborine - as promised!! :D

[leifus]

This one isn't a fruiting foxglove, but a beautiful broad-leaved helleborine which I finally found - a new one for me

[djackso]

Well done - nice specimen

[aeshna5]

Yes, the real Mcoy this time- quite different to a Foxglove! Well done for finding it.

[leifus]

Originally Posted by aeshna5

Yes, the real Mcoy this time- quite different to a Foxglove! Well done for finding it.

yeah thanks

[wildmanofthewoods]

Nice find, also this is very helpful to me. Last year i found some Hellorborines in a wood in s.yorkshire. i waited months it seems for them to flower, eventually they did, but i still haven't got a possitive I.D. on them, from what i remember they are similar to these, but still i'm not sure, there is an outside possibility that mine could be Narrow lipped hellorborine. I keep going back this year to get photo's(I wasn't Digital last year) but they haven't opened yet. yours look to be in bright sunshine mine are in a very shady area of woodland, i do think the lip was narrower too and certainly all the plants i found have a lot less flowers. I will bare your pics in mind when i manage to photograph them.
Well done and thanks for posting the pics

[mrs fish]

That is a lovely plant leifus , congrats

[leifus]

thats ok - they flower july - september if that helps and i think mine might have a bit more to offer - not sure but we'll see