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16-05-2009, 10:01 AM
|  | Member of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Alice Holt Forest, near Farnham
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| | | Re: Flower of the day
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Originally Posted by leifus  broom and dove's-foot crane's-bill  | Broom is lovely in Alice Holt now...the bushes are few and far between (It's wet Gault clay but with sandy and pebbly drift in places) and suprisingly often under quite dense shade...but the flowers are exceptionally large & bright.
In Winchester Carthedral Close: bunches of Ivy-leaved Toadflax, one of my favourites.
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17-05-2009, 09:27 PM
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Found one lovely example of water violet in full bloom yesterday! Sadly other spots I've seen this plant in during previous years are now covered with tall rushes. Anyone know how long water violet seed survives for? If they dig the rushes out will the seed germinate? |
17-05-2009, 09:43 PM
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This is my flower of the day - can anyone tell me what it is...? 
Seen at Minsmere between Bittern and Island Mere hides, I got stung five times getting that shot and then, as I turned to leave, there was a patch of them NOT surrounded by stinging nettles.
Very small, the flower was about the same size as herb robert but the plant was much lower growing. Here's a wider shot that shows the leaves too... 
All help gratefully received.
Dave P.
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17-05-2009, 09:44 PM
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| | | Re: Flower of the day
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Originally Posted by pressld2 This is my flower of the day - can anyone tell me what it is...?
Seen at Minsmere between Bittern and Island Mere hides, I got stung five times getting that shot and then, as I turned to leave, there was a patch of them NOT surrounded by stinging nettles.
Very small, the flower was about the same size as herb robert but the plant was much lower growing. Here's a wider shot that shows the leaves too...
All help gratefully received.
Dave P. | It is Common Stork's-bill ( Erodium cicutarium) - it is a relative of Herb-Robert so you were on the right track |
17-05-2009, 09:50 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Preston in NW
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Originally Posted by Tiggrx It is Common Stork's-bill ( Erodium cicutarium) - it is a relative of Herb-Robert so you were on the right track | I agree with Common Storks Bill . Good job seeing a bittern  |
17-05-2009, 09:52 PM
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Blimey Tiggrx, that was quick! I post the question at 10:43 and you give me the answer at 10:44 - very impressive!
And thanks very much!
Dave P.
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18-05-2009, 07:26 AM
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The Red Campion is extremely impressive this year...luxuriant and makes really luxuriant patches of colour in the hedgerows
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18-05-2009, 04:11 PM
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today I got pink purslane and white campion |
18-05-2009, 05:10 PM
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Originally Posted by KeenTeen17 today I got pink purslane and white campion | i haven't got pink purslane yet! 
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18-05-2009, 06:09 PM
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AMAZING DAY (16th) Monkey orchids were the highlight...   
followed very closely by this lady orchid...   
the hybrid between the two... 
then common twayblade... 
the rare downy-fruited sedge... 
Other species recorded were black bryony, chalk milkwort, rough chervil, common gromwell and wild parsnip
brilliant day (and as you can see I'm still getting used to the new lens - although these photos look less sharp than the ones on my computer )
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