Unknown plant for id

leifus · #1 (**permalink**) 15-08-2008, 06:29 PM

err no idea what this is - i admit my instinct thought was a sun-dried bog orchid but im almost certain that it isnt. I found it growing on mossy hummocks on a heath in the New Forest. There was a whole patch of it...

KeenTeen17 · #2 (**permalink**) 15-08-2008, 06:34 PM

its the seed stage of bog asphodel

Deer Stalker · #3 (**permalink**) 15-08-2008, 08:57 PM

Seconded. Very common on the bogs at the mo.

RobSutton · #4 (**permalink**) 15-08-2008, 09:00 PM

Almost as pretty as the flower.

leifus · #5 (**permalink**) 15-08-2008, 10:19 PM

thanks all

IanS · #6 (**permalink**) 15-08-2008, 11:21 PM

You need to get to the new forest (or bog of choice!) in July to really see this plant in all its beauty! One of my favourites....

leifus · #7 (**permalink**) 16-08-2008, 09:58 AM

yes we did go earlier in the year and saw loads of bog asphodel in full beauty. Annoyingly i spent ages trying to get into this bog to get a photo of it. when i got back i turned the corner and there was loads of it right next to the path....