My Favourite Flower Photos of 2008

[Lancashire Lad]

Talked about this new thread earlier (in flower of the day), so I thought I'd kick off with my own favourite wild flower pics of this year.









Well, these are mine - Who's next? - Over to you as they say.

Regards Mike.

[leifus]

nice one

1 sainfoin



2 orange hawkweed



3 goat's-beard



4 bee orchid



5 pyramidal orchid



6 broad-leaved helleborine

[Gypsy Orchid]

Good idea Mike

Pyramid Orchid

Water Mint

Lungwort

Lizard Orchid

Sea Pea

Cuckoo-pint

[agrumpycow]

Here's three of my favourites so far, there'll probably be more to follow!

[Lancashire Lad]

Lets hope we get many more contributions to this thread. I never cease to be amazed at the diversity of wild plants in our own backyard. (And the ability of people to get great photos of them).

Claire,
Is that a white Herb Robert? - I never knew it threw up white forms. Nice photo for such a small flower. Very crisp focus.

Gypsy Orchid,
I like the Lizard Orchid photo - it shows very well the truly strange shapes of the flowers.

Leifus,
I like the Goat's-Beard photo - a great shot showing the symmetry of the plant.

Regards
Mike.

[Deer Stalker]

Here's mine.

Bogbean.



Bee Orchid.



Pale Butterwort



Bog Orchid



Great Sundew



Dwarf Thistle



Ragged Robin

[davidbr]

A selection of my photos from the summer just gone, chosen for the rarity of the subject rather than quality of the image - I make no claims to be a skilled photographer!

Hooker's Inula (Inula hookeri)

Least Yellow-sorrel (Oxalis exilis)

Ithuriel's Spear (Treitelea laxa)

Pale Pink-sorrel (Oxalis incarnata)

Purple Shamrock (Oxalis triangularis)

Perennial Sunflower (Helianthus x laetiflorus)

Smaller Tree-mallow (Lavatera cretica)

Hairy Canary-clover (Doryncium hirsutum)

[KeenTeen17]

My faves this year would have to be:

[jhewitt15]

first KT love the one of the winter aconite!

mine this year are:

[KeenTeen17]

lets review my favourites from this thread:

I like JHs tansy and blue globe thistle and the carline thistle

I like davidbr's pale sorrel

I like DSs great sundew and bog orchids because of the sharpness of such weird plants.

I like GYs lizard orchid because it is such a great photo of such a special plant and the lungwort because of the colours

I like Leif's sainfoin because I haven't seen it yet also love the bee orchid

I like the wood avens seed by agrumpycow

Finally I like Mike's photo of the hawkweed because of how the sun captures the plant even though it is so thin.