WaB's "Plantline"!!

[Tiggrx]

Originally Posted by davidbr

Thanks, Tiggrx; when I first found the plants I was in two minds between A. apennina & A. blanda, but not having a lot of experience of either I couldn't come up with sufficient reason to go for A. blanda, which apparently is much rarer as a naturalised plant. I guess I just did the same as in my early birding days -if in doubt, choose the commonest option

Thinking about it, I'd seen A. apennina before and that was in early-late April, but it still never registered

Anemone apennina has become quite a rarely grown garden plant and I think most recently planted or escaped anemones are much more likely to be A. blanda.

[davidbr]

Frenchay seems to be turning into Bristol's answer to Warley Place this spring; several more unusual aliens were seen in flower yesterday

In the hospital nature reserve area (by the ancient barn), a patch of well-established Garden Hyacinth (Hyacinthus orientalis) that'd clearly reverted to the original wild type, so different from the multi-flowered blooms I'm used to seeing in gardens. Only one was in flower at this stage, but the leaves of many more were poking through.

Meanwhile, nearby in Frenchay Churchyard, Alpine Squill (Scilla bifolia) are beginning to emerge amongst the Spring Crocuses (which are still going strong), and some lovely Pyrenean Daffodils, Narcissus nobilis, were in flower amongst the leaf-litter at the back of the graveyard. (It's listed as a ssp. of our own Wild Daffodil N. pseudonarcissus by Stace, but is given full species status on the BSBI's database and that's good enough for me )

[Paul mabbott]

Originally Posted by davidbr

........ so I can certainly post them - if I could only figure out the complexities of the WaB image library & Gallery system, that is

The big trouble is that I use a 12 megapixel camera, which makes the image files too large for the site; I will try to reduce them in size and post one if I can, ........

It's not difficult - using a simple programme like Irfanview ( IrfanView - Official Homepage - one of the most popular viewers worldwide ) or one of many other free or paid-for image manipulation programmes:
Open the file,
Crop off any excess peripheral area of the picture,
Resize to 1000 width (but ensuring that height doesn't fall below 600),
Save as ..... (give a new name so you don't overwrite your original),
Load to WAB!

[KeenTeen17]

Just thought I would resurrect plantline. For those who haven't seen Irish Heath, it is in flower on the cliffs at Arnside. This is the only site in the BI for it apart from the Scottish Isles.

And theres the white form of it as well

Has anyone seen this plant anywhere else?
And at the base of the cliffs is Narrow Leaved Bittercress and Maidenhair Fern

[KeenTeen17]

more news! spring cinquefoil which is quite rare is in flower just outside Leighton Moss I have checked the BSBI distribution and its quite rare.

BSBI Maps Scheme: Hectad Map

[KeenTeen17]

Could someone post when they see the Ladys Slipper in flower? I know where it is in Lancashire so theres no need to divulge the information on the net. Just a simple I've been and some photos will be great. I am a bit worried though because the flowers only stay in good condition for about 6 days according to the Sharrap guide