Rare flowers

leifus · #1 (**permalink**) 21-10-2009, 04:18 PM

I can't decide, so could you put the following flowers in order of rarity please (within the UK)?

I need it for the article I'm writing you see...

wood calamint (got to be the rarest yes?)
chiltern gentian
field cow-wheat
musk orchid
bog orchid
burnt orchid
early spider orchid
sword-leaved helleborine
monkey orchid
lady orchid
round-headed rampion
tuberous thistle

thanks

snowdrop · #2 (**permalink**) 21-10-2009, 05:00 PM

Wow. I haven't heard of any of these...let alone seen them.

Any pics anyone?

Thanks leifus.

thunder · #3 (**permalink**) 21-10-2009, 09:35 PM

I think:

Wood Calamint
Monkey Orchid
Field Cow Wheat
Tuberous Thistle
Early Spider Orchid
Chiltern Gentian
Musk Orchid
Sword-leaved Helleborine
Round-headed Rampion
Burnt Orchid
Bog Orchid

henrya

davidbr · #4 (**permalink**) 24-10-2009, 02:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by snowdrop

Wow. I haven't heard of any of these...let alone seen them.

Any pics anyone?

Thanks leifus.

I've got a couple of photos of Early Spider Orchid from Durlston Country Park in my Diary thread (it's far from rare, actually, in the right habitat) but that's the only one of the list I've ever seen

Try Google Image - there ought to be decent photos of most, if not all, of them online

Jason Claxton · #5 (**permalink**) 24-10-2009, 02:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by davidbr

I've got a couple of photos of Early Spider Orchid from Durlston Country Park in my Diary thread (it's far from rare, actually, in the right habitat) but that's the only one of the list I've ever seen

Try Google Image - there ought to be decent photos of most, if not all, of them online

Well Ive seen 7 from the list,David,I wonder whether Leifus has seen them all?

davidbr · #6 (**permalink**) 25-10-2009, 02:01 PM

Hopefully by the end of next season I'll have managed most of them (possibly not Wood Calamint, because I've no plans to go to the Isle of Wight). At the moment a lot of the plants on my list are aliens, and I'll probably have even more of those next year, but I'm planning to have a serious go for the native rarities too.

Theory is, if I can get information on the locations, it shouldn't be that difficult. At the moment I'm trying to see if I can organise a February trip to Stanner Rocks to see Early Star-of-Bethlehem (Gagea bohemica) - apparently the only way is to be led by the warden.