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09-06-2009, 11:23 AM
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| |  southern marsh orchid?
Not having looked at orchids very closely before, I wonder if this is the Southern Marsh Orchid Dactylorhiza praetermissa ?
Sorry the pics are not brilliant - taken in fading light yesterday evening on Brading Marshes, IoW.
The leaves were not spotted, the orchids were around 30-35cm tall.
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09-06-2009, 11:39 AM
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| | | Re: southern marsh orchid?
yes they are
anything else interesting flower-wise there? I found trifid bur-marigold last year...
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| |  Re: southern marsh orchid?
Thank you leifus - much appreciated
Trifid Bur Marigold is an interesting one - I'll look for it.
The patch where I was yesterday evening is dominated by Hemlock Water Dropwort at present, and that has hundreds of little bluey-orangey-bristly caterpiilars of Depressaria daucella moth feeding / pupating.
A patch of Celery-leaved Buttercup caught my eye, but I'm only just getting to grips with the place and a bit of a learner all round. Interesting territory.  |
13-06-2009, 08:12 AM
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| | | Re: southern marsh orchid?
Hi Rob, I saw my first Southern marsh orchid last weekend as well, they`re lovely aren`t they The last photo is especially nice.
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13-06-2009, 06:33 PM
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Thanks Pam, , I see you are in West Midlands, so perhaps you also find the Northern Marsh Orchid? |
13-06-2009, 06:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Rambling Rob  Thank you leifus - much appreciated
Trifid Bur Marigold is an interesting one - I'll look for it.
The patch where I was yesterday evening is dominated by Hemlock Water Dropwort at present, and that has hundreds of little bluey-orangey-bristly caterpiilars of Depressaria daucella moth feeding / pupating.
A patch of Celery-leaved Buttercup caught my eye, but I'm only just getting to grips with the place and a bit of a learner all round. Interesting territory. | Yeah it's hard to explain where it is - sort of along the river near Brading station I think
I've only been once but we often go to the Island to visit my grandparents and it's only been a nature reserve for a few years...
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Originally Posted by Rambling Rob Thanks Pam, , I see you are in West Midlands, so perhaps you also find the Northern Marsh Orchid? | Hope so We did see our southern one at Simbridge WWT
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