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Post by petecollins on May 25, 2015 13:36:08 GMT
I can't believe this thread hasn't already been started! I'll start off with Cuckoo-flower as my Flower of the Day - there's one in our back garden, next to the wheelie bins.
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Post by aeshna5 on May 25, 2015 18:02:49 GMT
At Ruislip Woods today my highlights would be a mass of Pignut + a few Petty Whin; one of the rarest (from a London perspective) plants there.
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Post by shirl100 on May 25, 2015 18:06:05 GMT
My flower of the day is another Common Twayblade in the lawn, found just one last year and it seems it's multiplied.
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Post by lilyrose on May 26, 2015 18:35:47 GMT
Lucky you Shirl - I'd love to find some orchids in my lawn. Flower of the Day today for me - Burnt Orchid.
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Post by aeshna5 on May 29, 2015 11:44:59 GMT
Yesterday my star plants were Sanicle + Heath Milkwort.
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Post by shirl100 on May 29, 2015 14:18:30 GMT
My flower of the day is another Common Twayblade in the lawn, found just one last year and it seems it's multiplied. And I add - found a third last night, brilliant!
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Post by shirl100 on May 29, 2015 14:20:19 GMT
Lucky you Shirl - I'd love to find some orchids in my lawn. Flower of the Day today for me - Burnt Orchid. We have 3 regular species of orchid in our meadow and lawn and an occasional Bee Orchid, so you can imagine that we don't cut the lawns from late April until flowering has finished, a bit overgrown by then!
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Post by petecollins on May 30, 2015 15:39:26 GMT
Normally, seeing my first White Helleborine of the year would make it my Flower of the Day ... ... and on any other day, seeing Pasqueflowers for only the second or third time would definitely make them my Flower of the Day .... ... but today, I saw my first ever Burnt-tip Orchids (and I think I've fallen in love with them! . Not only my Flower of the Day, almost certainly my Flower of the Year! The Pasqueflowers and Burnt-tip Orchids were at Knocking Hoe nature reserve in Bedfordshire, the White Helleborines were in a nearby wood. I'd walked past the reserve a couple of times, but this was my first visit there. I was very lucky - I got there just as a gentleman was leaving, and when I asked if he'd seen any Burnt-tip Orchids, he not only told me where they were but also told me about the Pasqueflowers (I knew the site had them, but I thought I was too late in the year to see them) and the numerous White Helleborines in a nearby wood. Knocking Hoe 145 by Wabi Gallery, on Flickr Knocking Hoe 121 by Wabi Gallery, on Flickr Knocking Hoe 114 by Wabi Gallery, on Flickr
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Post by aeshna5 on May 30, 2015 18:24:16 GMT
Some lovely flowers + photos of them Pete.
In the Rainham area some aliens today- Giant Hogweed (not on the reserve), Salsify, Fodder Vetch, Narrow-leaved Ragwort + Annual Beard Grass.
But my FOTD is Deadly Nightshade in flower.
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Post by htcdude on Jun 1, 2015 12:36:07 GMT
My FotD is this Yellow Archangel (I think!) I found at lunchtime: Yellow Archangel by Wabi Gallery, on Flickr Also this which I think is Bugle... Bugle by Wabi Gallery, on Flickr There were also a number of other plants seen, I'm going to have to get a book to take along with me and get to know them! Nige
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Post by aeshna5 on Jun 1, 2015 17:50:39 GMT
1 out of 2 Nige. Yellow Archangel is a woodland plant with totally different leaves. Your photo shows the semi-parasitic Yellow Rattle, often included in meadow mixes (native) to reduce the vigour of grasses + allowing herbs to compete better.
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Post by htcdude on Jun 1, 2015 18:34:51 GMT
Ah that would make sense, it was in a meadow (albeit on the edge of woodlands ) Must do better Thanks, Nige
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Post by aeshna5 on Jun 2, 2015 18:20:46 GMT
Jersey Cudweed today just coming into flower. A nationally scarce plant that is occurring as a common pavement weed in an area of Barnes. The seed must have originated from the London Wetland Centre where there is a population on the grazing marsh of unknown origin. It has also appeared at a few other London locations.
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Post by aeshna5 on Jun 5, 2015 17:26:46 GMT
A couple of demure scarcities- Small Toadflax growing in shingle + one that is increasing in the London area, Knotted Hedge-Parsley.
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Post by petecollins on Jun 6, 2015 19:05:01 GMT
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