I agree with Flora Locale's argument, based on research done at the Natural History Museum. Nurserymen found that they could propagate Spanish/hybrid ...
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Anne and Simon Harrap
epipogium2003
May 20, 2013 2:24 pm
Flora Locale's comment certainly seem to make sense. A typical 'bluebell wood' has thousands, if not millions, of plants. If a small number of hybrid...
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Andy Horton
glaucus25
May 22, 2013 4:49 pm
Hello, I have penned this as a Common Milkwort, Polygala vulgaris, but I am not sure. I have read that the leaves on the Chalk Milkwort are blunter. ...
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Rodney Burton
rodney_m_burton
May 22, 2013 6:26 pm
Andy, I think you are right that it is Common Milkwort. You can just about see the anastomosing veins on the coloured sepals, and the relative leaf shapes are...
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Andy Horton
glaucus25
May 22, 2013 9:35 pm
Hello Rodney, Thanks for the opinion. I will photograph the sepals closer next time. Cheers Andy Horton To: UKBotany@yahoogroups.com From:...
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dw1305
May 23, 2013 8:54 am
Hi all, The Plant Crib is useful for these: <http://www.bsbi.org.uk/Polygala_Crib.pdf>, once you've got your eye in the jizz of the plants is different, and...
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Rodney Burton
rodney_m_burton
May 23, 2013 12:22 pm
The Plant Crib doesn't actually deal with P. calcarea, but it does illustrate the anastomosing veins of those species which have them. P. calcarea veins don't...
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dw1305
May 24, 2013 9:47 am
Hi all, Rodney I didn't look in the book, but the linked BSBI pdf gives a good description of P. vulgaris, P. serpyllifolia and P. calcarea. cheers Darrel...
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Andy Horton
glaucus25
May 26, 2013 9:41 pm
Hello, Buttercups http://www.flickr.com/photos/shoreham/8844948502/ This buttercup which spreads rapidly in my tiny garden is not positively identified. It is...
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Rodney Burton
rodney_m_burton
May 27, 2013 3:03 pm
Andy, Any buttercup which spreads rapidly in a garden is likely to be creeping buttercup, Ranunculus repens. There's nothing in your top row of pictures to ...
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Perseus
glaucus25
May 28, 2013 2:05 pm
Milkwort picture showing sepals:...
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Perseus
glaucus25
May 28, 2013 2:06 pm
Bulbous Buttercupos everywhere on chalk. Thousands. # Photographing leaves is on the "to do" list when it stops raining. ...
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Tim
timmcilveen
Jun 2, 2013 7:04 pm
Can anyone help with the id of the photos in the folder below. The folder contains three images of the same wild flower. I assume it is a vetch, but the leaves...
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Martin
rand_martin
Jun 3, 2013 6:13 am
Thyme-leaved Speedwell (Veronica serpyllifolia). Opposite, undivided leaves, (no member of the Pea family has opposite leaves); and have a look at the flower...
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naturanaute
Jun 10, 2013 7:22 am
Hi, I would say thyme-leaved speedwell (Veronica serpyllifolia) rather than a vetch. Sophie...
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Perseus
glaucus25
Jun 10, 2013 1:22 pm
Hello, Two more Milkwort pics at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UKBotany/photos/album/1534406390/pic/list The last two from a different chalk location for the...
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dw1305
Jun 10, 2013 4:03 pm
Hi all, You'll have to wait for a more definitive answer, but the inner sepals should not have any minor veins ("anastoming")connecting the major veins in P....
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Perseus
glaucus25
Jun 10, 2013 5:11 pm
Hello, thanks for the reply. I have still got it down as P. vulgaris, and it seems to thrive better on bare chalk than amongst the proliferation of herbs,...
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Chris Lane
christophlane
Jun 18, 2013 8:00 am
Dear All,I'm planning a bicycle tour of the UK, in order to meet one plant from each genus of flowering plants. That's 513 in all according to The Wildflower...
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ginniecopsey...
Jun 18, 2013 8:44 am
I thought you were inviting us to join you! Sounds good fun. :-) Ginnie...
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Rodney Burton
rodney_m_burton
Jun 18, 2013 8:49 am
Interesting idea, Chris. Were you thinking of doing this next year? It's already too late for Adoxa this year, probably, and will need a lot of planning....
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Malcolm Storey
bioimages2000
Jun 18, 2013 9:32 am
Since you base it on the Wildflower Key, you're presumably just targeting British wild flowers, so I don't understand the relevance of the Eden Project which...
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christophlane
Jun 18, 2013 12:39 pm
Yes! Do join me. Part of the plan is to meet lots and lots of plant people, share lots of knowledge. Anyone is welcome to cycle along with me, or host me....
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christophlane
Jun 18, 2013 12:40 pm
Planning to get gone sometime in August. Hoping to find places to wwoof along the way, especially through Winter. Another big aim of the trip is to meet plant...
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christophlane
Jun 18, 2013 12:40 pm
Great info, thanks Malcolm. The relevance of the Eden Project I suppose is that I wanted to go with an ex-girlfriend when I was wwoofing in Devon, but didn't...
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ginniecopsey...
Jun 18, 2013 1:36 pm
Let us know when you are in the Winchester Southampton area :-) ... From: christophlane <chrislane57@...> To: UKBotany <UKBotany@yahoogroups.com> Sent:...
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Rodney Burton
rodney_m_burton
Jun 18, 2013 4:52 pm
About pressing, if it's just for keeping a record, save yourself a lot of bother and rely on photographs instead. With digital cameras, they'll come out in...
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christophlane
Jun 18, 2013 5:33 pm
Will do, thanks :) .. i've started a contacts list so I don't lose people....
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christophlane
Jun 18, 2013 6:05 pm
Thanks Rodney, that all makes sense to me. I have plans to get really into photography, and you could be right about relying more upon that. I'll think about...
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Anand Prasad
swanandprasad
1:16 pm
This sounds like a book in the making. prasad -- http://treshnishbirdlog.blogspot.co.uk/...
