In seed which can be identified to species from sculptural surface features, can the F1 hybrid seed be identified from differences in these features? Or...
Hi Brian, Go with your head! The seed shell is formed from the outer surface of the ovule which is already differentiated before the pollen arrives on the...
How easy is it to recognise native, as opposed to imported, Mistletoe? How is it done? Are they different varieties, or species? -- Andy Mabbett Birmingham, UK...
... From: Sarah Stille To: UKBotany@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 3:06 PM Subject: Mistletoe All the European Viscum album are white-berried....
Hi, I'm looking for a limestone grassland botanist for a job in North Wales. Regards, Martin. Martin Bailey, Ecologist Wildlife & Countryside Services Church...
Malcolm, Many thanks for the clarification and reference. I'll now try to persuade my brain to engage in the mechanics of the process of seed formation. My...
I was amazed to see a plant of this in flower already here in Yorkshire (admittedly only one flower actually open but even so....). I am sure it was a this...
Climbing Corydalis is an early flowerer here in Norfolk. I have a note of plants in flower on 1 February this year, and it could well have been earlier. Simon ...
Hello, Devil's-bit Scabious Succisa pratensis What date do you have for first flowering of this species please? Local observations differ from at least some...
I'm not sure if this is first or last flowering, but it is probably late rather than early. I found one Devil's-bit Scabious in flower on the Isle of Eigg in...
Hello all. A couple of days back I found a blooming leucojum vernum in a small piece of wooded land in Nottingham. A long time since it was part of Sherwood...
Hi Paul Interesting find I would think it is a garden plant given the rarity and as you point out Stace says it is possibly Native in contrast to the Summer...
Further to the last post A tool for assessing the current conservation status of vascular plants on SSSIs in England: May 2006 Report 690 Indicates that this...
My guess is it is a garden discard, especially if it is near a path. I find odd things, particularly bulbs, in the strangest of places, especially at the edge...
I agree it could well be L. aestivum - subspecies pulchellum has been in flower for some time here and spreads readily outside the gardens it originated from. ...
I've not seen any in my neck of S. Yorks, or, indeed, north of Watford .... I would be inclined to say it's a little late, if anything, although I never see...
Hadn't thought of that - rather going by the Latin names! I've got some reasonable pics so will investigate further ... Thanks all. Paul ... been in ... Lily...
Changing the topic. Wiki seems a good idea and certainly contains a lot of useful information. However I have always had my doubts about its feasibi8lity and,...
On "the" wiki - Wikipedia believe me, creationist edits don't last long ! The democracy works there and as you say biological entries seem generally reliable...
Dear All, Could I ask you to take a look at the petition to the Prime Minister regarding future funding of Local Biodiversity Record Centres (LRCs) (see link...
<<I've not seen any in my neck of S. Yorks, or, indeed, north of Watford >> How odd - it is everywhere here (near Helmsley) along forest rides, just about at...
... Must be new, last year you could edit a page registered or not. Some of the info on the wiki is a little dodgy there are maths pages that are incorrect for...
Just to clarify - Wikipedia is still open editing - but they have so many contributors and watchers any ridiculous / spam stuff gets edited out very quickly. ...
Sorry, what I meant was John's Floral wiki was register-only, not the Wiki at large. ... register ... pages ... one ... may ... some ... any ... photographer....
If you are on this group and your request for access to the Floralwiki was prompted by the recent posts could you please let me know how I get an email to you...
Whoops, I am a member of the UKBotany group, altho a rather silent one. Not sure how you get past by a "unsolicited mail" filter as I did not even know that...
