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4852 Sean Cole
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Jun 3, 2007
12:15 pm
Hi all Could anyone comment on whether this plant is of the above-mentioned variety? It was a small plant on the edge of a colony of standard apifera. It...
4853 British Marine Life S...
glaucus25 Send Email
Jun 5, 2007
8:59 pm
Hello, Surprisingly*, a fresh crop of hundreds of Dog Violets has appeared on the lower slopes of Mill Hill (Shoreham Bank). The Horseshoe Vetch has almost ...
4854 British Marine Life S...
glaucus25 Send Email
Jun 6, 2007
1:01 am
Hello, It is very late at night and I do not know what these plants are: http://www.glaucus.org.uk/RedFlower630.jpg This looks incongruous on a damp grassy...
4855 JohnCrellin
johnrcrellin Send Email
Jun 6, 2007
6:50 am
Second is Lithospermum officinale I think. Reply / forward from John Crellin www.FloralWIKI.co.uk <http://www.floralwiki.co.uk/> the new bit of ...
4856 Ray Hamblett
rayhamblett Send Email
Jun 6, 2007
6:57 am
Very easy! Gladiolus communis subsp byzantinus -garden escape, it self seeds frequently! The other one is Lithospermum officinale Common Gromwell. I am aware...
4857 martin
martincattuk Send Email
Jun 6, 2007
8:15 am
Hi Andy First one is a Gladiolus not sure of species. HTH Have fun Martin Catt East Prawle S. Devon V.C.3 ... From: "British Marine Life Study Society"...
4858 Stuart
cipeen Send Email
Jun 6, 2007
1:21 pm
My Northern Marsh and Common Spotted orchids have now flowered, but are all much smaller than in previous years. Usually I'd find them up to 30 cm. tall with...
4859 Rodney Burton
rodney_m_burton Send Email
Jun 6, 2007
1:24 pm
Quentin, Coming in late to this because I've been away - I have actually grown 'Papaver rupifragum&#39; from a seed catalogue and it turned out to be P. ...
4860 Rodney Burton
rodney_m_burton Send Email
Jun 6, 2007
1:47 pm
Sean, I'm only just coming to this having been away for a fortnight, and I ought not to comment on a site I know nothing about, but it's worth pointing out...
4861 Phil Luke
boxlodge Send Email
Jun 6, 2007
6:50 pm
Hi Stuart I noticed on Sunday that my Common Spotteds were coming into flower here in East Essex, and they certainly gave me the impression of being rather...
4862 Phil Luke
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Jun 6, 2007
7:29 pm
I have uploaded a photo labelled Phil's mystery which I would like some help with if possible. I forgot to include a scale, but the overall length of the part...
4863 ryenats Send Email Jun 6, 2007
8:45 pm
This is very interesting, as the spotted orchids here in Yorkshire look as if they are going to be a bit shorter than usual but nothing like as stunted as...
4864 ryenats Send Email Jun 6, 2007
8:59 pm
It's a bit difficult to be sure without a close-up of the flower (that should have 3 styles), but it certainly could be A. serp. This is what Stace has to say...
4865 British Marine Life S...
glaucus25 Send Email
Jun 7, 2007
5:00 pm
Hello, Thanks for the IDs on the easy species. The Sussex Plant Atlas does not show many dots for Common Gromwell. It does not seem to be found on the Shoreham...
4866 Phil Luke
boxlodge Send Email
Jun 7, 2007
5:25 pm
Many thanks for the information from Stace. I had another look today, the flowers are extremely small and would seem to fit better with ssp. leptoclados. I...
4867 Sean Cole
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Jun 8, 2007
10:40 am
Experience in the midlands is that there is no difference in the Dactyls, either in numbers or height. I say this as a generalisation, because in the more open...
4868 ryenats Send Email Jun 8, 2007
3:52 pm
I've just been to a site on damp grassland with marsh orchids, which are opening nicely - I estimate they are about 2/3 normal size, tho' until they are fully...
4869 ryenats Send Email Jun 8, 2007
3:54 pm
Must admit I didn't even know there were two subspp. till I looked it up for you! I am by nature a lumper - if you can't distinguish two taxa in the field...
4870 ryenats Send Email Jun 10, 2007
9:17 am
Postscript - the common spotteds are now coming into flower and they are normal - admittedly the two sites I have seen them in so far are a marshy area and a...
4871 Phil Luke
boxlodge Send Email
Jun 10, 2007
11:00 am
Now you mention it, I am pretty sure I sent in the original record as A. leptoclados. ... From: ryenats To: UKBotany@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, June 08,...
4872 colinduke2003 Send Email Jun 10, 2007
6:57 pm
Hi Folks Any thoughts on this spp I find the vetches can be difficult , a fine leaved vetch with pale blue flowers ...
4873 Stephen Bungard
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Jun 10, 2007
7:18 pm
Looks like Vicia sylvatica. Where are you? Stephen ... From: UKBotany@yahoogroups.com [mailto:UKBotany@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of colinduke2003 Sent: 10...
4875 ryenats Send Email Jun 10, 2007
7:29 pm
Hi - went to have a look at the thriving tufted loosestrife that grows at Gormire. None of the plants we looked at seemed to have any black glands on either...
4876 ryenats Send Email Jun 10, 2007
11:16 pm
The flowers look right, but does sylvatica have those very fine leaves? What is the habitat, Colin? I've only ever seen it at the edge of woods on limestone or...
4877 Eva Ekeblad
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Jun 11, 2007
3:58 am
I'd say Vicia hirsuta. regards Eva Ekeblad...
4878 colinduke2003 Send Email Jun 11, 2007
8:41 am
Hi Gill/ Eva/ All The habitat is a disused land filled - quarry - mining site with lots of dry grassland , it is worth mentioning that type path adjacent was...
4879 Rodney Burton
rodney_m_burton Send Email
Jun 11, 2007
11:57 am
Doesn't look quite right for Vicia sylvatica, e.g. should have more flowers, and veiny rather than solid blue. Rodney _____ From: UKBotany@yahoogroups.com...
4880 Rodney Burton
rodney_m_burton Send Email
Jun 11, 2007
12:09 pm
Sounds a good habitat for the alien Vicia villosa which is often in that sort of company round the M25. It usually has purple flowers but books say that can...
4881 colinduke2003 Send Email Jun 11, 2007
12:34 pm
Hi Rodney Hope you are enjoying the summer sunshine. I have googled all the suggestions and the very fine leaves with blue flowers best meet Vicia hirsuta>,...
4882 Darrel Watts
dw1305 Send Email
Jun 11, 2007
1:12 pm
Hi all, I'm with Rodney on this one, I think that the combination of branched tendrils, lots of pairs of small leaflets and relatively small flowers (but...
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