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ninthace

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Re: Flora
« Reply #360 on: 16:36:42, 21/04/20 »
Lady's Smock or Cuckoo flower I think
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Re: Flora
« Reply #361 on: 16:49:53, 21/04/20 »
Lady's Smock or Cuckoo flower I think


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In 2018 I came across a field abslutely full of it in Orkney. Stunning.
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Flora around my garden
« Reply #362 on: 10:03:31, 22/04/20 »
Given the hills are going have to wait a while, I've taken to my garden, not much in bloom around my garden at the moment, though the bedding plants are in, hopefully more than dandilions will brighten the place up.

One of many dandilions at the moment



A couple of Polyanthus-Primula, not sure of their species, I got no where fast on the internet.







A lupin showing a bit of promise


Holly coming out





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Re: Flora
« Reply #363 on: 20:30:58, 02/05/20 »
This purple flower caught my attention today, especially as the daffodil was still standing proud. Can anyone identify it? It looked like a kind of purple poppy.



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Re: Flora
« Reply #364 on: 22:16:46, 02/05/20 »
Looks like an Opium Poppy. They are quite common in the UK but it is not hot enough for them to produce resin.

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Re: Flora
« Reply #365 on: 13:42:13, 03/05/20 »
I think it's a tulip

I really like the close up details, Yorci.
I've been keeping a photo record of the flowers I see when walking as I first spot them. Getting difficult to identify them now with all the umbellifers/cow parsley lookalikes.
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Re: Flora
« Reply #366 on: 14:07:04, 03/05/20 »
I think it's a tulip
Agreed - my first thought was opium poppy, but the pistil looks more tulip than poppy. Also, the strap like leaves below the plant.
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Re: Flora
« Reply #367 on: 14:08:49, 03/05/20 »
Great close ups, yorci. I still haven't worked out how to use the macro on the camera that I inherited a few years ago.  ::)
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Re: Flora
« Reply #368 on: 12:53:03, 02/06/20 »
I took my car to the garage in Canterbury this morning and that gave me a reason to walk back home through the woods for the first time in months.

I was hoping to spot some orchids along the way and I wasn't disappointed.  :)

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Re: Flora
« Reply #369 on: 14:47:16, 08/06/20 »
This one's a real puzzle.

I saw this pair of mushrooms on my walk this morning:



Better angle, but slightly blurred:



I've looked them up and I'm almost certain they're called Magpie Ink Caps. The habitat is a match (beech woodland and chalky soil), but they're supposed to appear from Sept to Dec. I couldn't see any others nearby. Apparently they're poisonous.
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« Reply #370 on: 20:38:15, 10/06/20 »
Walking along a very overgrown path and spotted some wild roses amongst the brambles. I think this is known as a Dog Rose but it was the Thick Legged Flower Beetle that got my attention. I had no idea what the insect was until I saw one on Springwatch  :)



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Re: Flora
« Reply #371 on: 11:27:24, 11/06/20 »
Walking along a very overgrown path and spotted some wild roses amongst the brambles. I think this is known as a Dog Rose but it was the Thick Legged Flower Beetle that got my attention. I had no idea what the insect was until I saw one on Springwatch  :)


Good old Springwatch O0 - my feeling is that it's better than ever this year without quite so much banter.
Incidentally the female Thick Legged beetle doesn't have thick legs :P
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« Reply #372 on: 18:17:56, 11/06/20 »
Slightly off topic, but I think the socially distanced version of Springwatch has been much better than the previous versions.

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« Reply #373 on: 13:33:26, 15/06/20 »
Slightly off topic, but I think the socially distanced version of Springwatch has been much better than the previous versions.
Agreed.
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Re: Flora
« Reply #374 on: 14:41:26, 24/06/20 »
One of my favourites - Rosebay willowherb in nearby Clowes Wood this morning:

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