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johnralphcarpenter

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Re: British wildflowers
« Reply #30 on: July 21, 2014, 01:05:12 PM »
Orchid seen near Tenterden, Kent last month; Orchis purpurea possibly?
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Re: British wildflowers
« Reply #31 on: January 12, 2015, 07:43:06 AM »
Spotted this hogweed, Heracleum sphondylium with two umbels in full flower during a dog walk on 27 December 2014.
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Isle of Benbecula, Western Isles where it is mild, windy and wet! Zone 9b

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Re: British wildflowers
« Reply #32 on: March 19, 2015, 07:08:39 PM »
John, I have only just found this thread. I think your orchid is common spotted, sorry.
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Re: British wildflowers
« Reply #33 on: March 19, 2015, 08:09:31 PM »
Marsh pea, lathyrus palustris, img 3420.       An exotic orchid? Large-flowered hemp-nettle, galeopsis speciosa img 3285.
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Re: British wildflowers
« Reply #34 on: March 25, 2015, 06:51:24 PM »
Img 3996, if only it was an alpine, but what is it? Img 2597, greater bladderwort, utricularia vulgaris.
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Re: British wildflowers
« Reply #35 on: March 25, 2015, 06:58:43 PM »
img 3996  Cymbalaria muralis -  Ivy-leaved Toadflax
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Re: British wildflowers
« Reply #36 on: March 25, 2015, 07:30:09 PM »
changing the name of this thread  ....
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Re: British wildflowers
« Reply #37 on: March 25, 2015, 07:34:38 PM »
Right Maggi, I will have to try harder.
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Re: British wildflowers
« Reply #38 on: March 28, 2015, 11:10:41 AM »
To me seeing the first flowers of Ranunculus Ficaria, Lesser Celandine is a sure sign that spring is here. These are growing on a grass verge near the house, in a week or so the grass verge will be a mass of golden goblets. Sorry about the flowery talk, ive taken a leaf out of Carol klein's flowery talk book.

image by johnstephen29, on Flickr

image by johnstephen29, on Flickr

image by johnstephen29, on Flickr
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Re: British wildflowers
« Reply #39 on: March 29, 2015, 11:01:37 AM »
OK John, no more flowery talk. This plants common name is corpse flower. It was thought to grow from buried bodies.
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Re: British wildflowers
« Reply #40 on: March 29, 2015, 03:24:31 PM »
Should be OK for nutrients then ;)
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Re: British wildflowers
« Reply #41 on: March 29, 2015, 03:56:15 PM »
I'll try and control myself Ian  ;)
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Re: British wildflowers
« Reply #42 on: March 30, 2015, 08:25:16 PM »
Hello John, if you have joined my list of enemies you will be at the end of a long list. ;D
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Re: British wildflowers
« Reply #43 on: March 30, 2015, 10:01:17 PM »
Oh right are you that unpopular Ian? ;D
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Re: British wildflowers
« Reply #44 on: April 15, 2015, 10:15:39 AM »
On the way back from town yesterday I noticed that Cochlearia danica is flowering along the central reservation of the dual carriageway.  It is so tiny there is just a mat of colour not noticeable as a plant unless you are stuck in slow moving traffic which is when I discovered it many years ago.  When I was in Gothenburg 3 years ago I noticed their salt tolerant plant along the dual carriageways is Armeria maritima which is much showier.
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