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fredg

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Orchis mascula site 2014
« on: April 29, 2014, 06:08:06 PM »
I didn't post this site last year so here we go. Not my usual splurge of photos, they're all purple so not so much variety.

 
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Re: Orchis mascula site 2014
« Reply #1 on: April 29, 2014, 06:08:56 PM »
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Re: Orchis mascula site 2014
« Reply #2 on: May 03, 2014, 06:40:19 AM »
Hi Fred,

these are amazing spikes. I've not seen any as tall as this in the wild, they usually come in clusters at the top of a chubby stem. What is the soil like there? is it acid? and do the plants get shaded?
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Re: Orchis mascula site 2014
« Reply #3 on: May 30, 2014, 12:35:41 PM »
Sorry for the delay Maren. I'll be revisiting the site for the Dactylorhiza flowering soon and will get an accurate pH test done then.
The site is a large managed clearing in woodland and the largest spikes are not shaded.
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Re: Orchis mascula site 2014
« Reply #4 on: May 30, 2014, 06:35:51 PM »
Thanks, Fred, I'll be patient and wait for your report. :) :) :)
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