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  1. muba

    2019 UK Orchids

    No more orchids till 2020 Hi. I have updated my orchid hunting blog - from Early Spiders in March through to the ALTs in September. Check out 2019 under Outings here
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    2019 UK Orchids

    Common Spotteds Mention of Gop Hill reminded me of a great display of Common Spotted Orchids on the roadside near there, just off the A55 near the McDonalds and just before the island with roads to Trelawnyd, Whitford and Lloc. Several Hundred unlikely to be mowed, some in nice clumps. Worth a...
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    2019 UK Orchids

    Autumn beckons The Autumn Lady's Tresses at Gop Hill are just startiing to flower, and will be a fantastic sight next weekend. There are thousands there, better even than last year. It may be impossible not to step on a few. They have even spread down to below the footpath with the Y Gop...
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    2019 UK Orchids

    Violet Helleborine The Violet Helleborines at Coalbrookdale should be at their best about now. A week ago only a few were in flower, but still the roadside site was better than ever. There was a bit of a scramble to see the clump of 10 spikes, but more than I have seen before along the...
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    2019 UK Orchids

    Broad-leaved again Another extensive Broad-leaved Helleborine site close to Wrexham is down the rough roadway to Nant-y-Ffith. An easy walk down, but you do have to walk up again. There are hundreds in flower now, some gone over, and some still in bud. Again loads of colour variation, nice...
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    2019 UK Orchids

    I am already poised to put my name down
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    2019 UK Orchids

    Thanks for the informetive reply Rich. Much better than one reply I had on social media - simply 'Violet Helleborine' or similar.
  8. muba

    2019 UK Orchids

    The base of the stem was in undergrowth. I would say the interior of the cup is brown with a splash of red. Not olive at all.
  9. muba

    2019 UK Orchids

    None that really add to it. What in particular do you want to see?
  10. muba

    2019 UK Orchids

    Your right of course. Substitute South Gloucs.
  11. muba

    2019 UK Orchids

    Blw For those within hopping distance of Wrexham I recommend a visit to Minera Lead Mines. In the vicinity of the visitor centre and along the trackbed of the old mineral railway to just past the road to World's End are thousands of Broad-leaved Helleborines. Just past that road I stood and...
  12. muba

    2019 UK Orchids

    Narrow-lipped Helleborine Supplied with a GR we ventured into no-man's land of Sommerset near the village of Bisley to find an E. leptochila. It was down a single file road with no real passing places, including what seemed to be going through someone's back yard. How this single plant hasn't...
  13. muba

    2019 UK Orchids

    Violet Helleborine In Lower Woods we found both Broad-leaved and Violet Helleborines. Not may of either - up here in N.E. Wales and Shropshire put on a better show of both. This plant grabbed my attention. While others have declared it to be a Violet Hellborine, to me it lacks that translucent...
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    2019 UK Orchids

    Apigmentous BLH Last weekend I was down in the Cirencester area for a few days. On the way to the hotel, stopped off at Leckhampton to have a look at the Broad-leaved Helleborine I found back in 2015 that lacked both any chlorophyll or colour pigments. It is still going, but looking a sorry...
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    2019 UK Orchids

    I can only speak for myself. There is something to be learned from intergeneric hybrids. For starters they must have very similar chromosomes, which indicates a close taxonomic relationship. However some hybids can be a pain. The Dactylorhiza hybrids may confuse identification of the species in...
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