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    2019 UK Orchids

    I assume you didn't see the leaves Steve? Not a lot to go on, it just looks like a funny Violet. Whether it is outside the bounds of Violet I'll leave you to judge. Personally, I doubt it's a F1 hybrid, in my experience they don't really look like either parent. It might be a back-cross with...
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    2019 UK Orchids

    A close up of the flower to get a better idea of the colour of the interior of the hypochile (I can see it looks dark but is that red, brown or olive), a view of the leaves to see their shape and colour, and the base of the stem to see what colour it is. Rich
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    2019 UK Orchids

    Are there any other photos of this plant Steve? Rich
  4. R

    2019 UK Orchids

    Steve Bisley is a long way north of Somerset!! Rich
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    Common Spotted and Southern Marsh Orchid, N Norfolk?

    The first is Common Spotted but the second one is a Pyramidal orchid
  6. R

    variant common spotted orchid?

    Yes alba Common Spotted but the flowers are sideways. Lovely to have in your garden. Rich M
  7. R

    2019 UK Orchids

    Not sure if it is of any help but there is a photo of the hybrid from a guided walk at Chappetts yesterday on the Native Orchids Facebook group. Rich
  8. R

    UK orchid

    Yes, Common Spotted
  9. R

    Orchid - Russia

    The wide apart, angled pollinia make this a Greater Butterfly rather than a Lesser.
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    2018 Orchid Thread

    All Southern Marsh. Flowering time can be variable, even between colonies that are not far apart. I monitor a number of colonies in NE Somerset, some started to flower in early May, others just starting this week. Your large hybrids will be x grandis (CSO x SMO). Can you PM me the site...
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    2018 Orchid Thread

    Being a predominantly eastern species I suspect there are no reliable Man orchid sites close to Bristol. Your best bet is that well known one in Worcs, Ufton Fields I think it's called. Rich M
  12. R

    2018 Orchid Thread

    Rafe I've sent the group administrator a message asking to let you into the group. Rich
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    2018 Orchid Thread

    I don't use Facebook for anything else, I set up an account, under a pseudonym, purely to participate in the closed orchid groups. There really is a lot of good stuff on there, with lots of people actively participating. Plenty of orchid information also on Twitter which you can read without...
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    2018 Orchid Thread

    I suspect most people now use the Native Orchids of Britain and Ireland group on Facebook - plenty of activity on there. There are also separate active groups for Kent and for Sussex Rich M
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    Ochid Id Please

    #3 and 4 Heath Spotted R
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    Orchid Id Please #2

    #1 Common spotted #2 Common spotted #3 Northern Marsh R
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    British Birds digital edition

    Anybody on here with a digital subscription to BB who can get the Pocketmags app to work correctly, ie correctly show the extra content, on a Windows 10 PC? I can read the digital copy fine when I view via the website but when I download a copy to the app most of the extra content doesn't work...
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    Moth ID Bristol area

    Cheers Paul. Rich
  19. R

    Moth ID Bristol area

    Found this in the porch in the middle of September - what is it please Thanks Rich M
  20. R

    2017 UK orchids

    I suspect that on the plant on the left the sepals are more widely spread than in the plant on the right. Also the 3 tepals that form the hood look to be longer on the left hand plant. Rich M
  21. R

    2017 UK orchids

    What a lovely looking plant Jeff Rich
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    Birdguides new system

    But much of the content is taken from other sites, Twitter etc, without any validity check. Birdguides load all their records onto BirdTrack, which becomes available to local county recorders etc. Unfortunately the recorders have no way to trace the records back to a source in order to get any...
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    2017 UK orchids

    Back cross helleborine This plant is thought to be possibly a back cross of E. x schulzei with E. purpurata. When it is growing it looks very much like a Violet, although it flowers slightly earlier than the other Violets at the site, but the flowers are atypical for a Violet. Rich M
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    Bug ID help wanted

    Can anyone give me an ID pointer on this insect on a helleborine flower? Thanks Rich M
  25. R

    2017 UK orchids

    Yes, Broad-leaved helleborine. Dark Red has narrower, more folded leaves clusted together at the base and frilly bosses on the lip. Flower colour is unusual for Broad-leaved though so I can see why you might plump for Dark Red. Rich
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