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    Epipactis identification - England

    As an update on this population for those interested, the identification is far from confirmed. Material has been taken from the plants for DNA analysis, but it will be some time before a comprehensive answer if forthcoming. However, a test to check whether they are of hybrid origin is...
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    Epipactis identification - England

    So many sites, so many requests!! What an eejit.
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    Epipactis identification - England

    Hi Richard, Would relish the opportunity to see the Avon Wasps - are they the same plants as in the Journal? I thought the bank had been destroyed. Have forwarded you the Lincs directions Have you seen the Bucks ones in question on this thread? Not far from a very rare species that I gave you...
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    Epipactis identification - England

    Hi Richard, Yes, I got the HOS journal the same time as you by the sounds of it. As you'd expect, I've opinions on the article, but they are not for posting on a public forum. Next time I see you we can have a chat ;) I plan to write a private note to il presidente for his opinions on my...
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    Epipactis identification - England

    Hi Nelbert, Yes, the plants are the same ones at a place beginning with M. The BSBI referee has confirmed them. There are a lot of people to my knowledge who think it might be a sign his retirement is on the horizon...I'll be going to look this year when they're fresh. Well, I had also heard...
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    Epipactis identification - England

    Nelbert and all, As another post script to this episode, the plants in Lincolnshire have caused headaches for a time now; they appear to be Dune hellebroine, but have viscidia and should therefore be Broad-leaved as they are cross-pollinated. These are the plants that Mark mentions above as...
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    Epipactis identification - England

    As an update to this episode I heard yesterday that these plants (or at least some of them) have been "confirmed" as E. leptochila var. neglecta by a prominent Botanist. The picture in Delforge on p91 certainly shows similar-looking plants to these, including the viscidia. On other pics I have...
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    Epipactis identification - England

    Hi Richard That's because they are taken at the same site! I know John Devries, who took the photo's in the Lang book, and he has confirmed the pics were taken at the very place mine were. Have to say, I'm with M, but the plants look so dissimilar to BLH it seems strange. Maybe there's a new...
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    Epipactis identification - England

    Hi everyone. The photo attached was taken at a site in Bucks which is a trditional one for Epipactis leptochila - Narrow-lipped helleborine. However, there has been some debate recently in that all of the plants clearly show viscidia, which proves them to be cross-pollinated. This should, to...
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