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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jeffnsue" data-source="post: 3601173" data-attributes="member: 100646">Broad-leaved Helleborine - Epipactis helleborineWent to Minera Quarry yesterday with old chum Clive as it had been reported that Autumn Gentian were in flower. That will require another visit, plenty of plants but few in flower as yet. There were also plenty of Broad-leaved Helleborine, most of which had gone over, but some still in flower. This plant was growing under the quarry face: its leaves are much lighter green than one would expect to see, almost yellow, and most of the plants in this area were similar. Some had leaves which were deeply keeled too, whereas other plants growing in the wood had the normal dark green, flat, almost leathery leaves.(Later, looked at Harrap, could this plant be what he calls a ‘Young’s type’, which he says occurs in many large colonies, though he is sceptical about v youngiana itself, given the wide varaition in E helleborine)Later bumped into Muba at another BLH site, look out for his photos on his Twitter feed here: <a href="https://twitter.com/SteveTandy3" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/SteveTandy3</a> Jeff Hodgson</blockquote>