21st June 2013l
Looking around my garden yesterday the first wild orchids of the season were opening. I think the darker pink ones at the side of the pond are Marsh Orchid hybrids, but the rest are just Common Spotted Orchids
Marsh Orchid hybrid
There are Water Avens (Geum rivale) and Wood Avens (Geum uranum) growing around the garden they've just become established from seeds blown in from the surrounding countryside,but on closer examination I think they might have cross pollinated to produce a yellow Water Aven instead of the usual brown coloured ones, but I'm not so sure about this.
Water Avens
Wood Aven
The Yellow coloured Water Aven is this a cross Pollination?
Finally.... The Bee Orchids are showing again this year on the industrial estate grass verges in Burnley
Looking around my garden yesterday the first wild orchids of the season were opening. I think the darker pink ones at the side of the pond are Marsh Orchid hybrids, but the rest are just Common Spotted Orchids
There are Water Avens (Geum rivale) and Wood Avens (Geum uranum) growing around the garden they've just become established from seeds blown in from the surrounding countryside,but on closer examination I think they might have cross pollinated to produce a yellow Water Aven instead of the usual brown coloured ones, but I'm not so sure about this.
Finally.... The Bee Orchids are showing again this year on the industrial estate grass verges in Burnley
Interesting that you've got the water avens/wood avens hybrid in your garden - there's a place here in Weardale where you can find both parents and hybrids that show every variation in between. Wood avens is a problem weed in the dry soil of our garden - those hooked seeds get everywhere if I let it flower!
ReplyDeleteI've been on holiday for a couple of weeks and not too pleased to be back home but it was nice to come back and see you last three posts with so many lovely orchid pictures. It is a good time of year searching out all these little beauties:)
ReplyDeletewhere both Geums are present you will get the hybrid, G. x intermedium. No sign of our Bee Orchids again this year :(
ReplyDeleteTo Phil and the Duxbury Ramblers.....Thanks for the information.
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