British wildflower g.c.survey

looks very much like either a white Spanish bluebell or just an old hyacinth which has reverted

did it have a slight sweet scent?

 

Three books I can't be without.
The best book for precise ID has to be Clapham, Tutin & Warburg Flora of the British Isles but be warned there are no pictures! (Have been using it for over 40 years) but a nice one with photos is Encyclopedia of British Wild Flowers - John Akeroyd. And of course there's always Keble-Martin Concise British Flora, imagine the work of painting 1500 species in detail

 

I use Keble-Martin's Concise British Flora and I also have a copy of The British Flower Key by Francis Rose there usually the ones I carry around as I find them the best + the lightest

 

Never tried the British Flower Key - must investigate. Thanks for that.

 

Early Spider Orchid.
Saw quite a few of these on the Purbeck cliffs today, very small and easliy overlooked.

 

I would have loved to go on the nature tour at Durlston today, they mentioned the spider orchids, but i'm hobbling around with a walking stick at the moment.

Had to content ourselves with the train to Corfe Castle instead.

 

It was blowing a gale on the cliffs, top of Corfe Castle would be a bit windy too but I bet you didn't get up that far.

 

I can hardly walk at the moment Strongy so we took the "Cheaty" way to see the Castle

 

What have you done? I must have missed something.

 

Just something stupid really Strongy, I dropped a girt clay flowerpot on my foot last august & it hasn't really healed, now i've put the strain onto my ankle which has gone propper, swolen up & can't put weight on it. So i've got a stick & will be taking it easy for a while

Amazing how much different people treat you when you've got a walking stick No one has noticed that i've been limping for 8 months, get a stick & people get out of the way, hold doors & allsorts