October 2006 Photo Competition DISCUSSION THREAD

fascinating stuff, WF and HB! Do you remember that phoyo of mine in the Growing Wild comp, with the wild orchid and lady's mantle growing out in the wild? Well, do I take it from what you said, HB, that this would have been the A. vulgaris? It was so like A. mollis, I assumed it had just been doing it's usual thing of taking over the world...

 

Yes I do recall it. Wasn't it by a river? If it was in northern Britain and the leaves a bit smaller than the garden variety, then it would have been one of the wild alchemillas - there are several. The garden variety doesn't "take over the world" where I am. I have one clump and cannot get it to spread elsewhere. Too dry and too hot I guess.

 

Thanks for that, HB! I guess a bit west of Edinburgh would count as Northern Britain all right!

 

Yes indeed. Its all a bit confusing because there are small alchemillas and alpine alchemillas and I don't think the term A. vulgaris is used so much now. In Britain we have A. alpina, A. conjuncta, A. minor (from Yorkshire northwards) A. pastoralis and others. So I can't be sure what yours were. There are lots more in Europe.

 

Its a fascinating hobby looking at wildflowers/herbs for signs and symbols of how they got their name..Its also interesting to read about it..I have got the doctrine of signatures but its heavy reading..

 

VERY clever, LoL!!! There ought to be a separate comp for the titles!! :D

 

Thanks, dendro, your Coleus is brill!

 

I think this months topic is quite difficult, but as usual everyone has risen to the challenge.

 

Love your Acer Stingo

 

Thanks windy

 

Super pics everyone! Only a few days left to go so get the Box Brownie out, keep snapping and get 'em posted. :D

 

Yep - some lovely ones again everyone

 

Think you mean Strongy - I haven't done a coleus photo!! I blame all that travelling....

 

I love those ghost leaves, MF! :D

While walking with Bella this morning, I felt that the best of the photos have already been taken. Certainly anything I could take today wouldn't be any competition, as the gales and rain have moved the leaves on to their less glorious stage.... And there's no point in re-doing the dead leaf thing after MF's fantastic one! But here's a couple of photos I took on 31st October a few couple of years ago at Kew.... it was a glorious day....


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Very nice Kew pics, Dendro. The state of the autumn leaves seems to vary enormously. You say that yours are now beyond their best and rain and gale stripped. In my part of the country they are still green and very few trees are showing any sign of turning colour. I'll not be able to take any photos of autumn colours this month - maybe in November? Even my Virginia Creeper is still green!!