Heartwarming! (Definitely keeps the "pecker" up...) :D (Sorry, Pal - couldn't resist!)
My fine friends at Lidl had some orchids again the other day - and I couldn't resist these three for the collection....A Cambria (not a type I...
Crackin', Marley!! Looks idyllic.... but where are the piccies of the local wild flowers and gardens? Bet you've got some hidden away somewhere......
Thanks, Walnut! Have to confess, though, that since I used to sell wildlife photos I needed a good collection of reference books! And I must admit...
It's been an odd year, here, too - some species late (notably the orange tips) and some species hardly there - while others like the swallowtail...
Wooow! Lovely! (And defo want a sesbania punicea if the seeds germinate!!!)And where's the litter and graffiti, eh? Just soooo different!!
Hoping it isn't this, blue:http://www.defra.gov.uk/planth/pestnote/grape.htmIf it is, it's a notifiable disease, and Defra have to be...
At least he's keeping out of the way....!!! Lady Jane and Sahne usually compete for who gets the desk! I don't get a look in... [img] :D[img]
Looks like the nest of a potter wasp! We've had them on the house shutters and even in the jamb of the car door!!! Whole rows of them, sometimes!...
Ah, dear me, Geoff! If that's the case the options seem a bit limited.... 1) headphones playing soothing music to drown the b*ggers out... 2) a...
Sounds fascinating, M! Any chance of a photo? Wanna look, you see.....!!
Geoff - rat-tailed maggots are the larvae of Eristalis tenax - I looked it up! They live in brackish water with little oxygen, hence the need for...
Hi, Windy!Sounds as if there's a bit of chemical residue from a perfuming agent in the fabric softener bit of the detergent mix - they're...
Oo arr, oo arr! A foine phalaenopsis to be sure!!Looks in pretty good nick, too - give it a bit o' what it fancies (!) and you'll have it for...
Yes, Claire, I've been told that too - and one of our orchids came in a tall glass vase with expanded clay granules in the bottom, then a layer of...
Useful, Peter - thanks! For the REALLY techie stuff I use the glossary in the back of my "Excursion Flora" (Clapham, Tutin & Warburg).... So if...
Hi, Chrissy! Orchids are perennial, so if you give it some TLC it will flower again for sure. From the sound of "three big leaves" it could well...
If it looks like a wasp and hovers, it could even be...wait for it... a hoverfly!!! Totally harmless, though. Some types have interesting grubs...
Guys... I have to go! A thunderstorm's just started and we have to unplug all computer gear.... so.... I'm going to give this one to Marley who...
Marley - you're pretty close now with one of your ideas!!
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