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 Limonia? on orchid
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 06-05-2007 17:12
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7703 Joined: 12.07.04 |
This was seen today in southern England - is it a Limonia of some kind? Extra points will be given if you can identify the orchid too!  PS: and the orchid is a little bit of a 'trick' question - so be warned 
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| Jan Zwaaneveld |
Posted on 06-05-2007 17:24
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Member Location: Leerdam, Netherlands Posts: 721 Joined: 20.02.06 |
Hi Chris, I think this is Nephrotoma (Tipulidae).
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| cosmln |
Posted on 06-05-2007 17:28
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 Member Location: Romania Posts: 956 Joined: 18.03.07 |
Jan Zwaaneveld wrote: Hi Chris, I think this is Nephrotoma (Tipulidae). and possible Orchis simia for the orchid. cosmln |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 06-05-2007 17:34
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7703 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Thanks for the ID ... you're close with Orchis simia, but not 100% correct |
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| cosmln |
Posted on 06-05-2007 17:36
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Member Location: Romania Posts: 956 Joined: 18.03.07 |
Chris Raper wrote: Thanks for the ID ... you're close with Orchis simia, but not 100% correct i don't have a guide for orchids. what i remember from head, from what i have seen one time in a book. also i'm curios about the final ID of that Orchis. cosmln |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 06-05-2007 20:40
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7293 Joined: 19.11.04 |
Is this perchance a hybrid between Aceras anthropophorum and Orchis simia?
Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 06-05-2007 20:59
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7703 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Ohh, Tony is on the right track but wrong combination  |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 06-05-2007 21:10
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 Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
Nephrotoma sp. I saw dozens of these today in final afternoon near here. |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 06-05-2007 21:25
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Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7293 Joined: 19.11.04 |
My final guess - Orchis militaris x O. simia ?
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 06-05-2007 21:56
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7703 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Nope But you're getting very close now |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 07-05-2007 21:30
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7703 Joined: 12.07.04 |
OK, nobody got it ... but then I wasn't sure anyone would It's quite a rare hybrid ... Orchis purpurea x simia The first record of this hybrid in Britain was last year on this nature reserve (see http://hartslock....) OK, now back to flies
Edited by ChrisR on 07-05-2007 21:32 |
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