Summer Holiday Photo Blog | 22 comments (22 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

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That lovely array of lavender, white and purple flowers on a spike, for which you offer two views, looks rather like an orchid of some sort. What is it and is it a native plant?

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by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Fri Jul 26th, 2013 at 09:11:13 PM EST

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It's an orchid that, I think, is found fairly commonly in Europe. I don't know what it's called.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Sat Jul 27th, 2013 at 01:55:24 AM EST
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It would seem to be a Dactylorhiza, probably maculata, commonly called marsh or speckled orchid.

Photo 1 is, believe it or not, the European Troll (trollius europaea). It is of course toxic.

3 and 18 : Dianthus barbatus, commonly grown in gardens under the name Sweet William.

4 is broom of some kind.

5 and 15: this splendid plant is called, in English, the Hairless Blue Sowthistle. Srsly.

9 and 14: Yellow Gentian.

Gentiana lutea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The root is anthelmintic, anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, bitter tonic, cholagogue, emmenagogue, febrifuge, refrigerant and stomachic.

11 and 12: Spiked Rampion. The root, as a relish, is known as horseradish.

16: Mountain or Alpine Rose (or Eglantine)

Still some missing...

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Tue Jul 30th, 2013 at 09:25:51 AM EST
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Photo 1 is, believe it or not, the European Troll

Damn. So I have to give it a 0 rating? Its arguments are so seductive.

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by eurogreen on Tue Jul 30th, 2013 at 10:09:33 AM EST
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Summer Holiday Photo Blog | 22 comments (22 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)