http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/UKBotany/ UKBotany Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:52:42 GMT Andy Horton http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/UKBotany/message/6497 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/UKBotany/message/6497 Hello, Adur World Oceans Day 2010 Participation of other environmental groups are welcome for Adur World Oceans Day 2010. This is an interactive exhibition and Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:19:01 GMT Colin Jacobs http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/UKBotany/message/6496 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/UKBotany/message/6496 Is anyone going to the BSBI Conference in June? I would like to ask for a lift from either Norwich or Peterborough train station and will of course pay towards Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:18:50 GMT Gill http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/UKBotany/message/6495 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/UKBotany/message/6495 I think I am right in saying that any one plant will be all pin or all thrum. Cowslips also come in pin and thrum varieties, as I imagine do (true) oxlips Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:18:38 GMT Gill http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/UKBotany/message/6494 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/UKBotany/message/6494 I saw my first snowdrops almost out (head dropped but corolla not yet opened) yesterday in and around Gilling SE6176. Also two aconites showing but again not Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:11:44 GMT Chris Roberts http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/UKBotany/message/6493 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/UKBotany/message/6493 Hi Colin They're flowering in our garden in Burgh next Aylsham in Norfolk, if that counts? Chris To: UKBotany@yahoogroups.com From: benacre2001@... Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:39:41 GMT Charles David http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/UKBotany/message/6492 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/UKBotany/message/6492 Dear Colin That is the normal species, they either have pin or thrum flowers. Marquand, the Guernsey Botanist and his son counted 5289 flowers in 1907, and Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:53:47 GMT JohnCrellin http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/UKBotany/message/6491 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/UKBotany/message/6491 I think they are roughly 50 / 50 and it is thought to be to do with avoiding self pollination. Reply / forward from John Crellin Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:22:39 GMT Colin Jacobs http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/UKBotany/message/6490 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/UKBotany/message/6490 I unintentionally photographed a pin styled Primrose flower and wondered if, if anything it is different from the normal species? Will upload a pic in Colin Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:09:01 GMT Peter Amsden http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/UKBotany/message/6489 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/UKBotany/message/6489 Have not seen any on the West Coast of Scotland yet. Usually do at this time of year. Peter Amsden Argyll, Scotland Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:42:25 GMT peter http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/UKBotany/message/6488 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/UKBotany/message/6488 ... "The Effects of Radiation on Plants" by Charles Pearson is interesting. Peter Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:36:29 GMT Colin Jacobs http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/UKBotany/message/6487 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/UKBotany/message/6487 Visited several known sites today in Suffolk, not even a leaf.Surely they would have been up by now Colin Jacobs. Professional Writer, Naturalist, Angling Tue, 26 Jan 2010 11:45:09 GMT Phil Luke http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/UKBotany/message/6486 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/UKBotany/message/6486 Late response to your query Colin. Have not seen any in neighbouring Essex yet, but my wife noticed flowering Snowdrops in the 'Look East' interview with Mon, 25 Jan 2010 10:05:55 GMT dw1305 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/UKBotany/message/6485 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/UKBotany/message/6485 Hi all, Went to Lacock Abbey (NT, Wilts) yesterday afternoon and both the Snowdrops and Winter Aconites were out. cheers Darrel Sat, 23 Jan 2010 16:21:58 GMT Colin Jacobs http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/UKBotany/message/6484 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/UKBotany/message/6484 My Wild Flower Society January list is very poor. Salix caprea flowers just out but findinf daisies is hard work Colin Jacobs. Professional Writer, Naturalist, Sat, 23 Jan 2010 15:45:19 GMT Helen Proctor http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/UKBotany/message/6483 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/UKBotany/message/6483 Tight buds at Wakehurst Place last Thursday where there were still scattered mounds of snow. However, two snowdrop buds are opening today in my north-facing