Tuesday, 19 April 2022

Botany Outing to Seligny

On Saturday 9 April the Association de botanique et de mycologie had an outing to Séligny. Here are some of the things we saw.

Green-winged Orchid Anacamptis morio, Indre et Loire, France. Photo by Loire Valley Time Travel.
Green-winged Orchid Anacamptis morio (Fr. Orchis buffon).

Green-winged Orchid Anacamptis morio, Indre et Loire, France. Photo by Loire Valley Time Travel.
Green-winged Orchid.

Saint Mark's Fly Bibio marci, male, Indre et Loire, France. Photo by Loire Valley Time Travel.
A male Saint Mark's Fly Bibio marci (Fr. Bibion).

Botanists, Indre et Loire, France. Photo by Loire Valley Time Travel.
Two marvellous botanists, Jean P and Jean B, with Laurent and André. I'm lucky to know these people.

Green-winged Orchid Anacamptis morio, Indre et Loire, France. Photo by Loire Valley Time Travel.
Green-winged Orchid.

Botanists, Indre et Loire, France. Photo by Loire Valley Time Travel.
Botanists getting together.

Red Roof Moss Ceratodon purpureus, Indre et Loire, France. Photo by Loire Valley Time Travel.
Red Roof Moss Ceratodon purpureus, which grows where vine prunings have been burnt.

Vineyard, Indre et Loire, France. Photo by Loire Valley Time Travel.
Part of the site we visited is a vineyard.

Orchard, Indre et Loire, France. Photo by Loire Valley Time Travel.
Part of the site is an orchard.

Common Dog Violet Viola riviniana, Indre et Loire, France. Photo by Loire Valley Time Travel.
Common Dog Violet Viola riviniana (Fr. Violette de Rivin) -- spur paler than petals and notched at the end, strong 'landing pad' striations for pollinators.

Agile Frog Rana dalmatina, Indre et Loire, France. Photo by Loire Valley Time Travel.
Agile Frog Rana dalmatina (Fr. Grenouille agile).


5 comments:

Ken Broadhurst said...

I wonder if you are using your phone or a camera to take the photos. Either way, they are very good.

chm said...

Beautiful photos of Nature’s wonders!

chm said...

Are these beehives on the third photo from the end?

Susan said...

Ken: Thank you. Mostly the phone these days. The orchids might be camera shots, but might not be.

chm: Thank you. Yes, there are beehives in the orchard.

Andrédantogny said...

Séligny commune d'Antogny, pas Sérigny !...

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