{"id":171,"date":"2011-08-04T22:21:00","date_gmt":"2011-08-04T22:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=171"},"modified":"2020-04-02T20:51:47","modified_gmt":"2020-04-02T20:51:47","slug":"broad-leaved-helleborines-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=171","title":{"rendered":"Broad leaved Helleborine&rsquo;s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A good year for the local Orchids.<\/p>\n<p>Initially there was 23 flower spikes developing from April onwards. 14 were mown out by the Mersey Valley Warden Service\/Manchester City Council with all but 1 of the remaining 9 developing and coming into flower over the past week.<\/p>\n<p>Typically the flower colour varies from very pale to a deeper pink however the inside of the \u201ccup\u201d is always a rich red colour.<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"600\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"Pale variety of the Broad leaved Helleborine\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/P1030197_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Pale variety of the Broad leaved Helleborine\" width=\"600\" height=\"899\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"right\"><em>A typical pale version of the Broad leaved Helleborine<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\"><a href=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/P1030137-Edit-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"Close up of the Broad leaved Helleborine flower\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/P1030137-Edit-2_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Close up of the Broad leaved Helleborine flower\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"Broad leaved Helleborine (pink variety)\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/P1030244_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Broad leaved Helleborine (pink variety)\" width=\"600\" height=\"899\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"right\"><em>The more common pink version.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Since I contacted the Chief Warden and pointed out the location of the Helleborine\u2019s the edges to the various footpaths haven\u2019t been mown out. Hopefully they should now get the opportunity to set seed and spread a bit further throughout the woodland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A good year for the local Orchids. 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