And why viper? I wonder if it's due to the flower shape? Doesn't remind me of ox-tongue. Amongst other oddities, it has blue pollen and red stamens.
> On 20 June 2018 at 07:57 Bob W-PDML <[email protected]> wrote: > > > "Something to do with cattle", I thought, because of bu-. It should have then > followed that -gloss = tongue, but it's too early in the morning for me to > spot that. > > Anyway, it's apparently ox-tongue. Bu = bos, as in bovine, boeuf, beef; gloss > as in glossary. > > B > > > On 20 Jun 2018, at 07:20, mike wilson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > The English name, Viper's Bugloss, is much more interesting. I have no > > idea of the etymology. > > > >> On 19 June 2018 at 22:07 Henk Terhell <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> > >> Thanks Dan and Ann. > >> The blue flowers with the poppy in the third pic is Echium vulgare or > >> blueweed according Wikipedia. These are here quite abundant as well at > >> present and the bees like them. > >> > >> Henk > >> > >> Op 2018-06-19 om 22:51 schreef ann sanfedele: > >>> Henk, > >>> enjoyed the whole gallery so much -- the orchids are nice , but a > >>> number of others really talked to me more.. and I dont see thatyou had > >>> shared those with PDML before. > >>> These: > >>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/mxer/42102765704/in/photostream/ > >>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/mxer/41915613115/in/photostream/ > >>> > >>> and this one > >>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/mxer/42777152291/in/photostream/ > >>> a lonely orange bloom among the purple stalks - which look to me to be > >>> a poppy and pentstamon- > >>> > >>> ann > >>> > >>>> On 6/19/2018 4:35 PM, Henk Terhell wrote: > >>>> It looks like we had a good year for this type of wild orchid as I've > >>>> seen here so many in the wet fields in our dunes: > >>>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/mxer/29033030688/in/photostream/ > >>>> > >>>> Henk -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
