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| *****SWAAG_ID***** | 878 | | Date Entered | 05/05/2015 | | Updated on | 05/05/2015 | | Recorded by | Ric Carter | | Category | Flower / Plant Record | | Record Type | Botanical HER | | Site Access | Public Footpath | | Record Date | 28/04/2015 | | Location | Gunnerside, Lodge Green | | Civil Parish | Melbecks | | Brit. National Grid | | | Record Name | Wild Flowers - Early Purple Orchid | | Record Description | These Early Purple Orchids (Orchis mascula) were the first I had seen this Spring (on 28th April) just coming in to flower beside the public footpath at Lodge Green under light woodland cover. According to the Plantlife website, the Early Purple Orchid is the "long purple" of Ophelia's garland as referred to by Shakespeare's Hamlet "of crow-flowers, nettles, daisies, and long purples that liberal Shepards give a grosser name ..." According to my 1973 edition (1978 revision) of the AA Book of the British Countryside the roots of the early purple orchid were once supposed to have aphrodisiac powers! | | Image 1 ID | 6232 Click image to enlarge | | Image 1 Description | Early Purple Orchid |  |
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