tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post9110580876226664986..comments2024-03-28T18:57:20.920+01:00Comments on Living the life in Saint-Aignan: Orchids! Rain!Ken Broadhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-9932163535385263012008-04-29T03:00:00.000+02:002008-04-29T03:00:00.000+02:00Purejuice,You want to make me rent "Camelot"!Chery...Purejuice,<BR/>You want to make me rent "Camelot"!<BR/>CherylCherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15170098781777190491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-13765222420014077952008-04-29T02:25:00.000+02:002008-04-29T02:25:00.000+02:00tra la! it's may! the lusty month of may! that ter...tra la! it's may! the lusty month of may! that terrible month where everyone goes blissfully astray!<BR/><BR/>i love the close ups of the flowers. the little white antennae on the little blue ones are fantastic.<BR/><BR/>happy spring.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-38464766312327916742008-04-28T21:50:00.000+02:002008-04-28T21:50:00.000+02:00Ken I am absolutely boggled that an orchid grower/...Ken I am absolutely boggled that an orchid grower/breeder would not know that there are orchids growing wild in France!! France is actually very well known for its native orchids, and has quite a number of rare species. The Société française d'Orchidophilie is very active in the field. The ones in your pic are Early Purple Orchid <I>Orchis mascula</I> <BR/>Check out my blog post http://daysontheclaise.blogspot.com/search/label/orchids for an idea of the ones you could see near you very easily.<BR/>Louise - the little blue flowers are Speedwell <I>Veronica</I>sp.<BR/>SusanSusanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06472449597146519943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-6054407145593397512008-04-28T13:48:00.000+02:002008-04-28T13:48:00.000+02:00Louise, your comment made it through. Has the word...Louise, your comment made it through. Has the word verification scheme changed recently? I don't see it because I'm logged in as, well, me, and Blogger doesn't ask me to identify myself when I leave a comment.<BR/><BR/>One thing you can do to protect your comments is to select the text and copy it (menus: Edit>Copy or keyboard CTRL + C) just before you try to post it. At that point, you have the text saved in memory and you can paste it back into the text box and try it again.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-19036481246209918032008-04-28T13:46:00.001+02:002008-04-28T13:46:00.001+02:00What a wonderful blue! There aren't enough blue fl...What a wonderful blue! There aren't enough blue flowers in the world. I hope Someone Who Knows will identify these vineyard plants.<BR/><BR/>I assume the orchid grower was chuckling because he thought you meant epiphyte orchids.<BR/><BR/>There's the slimmest chance of this getting through to you, now that I look at the challenging word verification below. I've lost a few recent comments on your blog this way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com