It looks like the pollination strategy is slightly more primitive than other Arums but still might produce heat. Let us know if you see midgies visiting the flowers @Fairygirl
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Thanks for that @wild edges - bit early yet for midges, and we don't get them badly around here, but I'll keep an eye out. That link I gave to Lochgoilhead, where that huge stand is, will certainly get plenty of midges later on I might check and see if I have a pic from the last time I was there. Very interesting link - I've not read it properly yet, but it does show that it's spreading quite rapidly. The Clyde valley is a real hotspot for all sorts of wildlife and plants ,due to the nature of it's location and microclimate. It's where many species are seen, yet aren't seen anywhere else. I can see why it's fairly abundant in Ayrshire too - farming country, lower lying, plenty of water, and suitable temps for early growth. All the burns and tributaries round here feed into the Clyde eventually, as indicated in the article, although we're a good ten miles from the city itself. There was always a lot of fruit/veg production there in the past because of the climate.
Yes- maybe too cool yet for any proper insect action @b_gerth, despite the cracking weather we've had in the last few days, but I'll keep going and having a look now and again. There's only one bit I can reasonably access that little area where I took the pix from, but it's easy enough to do.
I'd like to know where they've come from, as there was never any sign of the plant until a couple of years ago. I've lived in this area for the best part of 25 years or so, and have never seen them. I might send pix again to the place I reported them to last year, but I don't know if anything happens other than a general monitoring - if that.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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I might check and see if I have a pic from the last time I was there.
Very interesting link - I've not read it properly yet, but it does show that it's spreading quite rapidly. The Clyde valley is a real hotspot for all sorts of wildlife and plants ,due to the nature of it's location and microclimate. It's where many species are seen, yet aren't seen anywhere else. I can see why it's fairly abundant in Ayrshire too - farming country, lower lying, plenty of water, and suitable temps for early growth.
All the burns and tributaries round here feed into the Clyde eventually, as indicated in the article, although we're a good ten miles from the city itself. There was always a lot of fruit/veg production there in the past because of the climate.
Yes- maybe too cool yet for any proper insect action @b_gerth, despite the cracking weather we've had in the last few days, but I'll keep going and having a look now and again. There's only one bit I can reasonably access that little area where I took the pix from, but it's easy enough to do.
I'd like to know where they've come from, as there was never any sign of the plant until a couple of years ago. I've lived in this area for the best part of 25 years or so, and have never seen them. I might send pix again to the place I reported them to last year, but I don't know if anything happens other than a general monitoring - if that.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...