Botanical rarities (2)
More 'old' rare plants. More blog filler. Diapensia ( Diapensia lapponica ) Fraoch Beinn, Grampian 26 June 2006 Only known from this very site, a mountain top at 760m. Try as we might to find a flower, it was over, apart from a couple of buds that had not yet opened - a few mostly covered petals being seen. Desperate botanising. It's a fair climb and descent, no paths, so I doubt that I'll be going back! Drooping Saxifrage ( Saxifraga cernua ) Ben Lawers, Perth 12 July 2008 Recorded in fewer than 15 different 10x10km grid squares in the British Isles since 1987. I know I said that there would be no Ben Lawers stuff in this mini-series, but I've not published this image before, as it isn't that good. And the reason for it not being that good is that it was taken in driving rain in a force 6-7 wind, so it's surprising that the image came out at all! A terribly shy flowerer, most botanists just get to see the red bulbils, as this photograph sho...