tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post1520117678091269369..comments2023-11-13T07:19:45.061+00:00Comments on CABINET OF CURIOSITIES: Vegetable Vampires 1: Common Cow-wheatUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-32673533356868175452011-06-20T09:24:07.216+00:002011-06-20T09:24:07.216+00:00You said:
"It seems like a good year for it h...You said:<br />"It seems like a good year for it here swanscot - there were hundreds of plants flowering in this population... "<br /><br />Here too. We're a little bit later up here, but now, this week, I saw loads of this in the woods on the edge of the camp site.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-16503846929509184472011-06-19T23:07:13.801+00:002011-06-19T23:07:13.801+00:00Hi Phil,
Nice to see this cow-wheat and to learn t...Hi Phil,<br />Nice to see this cow-wheat and to learn that it needs a specific host plant. In your photo, the common cow-wheat doesn't look so different from the plant I photographed - I had thought from readiong 'The Wild Flower Key' that there were more obvious distinctive differences - now I'm wondering if I've misidentified what I saw - I'm pretty sure that there was bilberry around where I saw it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-16977698276896205142011-06-14T18:13:03.710+00:002011-06-14T18:13:03.710+00:00Another species unknown to me even though I lived ...Another species unknown to me even though I lived the start of my life in Bilberry country.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-63745842489719945972011-06-14T18:00:55.016+00:002011-06-14T18:00:55.016+00:00I didn't know that about sandalwood lotusleaf ...I didn't know that about sandalwood lotusleaf - thanks!Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15609107148344256875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-9123485475930028772011-06-14T18:00:07.204+00:002011-06-14T18:00:07.204+00:00It seems like a good year for it here swanscot - t...It seems like a good year for it here swanscot - there were hundreds of plants flowering in this population...Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15609107148344256875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-38376644727737486422011-06-14T17:59:17.400+00:002011-06-14T17:59:17.400+00:00Hi fernenland, parasites have been around since th...Hi fernenland, parasites have been around since the life first evolved....Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15609107148344256875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-8704586105005637322011-06-14T00:45:39.237+00:002011-06-14T00:45:39.237+00:00Fascinating! The flower is so pretty. The sandalwo...Fascinating! The flower is so pretty. The sandalwood tree which is quite common here, is said to be a semi parasite too.lotusleafhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02725791780240334964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-13265171837668239182011-06-13T22:03:10.804+00:002011-06-13T22:03:10.804+00:00PS I should have said "Modern humans" :)...PS I should have said "Modern humans" :)fernenlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12468269294140978819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-47916372425209081052011-06-13T21:12:00.324+00:002011-06-13T21:12:00.324+00:00Fascinating stuff. I knew Common Cow-wheat was con...Fascinating stuff. I knew Common Cow-wheat was considered a parasite, but never knew just how it benefited from other plants. Thanks for the explanation. <br /><br />I've seen it growing among the Blaeberry at Glenmore, in the Cairngorms.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-8386769325989121562011-06-13T20:17:06.270+00:002011-06-13T20:17:06.270+00:00That humans are parasites can't be denied: as ...That humans are parasites can't be denied: as a species they draw out all their nutrients from the planet and generally give nothing in return. The question is: did parasitic plants learn their way of life from humans, or did humans learn from plants?fernenlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12468269294140978819noreply@blogger.com