Monday 30 January 2012

Wildflowers From Orkney Orchid And Bird Foot Trefoil

Wildflowers From Orkney Orchid And Bird Foot Trefoil
Two advanced photos from my holiday past performance - above, bird's-foot trefoil and exactly, everglade orchid. Each one of these vegetation are part of the handsome kind of wildflowers that growth on Orkney.Bird's-foot trefoil is dear by bees. It was considering cast-off for dye and fed to reserve. In mythology, bird's-foot-trefoil was linked with crows and sometimes called "crows toes", credibly to the same degree its black limestone pods space desire black claws. It was as well cast-off for shielding magic and can be bamboo taking part in shielding wreaths, throw down with other plants, curved the time of midsummer.Bog orchids were considering part of the food of the take over living on Orkney to the same degree they are very nutritious - mega the tubers, which can be flooring up and spare to bread. Magically, orchids are linked with Venus and were usually cast-off in love spells. Bog orchids are a secluded category these days. Of course, even if a machinery is not a secluded category, you necessary never guts wildflowers unless you grasp permit of the proprietor of the land on which they bloom.Contacts and long forgotten associated postsCunningham's Listing of Magic Herbs (Llewellyn's Sourcebook Pass) (Cunningham's Listing Pass)http://www.scapaflow.co/index.php/wildlife and landscape/plants and animals/the medicinal use of plantshttp://www.irelandswildlife.com/birds-foot-trefoil-lotus-corniculatus/http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2014/06/scotland-holiday-tomb-of-eagles.htmlhttp://www.badwitch.co.uk/2013/07/foxgloves-mystery-and-magic-in-english.html