Snake’s Head
Snake’s head is an endangered bulbous plant, native to Europe, that likes to grow in damp soils of grasslands or river meadows that are regularly flooded.
Flowers between march and may.
Its English name probably refers to the somewhat snakelike appearance of the nodding flower heads on their long stems.
The species exists also as garden plant but nowadays it is rarely found in the wild (even extincted in Belgium, the last official observation dates back to 1899).
However I found this plant growing wild in Belgium, in Losheimergraben, exactly on the border with Germany, but it was about 10 meters on Belgian territory :-))
Dutch name : Kievitsbloem
German name : Schachblume (auch Schachbrettblume oder Kiebitzei genannt)
Latin name : Fritillaria meleagris
sitagita 18. April 2017, 18:07
Super fine Makro, very nicely presented!Kind regards,
Brigitte
Diana V. P. 14. April 2017, 15:54
Eine Makroaufnahme der Extraklasse... wundeschön!!Liebe Grüße
Diana
Brigitte Hoffmann 13. April 2017, 22:54
Ich liebe diese Schachbrett-Blumen.Sie sind was ganz Besonderes!Eine sehr schöne Aufnahme davon!
Salut Brigitte
Komposti 12. April 2017, 21:28
Sehr schön die beiden Blüten abgelichtet :-)HG Komposti
Natalie16 12. April 2017, 21:02
Wonderful!BR, Natalie
Mauro Stradotto 12. April 2017, 16:03
Vorrei portarti con me durante un'escursione nel mio bosco dove passo gran parte delle mie estati. Siamo lontani e non è possibile ma quando scatterò le mie foto mi ispirerò a te e ti penserò.Buon pomeriggio.
Mauro
Traudel Clemens 11. April 2017, 22:12
Gute und klare Aufnahme dieser interessant gemusterten Schachbrettblume.LG Traudel
aline64 11. April 2017, 21:08
De toute beauté !!!!Amicalement
Sigrun Pfeifer 11. April 2017, 20:12
Wunderschön anzuschauen und perfekt aufgenommen. LG SigrunManu T. 11. April 2017, 17:38
A real beauty very well taken with wonderful colours, details and sharpness and well placed.Gr.manu
Gerlinde Gottschalk 11. April 2017, 17:31
Ein tolles Blüten Makro, gefällt mir ausgezeichnet.LG.Gerlinde
Prinzessin 2 11. April 2017, 16:32
eine tolle Aufnahme von diesen zauberhaften Blüten..!glg Ulrike
Anita Jarzombek-Krauledies 11. April 2017, 15:43
Großartig hast Du die Schachbrettblume präsentiert!Viele Grüße Anita
Mirjam Burer 11. April 2017, 14:11
very special flower and beautiful compo, Marklg, mirjam
Claudio Micheli 11. April 2017, 13:09
Bellissima, veramente!Ciao!