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 18/04/2017 18:07
Super fine Makro, very nicely presented!Kind regards,
Brigitte
Diana V. P. 14/04/2017 15:54
Eine Makroaufnahme der Extraklasse... wundeschön!!Liebe Grüße
Diana
Brigitte Hoffmann 13/04/2017 22:54
Ich liebe diese Schachbrett-Blumen.Sie sind was ganz Besonderes!Eine sehr schöne Aufnahme davon!
Salut Brigitte
Komposti 12/04/2017 21:28
Sehr schön die beiden Blüten abgelichtet :-)HG Komposti
Natalie16 12/04/2017 21:02
Wonderful!BR, Natalie
Mauro Stradotto 12/04/2017 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 11/04/2017 22:12
Gute und klare Aufnahme dieser interessant gemusterten Schachbrettblume.LG Traudel
aline64 11/04/2017 21:08
De toute beauté !!!!Amicalement
Sigrun Pfeifer 11/04/2017 20:12
Wunderschön anzuschauen und perfekt aufgenommen. LG SigrunManu T. 11/04/2017 17:38
A real beauty very well taken with wonderful colours, details and sharpness and well placed.Gr.manu
Gerlinde Gottschalk 11/04/2017 17:31
Ein tolles Blüten Makro, gefällt mir ausgezeichnet.LG.Gerlinde
Prinzessin 2 11/04/2017 16:32
eine tolle Aufnahme von diesen zauberhaften Blüten..!glg Ulrike
Anita Jarzombek-Krauledies 11/04/2017 15:43
Großartig hast Du die Schachbrettblume präsentiert!Viele Grüße Anita
Claudio Micheli 11/04/2017 13:09
Bellissima, veramente!Ciao!
Vitória Castelo Santos 11/04/2017 12:33
They are very nice. Thanks for informationsregards, Vitoria