HPS Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire Group
Visit to Dublin and The Burren

These pictures were taken on the group's visit to Ireland in June 2009.

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Great Palm House, Dublin Botanics
Great Palm House, Dublin Botanics

Dublin Botanics
HPS Group members outside Dublin Botanics

Libertia
Libertia

Geranium sanguineum
Geranium sanguineum (Bloody Cranesbill)

Palm House Jungle
Palm House Jungle

Cochlearia officinalis
Cochlearia officinalis (Common Scurvy-grass)

Thymus serpyllum
Thymus serpyllum (Wild Thyme)

Ragwort and Bloody Cranesbill
Ragwort and Bloody Cranesbill on the Burren

Irish Sea Lavender
Irish Sea Lavender

Sedum anglicum
Sedum anglicum (English Stonecrop)

Western Coast
Western Coast, The Burren, Ireland

Silene uniflora
Silene uniflora (Sea Campion and plantain)

Dactylorhiza fuchsii
Dactylorhiza fuchsii (Common Spotted Orchid)

Thymus serpyllum
Thymus serpyllum (Wild Thyme)

Dactylorhiza fuchsii
Dactylorhiza fuchsii var okellyi
(O'Kelly's Orchid)

Dryas octopetala
Dryas octopetala (Mountain Avens)

Dryas octopetala
Dryas octopetala (Mountain Avens)

Anacamptis pyramidalis
Anacamptis pyramidalis (Pyramidal Orchid)

Dactylorhiza fuchsii
Dactylorhiza fuchsii (Common Spotted Orchid)

Dactylorhiza fuchsii
Dactylorhiza fuchsii var okellyi
(O'Kelly's Orchid)

Blackstonia perfoliata
Blackstonia perfoliata (Yellow-wort)

Anacamptis pyramidalis
Anacamptis pyramidalis (Pyramidal Orchid)

Gentiana verna
Gentiana verna (Spring Gentian)

Anacamptis pyramidalis
Anacamptis pyramidalis (Pyramidal Orchid)

Rosa pimpinellifolia
Rosa pimpinellifolia (Burnet Rose)

Polygala vulgaris and Oenothera sp.
Polygala vulgaris and Oenothera sp.
(Common Milkwort and Evening Primrose)

Geranium sanguineum
Geranium sanguineum (Bloody Cranesbill)

Asplenium marinum
Asplenium marinum (Sea Spleenwort)

The Burren
The Burren, County Clare

Dryas octopetala
Dryas octopetala (Mountain Avens)

Adiantum capillus-veneris
Adiantum capillus-veneris (Maidenhair Fern)

A pause for tea and cakes
A pause for tea and cakes

The Burren
The Burren from Corkscrew Hill

Thymus serpyllum
Thymus serpyllum (Wild Thyme)

Platanthera bifolia
Platanthera bifolia (Lesser Butterfly Orchid)

Lough Bunny
Lough Bunny

Dactylorhiza incarnata
Dactylorhiza incarnata (Early Marsh Orchid)

Coole Park
A windy day in Coole Park

Coole Park
Holm Oak Avenue, Coole Park

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