If you look inside the foam-like substance you will find the insect; it
looks a little like a frog as well ...
Chris
On 8 Aug 2004, at 10:14, GeeBee wrote:
>
> From: "Joel Wilcox" <jowilcox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: 08 August 2004 02:48
> Subject: [OM] Re: Common Spotted Orchid
>
>
>> Hi Graham,
>> I appreciate this and my wife will also be interested in this photo.
>> Do
>> you find these in the wild or are they under some sort of cultivation?
>>
>> Under the blooms is a white blob that looks almost like a cotton
>> ball. Do
>> you recall what that amounts to?
>>
>> Joel W.
>>
>> At 06:30 PM 8/7/2004 +0100, you wrote:
>
snip
> Joel,
>
> They grow wild and at the particular place I first noticed them they
> were
> all over the place. The white blob is known locally as 'cuckoo spit'
> because
> its' appearance coincides with the arrival of the cuckoo. I have
> always
> known it as cuckoo spit but that is the extent of my knowledge. What
> follows
> is courtesy of the Royal Horticultural Society website :-)
>
> 'Cuckoo Spit' is very common and is secreted by the immature stages of
> sap-sucking insects known as froghoppers, presumably as a means of
> protecting themselves against predators.
>
> They can distort growth in young plants but generally do no harm.
> Gardeners
> are probably familiar with them because they affect many garden plants
> including chrysanthemum, dahlia, fuchsia, lavender, rosemary, rose and
> willow. They can be removed without resorting to chemicals, just hose
> or
> wipe them off.
>
> --Graham
>
> p.s. The lady's slipper orchid is so rare in Britain that it is only
> known
> to exist in a single site in Yorkshire and for a recent article in a
> national newspaper they had to get special permission to photograph it.
>
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