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Nederland - Hasselt, kievitsbloem

Nederland - Hasselt, kievitsbloem
In the Netherlands the ‘kievitsbloem’ (snake’s head) is a very rare flower, which is even legally protected. Most of them - about 80% - can be found around the city of Hasselt in the province of Overijssel
Sometimes there are many flowering together and people call it the natural bulb fields of the Netherlands. It is commonly found growing in grasslands in damp soils and river meadows along the rivers ‘de Vecht’ and ‘Zwarte Water’.

Snake’s Heads are flowering from mid April till early May.
It has a couple of names, like Snake’s Head Fritillary, Checkered Daffodil, Chess Flower and Leper Lily (in the Netherlands ‘kievitsbloem’).

Pictures were taken in a small nature reserve, called ‘De Brommerd’ (see PiP).

Günter Klaus, Pierre Pasqualini, Annalia S., and 99 other people have particularly liked this photo


40 comments - The latest ones
 Stormlizard
Stormlizard club
It is a Beautiful plant Jaap.
10 years ago.
 Treasa Ui Cionaodha
Treasa Ui Cionaodha
Beautifully captured and so well presented. Well done Jaap Regards Tess
10 years ago.
 William Sutherland
William Sutherland club
Amazing capture of this rare flower!
10 years ago.
 Thérèse
Thérèse club
quand on se pose au pied des fleurs... c'est encore plus beau! les voilà qu'elles règnent la tête dans le ciel ! superbe!
10 years ago.
 Indira Nair
Indira Nair
Very pretty flowers!
10 years ago.
 Naej
Naej
Joli bouquet !
10 years ago.
 Don Sutherland
Don Sutherland club
Outstanding capture.
10 years ago.
 Malik Raoulda
Malik Raoulda club
D'une extrême beauté..SUPERBE.
10 years ago.
 Valeriane ♫ ♫ ♫¨*
Valeriane ♫ ♫ ♫¨* club
jolies clochettes*****************
Bon dimanche mon ami !
10 years ago.
 Trudy Tuinstra
Trudy Tuinstra club
a beauty
10 years ago.
 Jürgen
Jürgen
das ist schön, sie in freier Natur wachsen zu sehen.
In meiner Gegend habe ich sie frei noch nicht gesehen.
Ich habe sie bei mir im Garten.
Schachbrettblume
10 years ago. Edited 10 years ago.
 tiabunna
tiabunna club
Very interesting flowers, well taken.
10 years ago.
 Christiane ♥.•*¨`*•✿
Christiane ♥.•*¨`*•✿
So well framed, Jaap !
Superb picture !
10 years ago.
 guenievre
guenievre
Élégant, fin et racé!
10 years ago.
 Eefje
Eefje
Ik zie ze zo graag, zo fotogeniek!
10 years ago.
 Esther
Esther club
What unusual flowers. Well photographed!
10 years ago.
 Annemarie
Annemarie club
splendi this agains blue!
10 years ago.
 Rafael
Rafael club
Una bella alineación !
10 years ago.
 Kaunos
Kaunos
Very nice.
10 years ago.
 Philippe_28
Philippe_28 club
Je rêve d'en voir dans la nature
10 years ago.
 Mαɾʝα Cσσɾs
Mαɾʝα Cσσɾs
Lovely flowercompo!
10 years ago.
 Valfal
Valfal club
Beautiful photo! It is sad that the flower is so rare.
10 years ago.
 Nico Andries
Nico Andries
Wonderful frittilaria. (I was in Hasselt 3 times at the end of April)
10 years ago.
Jaap van 't Veen club has replied to Nico Andries
ook nog kievitsbloemen gezien en gefotografeerd ??
10 years ago.
 Roger (Grisly)
Roger (Grisly) club
Beautiful image from a great angle
10 years ago.
 foto buff
foto buff
nice perspective.... they look like they are made from paper... cool
10 years ago.
 Heide
Heide club
Herrliche Blume - ein schönes Bild von ihr.
Faszinierend, dass man sie an einem Ort in den Niederlanden so reichlich sieht.
10 years ago.
 Eileen Seto
Eileen Seto
Great find, and thanks for the writeup about these. Thank goodness for nature reserves or we'd never see these or many, many other wonderful species.
10 years ago.
 Mαɾʝα Cσσɾs
Mαɾʝα Cσσɾs
Mooie Pov! a beauty!
10 years ago.
 niraK68
niraK68 club
lovely shot
10 years ago.
 J. Gafarot
J. Gafarot club
Excellent!
10 years ago.
 Gyp'
Gyp'
Hi Jaap,

Here is a white specimen of Fritillaria meleagris ;o)

Fritillaria meleagris - forme blanche.
10 years ago.
 Rudolf Bokor
Rudolf Bokor
Very beautiful flowers: Fritillaris meleagris. Lilies belongs to the family. In Hungary plant protected by law.
10 years ago.
 Isabelle Barruhet
Isabelle Barruhet club
Belle photo de la fritilliaire pintade (son nom français, appelée aussi Oeuf de pintade, Gogane, Pintadine et Perrot). J'ai essayé d'en planter chez moi à Villefranche sur Saône au nord de Lyon, mais les escargots et les limaces s'en sont trop bien occupés : j'ai renoncé.
10 years ago. Edited 10 years ago.
 ROL/Photo
ROL/Photo club
Très beau>>*
10 years ago.
 Fantasyfan
Fantasyfan
Cool flower
9 years ago.
 Helena Ferreira
Helena Ferreira
Gorgeous!

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9 years ago.
 Susanne Hoy
Susanne Hoy
I like this flowers.
6 years ago.
 Janet Brien
Janet Brien club
Wow are these beautiful, Jaap! Thank you for giving all of the information about them. I am not surprised they are rare, such a special flower! Also, thank you for the link! I did some looking on fritillaries before I posted my picture and found this type in my search results. They are so different looking, and both are grouped in Fritillary! Only the leaves and stalk are the same, otherwise they are nothing alike. I guess that an ocean and entire continent makes the difference in their evolution!

Thanks again for this lovely show, it was a delight to see these blooms and the inset showing the huge area with so many others growing there!
5 years ago.
 Günter Klaus
Günter Klaus club
Da hast du einen schönen Blick in diese Wiese gemacht lieber Jaap,sehr schön stellst du diese Pflanze vor :))

Wünsche noch ein schönes 4. Adventwochenende,liebe Grüße Güni :))
3 days ago.

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