The Blues

I have never seen the gentians in the local peat bog do as well as this year; there are thick clusters of them growing all over:

^{Olympus Stylus 1s, 42mm, ISO200, f8, 1/80s}

To be precise, these are marsh gentians (Gentiana pneumonanthe), klokjesgentianen in Dutch:

^{Olympus Stylus 1s, 300mm, ISO200, f5.6, 1/125s}

Sadly, no sign of the little butterfly called Alcon blue (Phengaris alcon), gentiaanblauwtje in Dutch, that lays eggs on gentians only. They seem to have disappeared from this peat bog, but I did see them elsewhere this year.

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