Bog orchids (Hammarbya paludosa) revisited - Godlingston Heath, Dorset 11/8)2026. @ukorchids.bsky.social
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Finally! Bog orchid (Hammarbya paludosa) on Bodmin Moor, Cornwall. It has taken a while! 💥 Don't look any different to those in Dorset, Hampshire, Devon or Powys 😃 @ukorchids.bsky.social
Surprised to see these Marsh Helleborines (Epipactis palustris) still in flower. All other Helleborines burned to a crisp... Kenfig, 04/08/2026 @ukorchids.bsky.social
Still some lovely Bog orchids (Hammarbya paludosa) flowering in a Dorset bog yesterday 2/8/2026. @ukorchids.bsky.social @orchidvinny.bsky.social @lizlouise.bsky.social
Two collages from an orchid-hunting visit to Savernake Forest in N. Wilts with thanks to @timnmosborne.bsky.social for helpful advice. ID info in ALT. #wildflowerhour #ukorchids #orchid @bsbibotany.bsky.social @ukorchids.bsky.social @europeanorchids.bsky.social
Will be interesting to see how successful this is. Moving orchids because of the plan to restore inter-tidal mud at Teesmouth (makes a pleasant change from moving stuff because if a housing development or something @ukorchids.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Orchids growing near River Tees to be relocated to nature reserve
About 200 wild orchids will be moved by hand to specially selected sites at RSPB Saltholme.
bbc.co.uk
Just managed to catch the Violet Helleborines (Epipactis purpurata) in Savernake before they go over completely. Mysterious and absolutely beautiful still. @ukorchids.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Looking through photos of several Epipactis seen 2/7/26 at Sandscale Haws Cumbria, when looking for E. dunensis and consulting Cole & Waller p.138, I am now happy these are E. phyllanthes, Green-flowered Helleborine. @ukorchids.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
This has been a fantastic year for orchids on Barra and it's not over yet! Irish Lady's Tresses are now coming into flower, while Frog, Lesser Butterfly, Pyramidal, Northern Marsh, Common Spotted and Common Twayblade are still putting on a fine display. @ukorchids.bsky.social
The show is almost over ... a joy to be able to get one last sniff of a Marsh fragrant orchid (Gymnadenia densiflora) in North Somerset today. 25/7/2026 @ukorchids.bsky.social
Some of the many Broad-leaved Helleborines seen on yesterdays walk in Devilla forest, Fife. #orchids @ukorchids.bsky.social
A few Marsh helleborine (Epipactis palustris) still flowering in East Devon tonight, most well into seeding. 21/7/2026 @ukorchids.bsky.social
So pleased to have seen my last UK Helleborine & huge thanks to Duncan Dine for all his help & fantastic local knowedge. ❤️ #orchids @ukorchids.bsky.social
Some Bog orchids (Hammarbya paludosa) on Dartmoor yesterday, 19/7/2026, seemingly unaffected by the recent heatwaves 😃Very few Heath spotted-orchids (Dactylorhiza maculata) left though. @lizlouise.bsky.social @ukorchids.bsky.social
Visited Stotfold, Beds Green-flowered Helleborines only to find whole colony (and significant area of woodland floor) in the process of being trashed by dumping of waste soil from a nearby development. Work now stopped til Mon when I'll have to try to speak with council... @ukorchids.bsky.social
#stillflowering and quite magnificent - dark red helleborines at Bishop Middleham quarry for @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @ukorchids.bsky.social
Broad-leaved Helleborines, Marsh Cudweed, and Corn Spurrey in South Liverpool this evening. @mbblerc.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social @ukorchids.bsky.social @europeanorchids.bsky.social #Botany #Orchids #UKOrchids
Expectations were,nt high today visiting a local site for Violet Helleborines .Last season I found around a dozen stems with just one and a bit scrawny flower spikes.So I was amazed to find 25 spikes in good flower,remarkable having been so dry. #plants #wildflowers @ukorchids.bsky.social
Orchid season may be drawing to a close, but there are still a few Broad-leaved Helleborines (Epipactis helleborine) to be found in scrubby corners locally. The variation in their flowers never ceases to surprise me! #wildflowers
Spectacular hybrid orchids on Tiree today (perhaps Frog x Common-spotted Orchid (?) - although the leaves are unspotted) - we see more hybrids here in good orchid summers (like this one) @ukorchids.bsky.social
A day of orchid indulgence, and four Epipactis species. Narrow-lipped Helleborine Epipactis leptochila to start, at a well-known Surrey beechwood. Mostly frazzled, but a few looking reasonably fresh. @bsbibotany.bsky.social @ukorchids.bsky.social
Broad-leaved Helleborine Epipactis helleborine in a grassy arable margin near Winchester, Hampshire today. @bsbibotany.bsky.social @ukorchids.bsky.social
Green-flowered Helleborine Epipactis phyllanthes on a verge nr Bordon, Hampshire. A good number found. The flowers on these may not actually open but I may pop back in a week or two. @bsbibotany.bsky.social @ukorchids.bsky.social
Violet Helleborine Epipactis purpurata, Four Marks, Hampshire. This lovely orchid pops up along verges around the village. One lucky person has over a dozen in their front garden. @bsbibotany.bsky.social @ukorchids.bsky.social
Green-flowered Helleborines on Cannock Chase this afternoon. Out of 68 flower-spikes of various sizes we could only find one flower that had decided to open (and near-imperceptibly at that) @ukorchids.bsky.social
On the way home from Scotland stopped of at Aviemore. Didn’t find what I was looking for but did find 100+ Creepling Lady’s-tresses growing on a roadside verge #ukorchids #wildflowerhour @ukorchids.bsky.social @bsbiscotland.bsky.social @europeanorchids.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
A rather late Early Marsh Orchid, (Dactylorhiza incarnata) 3rd July Sandscale Haws, Cumbria. Just this one. @cumbriawildlife.bsky.social @ukorchids.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Down in S/W Devon seeing my brother, Tony. En-route i had a fleeting visit to a fabulous beach wood in Gloucestershire. Thanks to a top bloke(DD), i managed to see my last uk Helliborine, Narrow-lipped.❤️ #orchids @ukorchids.bsky.social
