Wasp spider (Argiope bruennichi), Godlingston Heath, Dorset. 2/8/2026
Sundews & other bog species on Dorset heathland yesterday 2/8/2026. Marsh gentian (Gentiana pneumonanthe), all 3 native sundew spp, D.intermedia, D.anglica, D.rotundiflora + the hybrid Drosera x belezeana; & the interloper, the non-native D.binata 😃 @lizlouise.bsky.social @orchidvinny.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
Totally oblivious to everything else yesterday morning, missed an opportunity it seems ... 😥
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
A few Marsh helleborine (Epipactis palustris) still flowering in East Devon tonight, most well into seeding. 21/7/2026 @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
A variety of splendid Helleborines (Epipactis spp) from Slovenia 9-16/7/2026. Lots of pollination activity too. 💜🇸🇮 @pjvanmaaren.bsky.social
Only two fresh Gymnadenia lithopolitanica (The Kamnik orchid) up at ~1900m asl. today on a North facing slope. The many hundreds that were here two weeks ago are all over. Kamnisko sedlo, Slovenia. 13/7/2026 💜🇸🇮 @ukorchids.bsky.social
× Dactylodenia varia, the hybrid between Northern marsh orchid and Heath fragrant orchid. Durness, Scotland. 8/7/2026 💜🏴 @ukorchids.bsky.social
Durness Golf Club - amazing place for orchids !! 💙🏴 @ukorchids.bsky.social
A tri-leaved Lesser Twayblade (Neottia cordata). Tongue, Scotland,8/7/2026.💙🏴
Putative Northern marsh-orchid (Dactylorhiza purpurella) @UpNorth, 4/7/2026 @pjvanmaaren.bsky.social @ukorchids.bsky.social
My final day in Slovenia was insane. A partly treacherous climb up to the Kaminsko sedlo 1864m to find Chamorchis alpina, passing many beautiful orchids and alpine flowers along the way. Joy ...thanks Slovenia 💜🇸🇮 @ukorchids.bsky.social
Bog orchids doing well and starting to flower on Dartmoor, well behind those at low elevation in Dorset. Heath spotted orchids just about reaching their peak. 28/6/2026 @ukorchids.bsky.social @orchidvinny.bsky.social
Epipogium aphyllum, The Ghost orchid 💥 Triglavski NP, Slovenia. 24/6/2026 👻🇸🇮 @ukorchids.bsky.social @orchidvinny.bsky.social
Common spotted orchids (Dactylorhiza fuschii), Slovenian stylee 😃💜🇸🇮 @ukorchids.bsky.social @orchidvinny.bsky.social
Malaxis monophyllos, the one leafed orchid, Triglav National Park, Slovenia, 22/6/2026 💚🇸🇮
The Kamnik vanilla orchid (Gymnadenia lithopolitanica) and its hybrid with Gymnadenia conopsea .... x Gymnigritella perkoana. Both delightfully vanilla scented 😃 Velika planina, Slovenia. 21/6/2026 💗🇸🇮
x Dactylodenia wintoni, the intergeneric hybrid between Southern marsh-orchid (Dactylorhiza praetermissa) and Chalk fragrant orchid (Gymnadenia conopsea). Fragrance the same as a chalk fragrant 😃 Somerset Levels, UK. 19/6/2026. @ukorchids.bsky.social @orchidvinny.bsky.social
Intergeneric hybrid between Southern marsh orchid & Chalk fragrant orchid .... x Dactylodenia wintoni 💥Somerset Levels. 19/6/2026 @ukorchids.bsky.social @orchidvinny.bsky.social
What a meadow! Common spotted orchids, Pyramidal orchids, Common twayblade & somewhere in there some Fly orchids 😃 West Dorset 14/6/2026
Adonis Blue, Small Tortoiseshell and Marbled White, Small Copper. Martin Down NNR.
Three examples of spotty leaved dacts from the slumping East Devon cliffs last weekend. Welcome views on whether these are good for Leopard Marsh vs D. x grandis. @ukorchids.bsky.social @orchidvinny.bsky.social @lizlouise.bsky.social
A lusus Common twayblade (Neottia cordata) with upper petals mimicking the lip. A triplelipoid sort of thing 😃 Dorset 14/6/2026. First found a few years ago by @orchidvinny.bsky.social @ukorchids.bsky.social
Bog orchid (Hammarbya paludosa) in the morning dew - New Forest. 15/6/2026 @ukorchids.bsky.social @orchidvinny.bsky.social
A joy to be able to sniff Marsh fragrant orchids (Gymnadenia densiflora) again, East Devon slumping cliffs, 14/6/2026 @lizlouise.bsky.social @orchidvinny.bsky.social @ukorchids.bsky.social
The last of the sepaloid Bee orchids in Exeter today but a Pyramidal orchid has rocked up (first for this site) and the marbled whites have replaced the painted ladies 😃 @ukorchids.bsky.social @orchidvinny.bsky.social
Heath spotted orchids (Dactylorhiza maculata) on Dartmoor this evening. 9/6/2026 @ukorchids.bsky.social @orchidvinny.bsky.social
Small-white orchid, Pseudorchis albida, with pollinator moth (and pollinia) & nectaring beetle. Mid Wales. 7/6/2026. @ukorchids.bsky.social @orchidvinny.bsky.social @pjvanmaaren.bsky.social @stevieparsons.bsky.social
