Just a few of the thousands of Pyramidal Orchids just outside Weymouth this morning.
Amazing spectacle.
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Social media isn't all bad.
Andy @withylake.bsky.social sent me a screenshot from FB about bee orchids in my home town.
I loaded FB and Messanger and contacted the guy.
I now have new bee site 400m from home, and new orchid chum less than 100m from home .
Also available in Purple.
Pyramidal Orchid Weymouth
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Great Burnet (Sanguisorba officinalis), an amazing flower, and loved by the pollinators too ! #wildflowers #hoverfly
Postcard from the field from tour leader János Oláh, presently with our group in super Serbia:
Brilliant butterflies came thick and fast today, a massive highlight being this velvety, iridescent, fresh male Poplar Admiral (Limenitis populi) of the dark tremulae form.
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Marsh Helleborine (Epipactis palustris) near Seaton yesterday @withylake.bsky.social @ukorchids.bsky.social
Braunton Burrows is not just orchids of course.
The incredibly rare and hard to find Water Germander.
Delightful Adder's Tongue Fern.
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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
There’s orchids; and then there are the vanishingly rare Water Germander, the Sand pansy and Sand toadflax. A few treasures to be discovered on Braunton Burrows. Thanks Roger Harding and Mary Breed for taking us hunting
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Phew, its been a busy week botanising and orchiding. Here are some of the finds for #WildflowerHour:
Ophrys x albertini
