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

A few Bee orchids at Exeter Tesco & maybe 100 small but lovely plants on the unmown bank at Pynes. 5/6/2026 @ukorchids.bsky.social

Common spotted-orchids (Dactylorhiza fuschii) on a roadside verge (A380) in Devon. 5/6/2026 @ukorchids.bsky.social

The pure white Southern marsh orchids in Partridge slack have succumbed to the grazers, but some fine very pale SMOs have yet to be eaten elsewhere at Braunton Burrows. 3/6/2026 @lizlouise.bsky.social @ukorchids.bsky.social @rogercharding.bsky.social @orchidvinny.bsky.social

Beautiful Early marsh orchids (var coccinea) alongside even more beautiful rose coloured hybrids with common spotted orchids (D. x kerneriorum) and a splendid D. x grandis. Braunton Burrows, 3/6/2026 😃 @lizlouise.bsky.social @ukorchids.bsky.social @orchidvinny.bsky.social @rogercharding.bsky.social

Over 100 fine Bee orchids on a roadside verge that was dug up for cabling last Winter; + Southern marsh orchids and Pyramidal orchids. Exeter. 2/6/2026

Bee orchids (Ophrys apifera) on the Purbeck coast yesterday 31/5/2026. Sadly no bicolour forma this year, but plenty of others in the less dry spots 🐝😃 @ukorchids.bsky.social @orchidvinny.bsky.social

Despite some major cliff falls over the Winter, managed to find some delighful Fly orchids and Bird's nest orchids at Blue Anchor yesterday 30/5/2026 @lizlouise.bsky.social @ukorchids.bsky.social

Some sepaloid brownish Bee orchids (Ophrys apifera) starting to appear today amongst the ordinary forms in Exeter. 29/5/2026 @ukorchids.bsky.social @orchidvinny.bsky.social

Marsh helleborine flowering alongside Bee orchids, Southern marsh-orchids, Common spotted-orchids and their hybrid Dactylorhiza x grandis in East Devon this evening 28/5/2026 😃 @orchidvinny.bsky.social @ukorchids.bsky.social

Bee orchid numbers are down this year at Dawlish Warren but a good display of Southern marsh orchids in the moister areas 😃 25/5/2026 @ukorchids.bsky.social @warrenbirding.bsky.social

Some Early marsh-orchid hybrids, probably with Common spotted-orchids (Dacylorhiza x wintoni). Somerset levels, 22/5/2026. @ukorchids.bsky.social @orchidvinny.bsky.social

'Lost' 🚗🔑 keys Pt. 2

Many Bee orchids in Exeter today 22/5/2026, some going over already, self-pollinated quickly, due to the recent winds. One pale sepaloid just flowering 😃 @orchidvinny.bsky.social @ukorchids.bsky.social

Pyramidal orchids starting to flower on the A361 verges in Devon 😃 21/5/2026 @orchidvinny.bsky.social @ukorchids.bsky.social

Early marsh orchids (var incarnata), Southern marsh orchids (and spotty hybrids) flowering on the Somerset levels 21/5/2026. Chalk fragrant orchids in very tight bud. 😃 @orchidvinny.bsky.social @ukorchids.bsky.social

Frog orchids flowering on the Somerset levels 🐸 21/5/2026 @orchidvinny.bsky.social @ukorchids.bsky.social

More urban Bee orchids in Poole ...heavily strimmed but early enough that they will flower 😃 19/5/2026 @orchidvinny.bsky.social @ukorchids.bsky.social

A Bee orchid in the wind - Purbecks, Dorset 19/5/2026

A few Bee orchids in flower on the Purbeck coast today 19/5/2026 (incl. a wasp / belgarum type), quite a few in bud. Early spider orchids have all but vanished, a few in seed 😃 @orchidvinny.bsky.social @ukorchids.bsky.social

A pyramidal orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis) just flowering, with some Bee orchids (Ophrys apifera) - A35 roadside verge, Dorset 19/5/2026 😃

Bee orchids (Ophrys apifera) - Purbeck coast, Dorset. 19/5/2026 🐝😃

Early marsh-orchids (Dactylorhiza incarnata subsp. pulchella) and Southern marsh-orchids (Dactylorhiza praetermissa) flowering a year to the day I last visited this undisturbed site in urban Bournemouth 😃 19/5/2026 @orchidvinny.bsky.social @ukorchids.bsky.social

Loose-flowered orchids etc and some things with wings ... excuse the Disphyma crassifolium, non-native and invasive on Jersey, but beautiful 😃🩷🇯🇪 18/5/2026 @ukorchids.bsky.social

Loose-flowered or Jersey orchids (Anacamptis laxiflora) with Heath spotted, Common spotted & Southern marsh-orchids. Le Noir Pre, Jersey 17/5/2026 😃🇯🇪 @ukorchids.bsky.social

Lovely Bee orchids in Poole today 🐝🐝😃17/5/2026 @orchidvinny.bsky.social @ukorchids.bsky.social