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

Something of a Dactylorhiza day in the New Forest 27.05.26. D.pratermissa, maculata, x hallii and incarnata ssp. pulchella all getting going! @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @ukorchids.bsky.social @withylake.bsky.social

Pre-tour recce for @greenwingstours.bsky.social Emerald Isle trip. Looking forward to welcoming guests tomorrow 👍 plenty of Early Purple in a beautiful setting, plus a few new friends made 😂

Military #Orchid (Orchis militaris) & hybrids between it and Lady Orchid (Orchis purpurea) known as Orchis x hybrida. Just 1 of the endless treasures found during our ongoing Sibillini & Abruzzo tour in the Apennines of Italy right now!

Couple of uncommon beauties from the New Forest 17.05.26. Bastard Balm (Mellitis mellisophyllum) and Marsh Cinquefoil (Comarum palustre). @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Parsonage Down - "Nil Points"; Martin Down - "Tres" - Burnt-tip orchids 😃 16/5/2026 @orchidvinny.bsky.social @lizlouise.bsky.social @stevieparsons.bsky.social

Duke of Burgundy (Hamearis lucina) 16.05.26 in southern Wiltshire. Unexpected encounter with this scarce species - lady luck smiled and I was able to capture my best ever image of this lovely little insect. #ukbutterflies

Tour de Dorset, 4/5/2026. White helleborine, Bird's-nest orchid, Green-winged orchids, Fly orchids, Southern marsh-orchids, Greater butterfly-orchids and a fish supper 😃😋 @ukorchids.bsky.social @orchidvinny.bsky.social

Heath-spotted orchids (Dactylorhiza maculata) also in flower today 3/5/2026, East Devon Pebblebeds. @orchidvinny.bsky.social @ukorchids.bsky.social

Bee orchids (Ophrys apifera) flowering in Exeter today, 3/5/2026, a good 10 days earlier than last year 😱 @ukorchids.bsky.social @orchidvinny.bsky.social

Six lovely white Early-purple orchids (Orchis mascula) in a small population (~100 plants) on a road verge North of Exeter this evening 29/4/2026. Another white one close by! @rogercharding.bsky.social @orchidvinny.bsky.social @ukorchids.bsky.social

A hyperchromatic hybrid - Anacamptis x kallithea Parents are Anacamptis fragrans x Anacamptis sancta. #RhodesOrchidOdyssey #Greenwings #Orchids

Six of the best - Green-winged Orchid (Anacamptis morio) variations from Barrington Hill Meadows 25.04.26 @bsbibotany.bsky.social @ukorchids.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @withylake.bsky.social #orchid

Some of the truly wonderful Ophrys fuciflora group of orchids from Sicily last week 18-24/4/2026 💛💜🩷🇮🇹 @orchidvinny.bsky.social @ukorchids.bsky.social

Anacamptis morio (Green-winged Orchid) - a beautiful hypochromic plant from East Somerset 25.04.26. #orchid @withylake.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social @ukorchids.bsky.social @greenwingstours.bsky.social

Wow! How time flies. Can hardly believe it's 4 years since I met Andy Rogers @withylake.bsky.social Many great orchid related adventures since - and I hope plenty more to come 🙂

The beautiful Crimson Speckled (Utetheisa pulchella) - a day flying moth. Crete 30.06.26. #moths #crete

Anacamptis coriophora ssp. fragrans a.k.a. Bug Orchid. Near Heraklion, Crete 20.04.26. #orchid

Early Purple Orchids Orchis mascula. Nr Sparsholt, Hampshire today. @bsbibotany.bsky.social #wildflowerhour @ukorchids.bsky.social

No need for AI when nature can do this! A totally joyful Ophrys cretica seen near Heraklion 20.04.26. #orchid #ophrys @withylake.bsky.social

Some fine examples of the colour range to be found in Orchis quadripunctata. Great time with @rogercharding.bsky.social at Rethymno prefecture, Crete, 19.04.26. #orchid #orchis @withylake.bsky.social

13-spike cluster of Pink Butterfly Orchid (Anacamptis papilionacea) in Crete 16.04.26.

A freshly emerged Swallowtail Butterfly in Crete 17.04.26.

A small but exceptional Naked Man Orchid (Orchis italica). Saw this hyperchromic stunner in central southern Crete 12.04.26 #orchid #orchis

My adventures in Crete are definitely turning into an epic. Today I found the Cyclops! OK, so it's an interesting variant of Ophrys heldreichii, but please allow me a little poetic licence 😉 #orchid

Found an attractive green form of Serepias orientalis in eastern Crete today (12.04.26). Special bonus invertebrate on the plant - in the form of a Dwarf Mantis! #orchid @withylake.bsky.social

Leontice leontopetalum - a herbaceous member of the Berberis family. In Crete, at lower altitudes it blooms in February. At an altitude of around 1150m, I found a few in flower on 10.04.26.

Iris tuberosa in Crete 10.04.26. Saw many thousands - and this one with distinctive golden colouration was a stand out!

Poppy Anemone (Anemone coronaria) at an altitude of around 1300m in Crete. 10.04.26.

Anacamptis collina may look a little dull from a distance. However, when you get in close and the sun is shining - then it's an absolute dazzler! Prina, Crete, 09.04.26. @withylake.bsky.social #orchid

A tiny and exquisite orchid - so happy to find Ophrys omegaifera ssp. fleischmannii near Thripti in Crete. 08.04.26. #ophrys #orchid

A magnificent clump of Arum creticum, at around 1000m altitude. Thripti, Crete, 08.04.26. Thrilled to tick it off my wishlist in such spectacular fashion! 😄

Red on the Med. Poppy species glowing in the late sun, eastern Crete, 07.04.26

Ruta chalepensis showing off its frizzy bits nicely in the evening sun. Eastern Crete 07.04.26.

Amongst the thousands of lovely Early Spider orchids (Ophrys sphegodes) today, 6/4/2026, on the Purbecks, Dorset, a couple with coloured and furry petals/sepals 😃 @orchidvinny.bsky.social @ukorchids.bsky.social

So many Early Spider orchids (Ophrys sphegodes) on the Purbecks today. 1 with unusual colouring on sepals, one with coloured petals. 5/4/2026 @orchidvinny.bsky.social @ukorchids.bsky.social

Lovely to see so many orchids at Dancing Ledge area today #orchids #dorset #wildflowerhour

Sideritis romana, Orobanche sanguinea, and a forest of Yellow Bartsia Parentucellia viscosa. Vendicari, Sicily.

Early purple orchids (Orchis mascula) are flowering at last near Exeter 😃 2/4/2026 @ukorchids.bsky.social @orchidvinny.bsky.social

Morning Auduoin's Gulls Ichthyaetus audouinii on the beach. Marina di Modica, Sicily. Surely one of the most attractive birds in Europe.

I was surprised how advanced these Green-winged Orchids (Anacamptis morio) were in Dorset today. Looking glorious on a sunny day 2/4/26 #orchid #wildflower #dorset

Early Spider Orchid (Ophrys sphegodes) in Dorset 02.04.26. @withylake.bsky.social @ukorchids.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Lovely variation in Ophrys sphegodes (all subsp. atrata apparently) in a 30m stretch of roadside verge near Plomin, Istria, Croatia. 28/3/2026. 💜🇭🇷

Bastard’s Ramping-fumitory, Fumaria bastardii, in peak bloom on my allotment, Ryde, Isle of Wight. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Ground-pine Ajuga chamaepitys. Always a favourite. Syracuse. Sicily today.

Anacamptis longicornu is a very common species here on Sicily. It's closely related to our familiar Green-winged Orchid A. morio and considered a subspecies by some. A wonderful plant. @europeanorchids.bsky.social

Pink Butterfly Orchid Anacamptis papilionacea. Just a few examples seen on Monte Lauro, Sicily today but managing to glow in the rain nonetheless. @europeanorchids.bsky.social

Some may consider this one a bit boring, but I’m fond of them. Ophrys bombyliflora - Bumblebee Orchid 🐝 #RhodesOrchidOdyssey

Ophrys reinholdii #RhodesOrchidOdyssey #orchids

Bit nippy on the Istrian peninsula today but managed to find some early flowering orchids ... Serapias lingua (a tick for me 😃), Ophrys bombyliflora and Anacamptis morio. Amazing place 💜🇭🇷