White Heleborines, Cephalanthera damasonium, East Dorset.

Early Marsh Orchids, Dactylorhiza incanata subsp. pulchella, on the Purbecks last week.

Bog Pondweed, Potamogeton polygonifolius, and Pillwort, Pilularia globulifera #wildflowerhour

Ragged Robin, Silene flos-cuculi, on the Purbecks today #wildflowerhour

Common Milkwort, Polygala vulgaris, on the Downs #wildflowerhour

Star Sedge, Carex echinata #wildflowerhour

Common Spotted Orchid, Dactylorhiza fuchsii, on the Downs this morning. #wildflowerhour

The tiniest flower I photographed this week, Blinks, Montia fontana, on a heath in the Purbecks this morning #tinyplants #wildflowerhour

Lesser Water Plantain, Baldelia rununculoides, one of my favourite plants, on the Purbecks this week #wildflowerhour

One of 54 White Heleborines, Cephalanthera damasonium, I counted flowering along a roadside in Dorset this week #wildflowerhour

Field Fleawort, Tephroseris integrifolia subsp. integrifolia, on the Downs on Friday #wildflowerhour

Petty Whin, Genista anglica, on the Purbecks today #wildflowerhour

Heath Spotted Orchid, Dactylorhiza maculata, on a heath yesterday #wildflowerhour

A teeny Burnt Orchid, Neotinea ustulata, on the Downs on Friday #tinyplants #wildflowerhour

A tiny Early Gentian, Gentianella anglica, on the Downs #tinyplants #wildflowerhour

Bird's-foot, Ornithopus perpusillus, on a Purbeck heath this week #tinyplants #wildflowerhour

Sand Spurrey, Spergularia rubra, on the heath this morning #tinyplants #wildflowerhour

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Burnt Orchid, Neotinea ustulata, just over the border in Hampshire, yesterday.

Grizzled Skipper on Ribwort Plantain, in local wood pasture.

Salad Burnet, Poterium sanguisorba #wildflowerhour

Solomon's Seal, Polygonatum multiflorum, in an ancient woodland in north Dorset #wildflowerhour

Cleavers, Gallium aperine #wildflowerhour

Red Clover, Trifolium pratense #wildflowerhour #carrotsandpeas

There is one ant hill in the ancient wood pasture down the lane, upon which all the Germander Speedwells have always been almost white. #wildflowerhour

One of many White Heleborines, Cephalanthera damasonium, that I met this morning #wildflowerhour

Four-leaved Allseed, Polycarpon tetraphyllum, at the coast #wildflowerhour

Green-winged Orchid, Anacamptis morio, on the local downs this week #wildflowerhour

Bush Vetch, Vicia sepium, in the woods this week #carrotsandpeas #wildflowerhour

Coral Necklace, Illecebrum verticilliatum, starting to flower on the Purbecks this week #wildflowerhour

Dwarf Mouse-ear, Cerastium pumilum, at Studland on Friday #wildflowerhour

Bird's-foot Clover, Trifolium ornithopodiodes, on the heath this week #wildflowerhour #carrotsandpeas

Pignut, Conopodium majus, in ancient wood pasture this week #wildflowerhour #carrotsandpeas

Sanicle, Sanicula europaea, in the woods this week #carrotsandpeas #wildflowerhour

Bitter Vetch, Lathyrus linifolius, in the woods this week #carrotsandpeas #wildflowerhour

Common Vetch, Vicia sativa on the heath #carrotsandpeas #wildflowerhour

Bird's-foot, Ornithopus perpusillus, on Stoborough Heath #carrotsandpeas #wildflowerhour

A Common Blue butterfly I met this afternoon.

A Large Red Damselfly, at Arne this afternoon.

A Green-winged Orchid, Anacamptis morio, I met on the downs just outside the village, at lunch time.

Bulbous Buttercups in a local ancient wood pasture.

I couldn't make #wildflowerhour last night, so better late than never, here's a few plants from an arable field margin on the IoW from a survey this week: Field Forget-me-not, Bugloss, Field Pansies, Red Campion, Dove's-foot Geranium & Crosswort.

Lift off for Marsh fritillary in north Dorset. Seen on several sites in the Blackmoor Vale today. @dorsetbutterflies.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social

Meadow, Creeping, Bulbous, Goldilocks, Celery-leaved? Do you know your buttercups? That is the challenge this week from Wild Flower Hour! Post your pics for #Wildflowerhour this Sunday 8-9pm using the hashtag #buttercupchallenge!

The village woods this week.

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An Orange Tip I met on a walk near Wareham yesterday

Wood Millet, Milium effusum, in the village woods #wildflowerhour

Butcher's Broom, Ruscus aculeatus, at Wareham today #wildflowerhour

Another Green-winged Orchid, Anacamptis morio, because I don't think you can have too many #wildflowerhour