#WildflowerHour #OrchidChallenge I'm early for this Sunday's WildFlower Hour, but 5 weeks ago a local verge had been strimmed to death. Just look at these glorious survivors. @thenewgalaxy.bsky.social @dunnjons.bsky.social @stevieparsons.bsky.social @withylake.bsky.social @lizlouise.bsky.social

Found a field of Common Spotted Orchid flowering while walking Rubes this afternoon 💜 Dactylorhiza fuchsii @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Sword-Leaved Helleborines, cool and elegant in Warwickshire woodland. @ukorchids.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Couple of tiny plants for #WildFlowerHour Bird’s-foot Clover (Trifolium ornithopodioides) & Slender Trefoil (Trifolium micranthum) @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

First Grass Vetchling of the year - one of my favourite wild flowers 🩷🤩 Lathyrus nissolia at Cogden today @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

The wonderful Bee Orchid x Fly Orchid hybrid. Looking gorgeous and fresh in the rain. 16/5/26 #orchid @lizlouise.bsky.social

Stopped off on the way home from work today to see the beautiful White Helleborine at Long Sutton 🤍 @bsbibotany.bsky.social @ukorchids.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Black Bryony (Dioscorea communis) looking much neater than usual 💚 near Langport @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Some of our #wildflowers are so incredibly minuscule they are very easy to miss! This week’s challenge is to get your specs 🤓 on & see if you find any #tinyplants in bloom. Share your finds for #WildflowerHour this Sunday 8-9pm! Happy teeny flower spotting! 🧐🌸🌿

Great morning on Exmoor on Sunday seeing Lesser Twayblade (Neottia cordata) for the 1st time 🤩 @rogercharding.bsky.social @withylake.bsky.social @stevieparsons.bsky.social Also Common Twayblade (Neottia ovata) & Bird’s-nest Orchid (Neottia nidus-avis) at Thurlbear on Saturday

An excellent day with orchiding friends. Lesser Twayblade (Neottia cordata) in bud and in full flower 👌 #orchid @withylake.bsky.social @lizlouise.bsky.social @rogercharding.bsky.social

The elusive and tiny Lesser Twayblade hunted down by a little group of intrepid orchideers on a b****y cold Exmoor hillside. @rogercharding.bsky.social @lizlouise.bsky.social @stevieparsons.bsky.social @withylake.bsky.social

A fun but bloody chilly day out searching for Lesser Twayblade (Neottia cordata) on Exmoor 💥😃. 10/5/2026 @rogercharding.bsky.social @lizlouise.bsky.social @stevieparsons.bsky.social @ukorchids.bsky.social @orchidvinny.bsky.social

Excited to see Pasqueflower for the 1st time - including one in flower. Other firsts are Field Fleawort, Burnt tip Orchid & Chalk Milkwort at Martin Down. Huge thanks to @elainewfc.bsky.social & Pete for showing me these! @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Nice to see a range of colours in Common Comfrey (Symphytum officinale) alongside the river Parrett near Langport today - the usual cream plus pink & ‘peppermint-striped’ @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Few plants found in an arable field - Cut-leaved Dead-nettle, Radish & Common Fumitory, on a lovely sunny Sunday 🌞 @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Always love finding Spring Vetch (Vicia lathyroides) - hundreds in the dunes at Pennard 🩷 @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Yellow Whitlowgrass (Draba aizoides) at Pennard Castle 🏰 @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Lovely morning at Barrington Hill Meadows in Somerset between the showers. @withylake.bsky.social @lizlouise.bsky.social @orchidvinny.bsky.social @ukorchids.bsky.social

The lovely Coralroot (Cardamine bulbifera) & it’s relative Cuckooflower (Cardamine pratensis) in Somerset this evening 🤍 @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Sadly I couldn’t find any Pasqueflower at Martin Down NNR, despite extensive searching! Saw a few other things though - thousands of Hairy Violets, Yew & Spotted Orchid rosettes 💜 @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Green-winged orchids at Barrington Hill meadows today along with Adder’s Tongue Fern & a single beautiful red Cowslip which comes up every year amongst thousands of yellow ones! 💜 @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

The very rare Perfoliate Pennycress (Microthlaspi perfoliatum) at a known site in Somerset this afternoon 💚 @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

I was so lucky to find a solitary Spring gentian in flower on March 27th. County Galway. #wildflowerhour what an exquisite flower.

Went to see the Alpine Pennycress (Noccaea caerulescens) at Priddy today & wasn’t disappointed - stunning plant! 💕 @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

I’ve been to see this rare plant at the Avon Gorge today - Bristol Rock Cress, Arabis scabra 🤍 @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

These were an absolute treat to find today! Successional Ear-pick fungi, Auriscalpium vulgare. #FunkyFungi #FungiFriends #Fungi #Moss #Photography

A few nice walks with Ruby the last couple of days. Saw the very tiny Hutchinsia (Hornungia petraea) for the 1st time & my first Common Whitlowgrass of the year. Plus a Deer Shield mushroom 🍄‍🟫🤍🌿

Look at this amazing cushion my very talented mum has crocheted for me! 🌿🍄✨💜🌸

Intended to have a productive foray but Rubes & I were beaten by the rain & wind & turned back after 30 mins - all I found was a single (but perfect) Humpback Brittlegill (Dorset) #Fungi #Mushrooms

A Forest of Fungi! Autumn in Bushy Park. #fungi #bushypark #renewal #woodlandphotography #nature #photographersunited #Sonyalpha

It´s all about fungi! Arrhenia rickenii #fungifriends #nature #mycology #fungi #photography #macro

The most vibrant Goblet Waxcaps I’ve ever seen, in Dorset 🧡❤️ #Fungi #Mushrooms

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Pink Waxcap (Porpolomopsis calyptriformis) - At least twice the usual number of mushrooms pushing their way up through the dead bracken alongside the wood-rushes 🩷🌿 #Fungi #FungiFriends #Mushrooms

Tiny earpick fungus on a pine cone. #fungifriends #mushroommonday #mycology

Aseroe ruber - Anemone stinkhorn 😳 This specimen is immature, yet to fully burst from its egg sack. #allthingsfungi #weirdfungi #aseroerubra #fungifriends

Since we started doing #NoMowMay in 2020, I’ve been hoping for an orchid to pop up in my lawn. But I’ll take two Pink Waxcap (Porpolomopsis calyptriformis)! AKA Ballerina Waxcap… of course they are 🩰 #MushroomMonday #fungi #mushroom

Birch Bolete 🍄‍🟫 at Powerstock Nature Reserve in Dorset #Fungi #Mushrooms

Ecstatic to find a small colony of Pipe Club - apparently common but first time I’ve spotted it 🤩✨🍂 #Fungi

A pair of Bovine Bolete (Suillus bovinus) in a stand of Pine & Beech 🌲🌳🍂 #Fungi #Mushrooms

A nibbled Birch Bolete in the Blackdowns (Leccinum) 🍄‍🟫🍂✨ #Mushrooms #Fungi

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Crab Brittlegill, Birch Brittlegill, Chestnut Bolete & Bloody Brittlegill from Wareham Forest 🍄‍🟫❤️🍂 #Mushrooms #Fungi #MushroomMonday

Primrose Brittlegill (Russula sardonia) seen near Wareham Forest last week 🩷 #MushroomMonday #Fungi #Mushrooms

It really is the season of purple shrooms. Violet webcap (Cortinarius violaceus). #fungifriends

Yellow Swamp Brittlegill (Russula clarofava) in a wet birch woodland near Wareham this morning 💛 #Fungi #Mushrooms

I don’t see many Fly Agaric in the Blackdowns so it’s always nice to find one 🍄😍🍄 #Fungi #Mushrooms

Nice to find Blue Band Brittlegill - Russula chloroides, showing the distinctive turquoise ring at the top of the stem #Fungi #Mushrooms

They seem to have slowed now but this has definitely been an excellent year for Boletes. I’ve seen many species for the first time this year, including Devil’s Bolete, Bilious Bolete, Inkstain Bolete, Oak Bolete, a white Penny Bun & more! #Fungi #Mushrooms 🍄‍🟫🍄‍🟫🍄‍🟫