Annual and perennial #sunflowers. Bit of a struggle with the lack of water but still looking lovely. #flowers #bloomscrolling

First flowers on one of my Crinum x powellii. Gorgeous pink. #amaryllid #bloomscrolling #flowers

Second harvest of courgettes this year, doing well. Loving all the different varieties too. #allotment #harvests #growyourown

Busy with work and almost missed it, didn’t think it would flower this year. An astonishing spicy scent too. Ismene ‘Sulphur Queen’ #flowers #hymenocallis #bulbs #bloomscrolling

Look at this #ragwort teeming with #cinnabar moth caterpillars! #nature #bloomscrolling

The gloriously superb Gloriosa superba, aka the flame #lily amongst others! Soaring high #bloomscrolling #flowers

Scadoxus multiflorus doing its thing! Bit late this year. #flowers #bloomscrolling #amaryllids

New one for me this year, Weldenia candida just flowering, very cute Commelinaceae #flowers #spring #bloomscrolling

The size and scent of this tree #peony ‘Oukan’ - wow #flowers #bloomscrolling

Juanulloa mexicana putting on its first #flower of the year! #Solanaceae #bloomscrolling

I got hit by some rather sudden and extreme financial hardship so if anyone is in need of remote wetlab contract research, strictly BSL1, do let me know. Currently scrambling for gigs. Plant, Bacterial, Archaeal Non-model Bioeng Custom Lab Hardware Turn Key Genetic Design Please repost for reach 💚

Just look at these croziers ready to unfurl! 😍 #ferns #fernfriday #plants

#Clematis montana doing its thing #flowers #bloomscrolling

Some lovely late #Narcissus, hopefully pushing into May! #flowers #bloomscrolling

Erythronium are the best (if only fleeting) flowers in spring #flowers #spring #bloomscrolling

Happy Easter everyone! Here are some spring flowers to bring cheer. #flowers #bloomscrolling

Oh look it’s me🤪 and Canarina canariensis, the endemic bellflower of the Canary Islands #flowers #bellflower #tenerife

Wonderful giant Sonchus hierrensis flowering on La Gomera #flowers #dandelion

Scilla bifolia and Scilla mischtschenkoana making an appearance. #spring #flowers

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Wonderful #daffodils at Russell Square today. Spring is finally arriving in London.

Happy Sunday everyone! Glorious sunshine and spring flowers are out in force. #flowers #daffodils #tulips

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Spring has sprung finally! #crocus #daffodils #flowers

Hippeastrum ‘Susan’ just opening, lovely pale pink #flowers #amaryllis

One of only a few plants I have from my late mum. Really need this splash of yellow with the current weather. #flowers #spring #Kalanchoe

Phalaenopsis ‘Mini Mark’ flowering again (well, another plant of it). Absolutely love this unique marking. #orchids #flowers

This one dropped its buds before Christmas but now it’s trying again finally. Phalaenopsis ‘Stone Dance Flava’ stunning yellow. #orchids #phalaenopsis #flowers

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Have a good weekend everyone! #orchids #flower

Hippeastrum ‘Akiko’ and H. ‘Yellow Star’ flowering. The yellow really isn’t too bad. #flowers #amaryllis

Hippeastrum papilio decided to join the party! #flowers #amaryllis

Some small gesneriads flowering #Streptocarpus #Deinostigma #flowers

Hippeastrum ‘Bogota’ decided to join the party! #amaryllis #flowers

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Hippeastrum ‘Red Lion’ just blooming. Quite a classic red. #flowers #amaryllis

First signs of #spring! Every year I worry about this rare campanulid beauty as it starts so early and often gets a good frosting. Usually it amazes. #flowers

🚨JOB ALERT🚨 Seeking 4 Postdocs & 1 PhD to join €10 million multi-institution ERC Research #RESYDE project. Help unravel the complex processes of symmetry breaking in plant development using flowers as a model system. ℹ️ www2.hu-berlin.de/resyde/ Please share! #plantscijobs #PlantScience

Phalaenopsis ‘Mini Mark’ - quite elusive, flowering again for me but only two flowers. Such a beautiful colour combo though and spots! #flowers #orchids

#Phalaenopsis schilleriana blooming. Initially skeptical but it now has a strong wonderful scent! To me, like peony. Very pretty too (including the foliage!) #orchids #flowers

Hippeastrum season continues! Very happy with the colour of this one just opening, H. ‘Baton Rouge’ #amaryllis #amaryllid

Happy New Year to all, from this set of orchids, some of them just bursting into bloom today. It’s a difficult and reflective time for many but here’s to 2025, and wishing everyone balance and wellbeing for the new year. #orchids #flowers #nye #newyear

The 2025 #NewYearPlantHunt is now officially underway! All the resources needed to take part are here: bsbi.org/new-year-pla... Hoping the weather is kind to 1000s of intrepid botanists heading out over the next 4 days to record wild & naturalised plants blooming in midwinter. Good luck everyone!

The first daffodils of the season are opening! A nice Christmas present from Narcissus ‘Rijnveld’s Early Sensation’ #flowers #bulbs #daffodil #narcissus

Merry Christmas to all, and hope you can take some rest over the festive period. #christmas #flowers #amaryllis

PhD project on Nicotiana phylogenomics / population genomics, funded through the NERC @treesdla.bsky.social now up: www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/dri... Amazing group of plants! Pls repost, anyone interested do ask me any Qs!

Just remembered to register for this. HE is important, but pleased to see that plant education outside of HE is on the programme too.

This orchid is almost black, the colour is so dark. Phalaenopsis ‘Chiada Stacey’ #orchids #flowers

Just noticed this! So exciting. First time Urceolina amazonica is flowering for me. #amaryllids #buds #flowers

I have a fully funded PhD project with @juliakoricheva.bsky.social on effects of forest diversity on floral rewards for pollinators with field work in Finland. What’s not to like! Please reskeet!