Wild Orchids UK & IE
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British and Irish orchids, with occasional orchid posts from other areas.
Run by Sean Cole
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Magpie Inkcap, Clustered Bellflower & White Helleborine during a works day out in the Chilterns yesterday. #Botany #UKOrchids #wildflowers #orchids #fungi #Chilterns #Autumn #fungifriday
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November 5, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Magpie Inkcap, Clustered Bellflower & White Helleborine during a works day out in the Chilterns yesterday. #Botany #UKOrchids #wildflowers #orchids #fungi #Chilterns #Autumn #fungifriday
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Autumn lady's tresses still in flower in the New Forest 😳🤩
October 26, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Autumn lady's tresses still in flower in the New Forest 😳🤩
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Pyramidal Orchid up on the front lawn, partially covered by the Ivy Bee excavations.
Sawston, Cambs.
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Sawston, Cambs.
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October 12, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Pyramidal Orchid up on the front lawn, partially covered by the Ivy Bee excavations.
Sawston, Cambs.
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Sawston, Cambs.
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The Bee Orchids are up on the front lawn/meadow. The Ivy Bee colony is also appreciating the short-cropped grass. No sign of the Pyramidal Orchids yet.
Sawston, Cambs.
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Sawston, Cambs.
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October 5, 2025 at 11:06 AM
The Bee Orchids are up on the front lawn/meadow. The Ivy Bee colony is also appreciating the short-cropped grass. No sign of the Pyramidal Orchids yet.
Sawston, Cambs.
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Sawston, Cambs.
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Bee and Lizard orchid rosettes in our local (Cambs.) country park, getting ready for Winter. I hope there's a little more rain for them next year... 🤞🏻
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September 19, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Bee and Lizard orchid rosettes in our local (Cambs.) country park, getting ready for Winter. I hope there's a little more rain for them next year... 🤞🏻
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Fresh Autumn lady's-tresses (Spiranthes spiralis) appearing at Dawlish Warren following the recent rain 😃 @ukorchids.bsky.social
September 5, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Fresh Autumn lady's-tresses (Spiranthes spiralis) appearing at Dawlish Warren following the recent rain 😃 @ukorchids.bsky.social
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Today’s highlight? when #Volunteers found a previously unrecorded location for Broad-leaved helleborine (Epipactis helleborine) on site #orchids #wildflowers #BuchanCountryPark #WestSussex How these plants have gone unnoticed to date is beyond me? @bsbibotany.bsky.social @ukorchids.bsky.social
September 4, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Today’s highlight? when #Volunteers found a previously unrecorded location for Broad-leaved helleborine (Epipactis helleborine) on site #orchids #wildflowers #BuchanCountryPark #WestSussex How these plants have gone unnoticed to date is beyond me? @bsbibotany.bsky.social @ukorchids.bsky.social
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A misty and magical sunrise in the New Forest 25.08.25. Perfect to see the main flush of Autumn Lady's-tresses (Spiranthes spiralis). Literally tens of thousands of spikes pushing through the parched turf. @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social #orchid
August 25, 2025 at 3:05 PM
A misty and magical sunrise in the New Forest 25.08.25. Perfect to see the main flush of Autumn Lady's-tresses (Spiranthes spiralis). Literally tens of thousands of spikes pushing through the parched turf. @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social #orchid
Well, the orchid shop will shortly be closing for the winter, with the Autumn lady's tresses in bloom.
It's been a busy season, collecting new photos for a book we will be publishing next spring. More news to follow soon!
It's been a busy season, collecting new photos for a book we will be publishing next spring. More news to follow soon!
August 25, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Well, the orchid shop will shortly be closing for the winter, with the Autumn lady's tresses in bloom.
It's been a busy season, collecting new photos for a book we will be publishing next spring. More news to follow soon!
It's been a busy season, collecting new photos for a book we will be publishing next spring. More news to follow soon!
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We just published a new issue of #BritishandIrishBotany, our Open Access online journal.
7 papers for you to enjoy inc Lady's-slipper orchid reintroductions; variation in Restharrows; a new Comfrey hybrid for UK; montane plants; sea-grapes new to Europe!
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7 papers for you to enjoy inc Lady's-slipper orchid reintroductions; variation in Restharrows; a new Comfrey hybrid for UK; montane plants; sea-grapes new to Europe!
bsbipublicity.blogspot.com/2025/08/brit...
August 14, 2025 at 9:06 PM
We just published a new issue of #BritishandIrishBotany, our Open Access online journal.
7 papers for you to enjoy inc Lady's-slipper orchid reintroductions; variation in Restharrows; a new Comfrey hybrid for UK; montane plants; sea-grapes new to Europe!
bsbipublicity.blogspot.com/2025/08/brit...
7 papers for you to enjoy inc Lady's-slipper orchid reintroductions; variation in Restharrows; a new Comfrey hybrid for UK; montane plants; sea-grapes new to Europe!
bsbipublicity.blogspot.com/2025/08/brit...
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A foray to the New Forest to just catch Bog orchid, past their best, Spiranthes (in short supply in our area) & not numerous here plus some splendid Marsh Gentians @ukorchids.bsky.social (never seen it so dry)
August 20, 2025 at 6:45 PM
A foray to the New Forest to just catch Bog orchid, past their best, Spiranthes (in short supply in our area) & not numerous here plus some splendid Marsh Gentians @ukorchids.bsky.social (never seen it so dry)
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And finally.........last #Orchids of the year(for me at least ) ! Autumn Ladies Tresses ,around twenty spikes in two areas about a mile apart, at #Dungeness ,amazed that they made it through the bone hard ground @ukorchids.bsky.social
August 19, 2025 at 6:48 PM
And finally.........last #Orchids of the year(for me at least ) ! Autumn Ladies Tresses ,around twenty spikes in two areas about a mile apart, at #Dungeness ,amazed that they made it through the bone hard ground @ukorchids.bsky.social
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I'd say it is a pretty normal year for Autumn Lady's-tresses (Spiranthes spiralis) at Dawlish Warren NNR. Lots in full flower, many coming through and more to come 😃 19-8-2025. @warrenbirding.bsky.social @ukorchids.bsky.social @rogercharding.bsky.social
August 19, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I'd say it is a pretty normal year for Autumn Lady's-tresses (Spiranthes spiralis) at Dawlish Warren NNR. Lots in full flower, many coming through and more to come 😃 19-8-2025. @warrenbirding.bsky.social @ukorchids.bsky.social @rogercharding.bsky.social
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I found some Beds. Autumn Lady's Tresses yesterday for #WildflowerHour.
It's a happy and sad occasion...
I love seeing them - they're stunning - but it also marks the end of the UK orchid season!
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It's a happy and sad occasion...
I love seeing them - they're stunning - but it also marks the end of the UK orchid season!
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social
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August 17, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I found some Beds. Autumn Lady's Tresses yesterday for #WildflowerHour.
It's a happy and sad occasion...
I love seeing them - they're stunning - but it also marks the end of the UK orchid season!
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@ukorchids.bsky.social
It's a happy and sad occasion...
I love seeing them - they're stunning - but it also marks the end of the UK orchid season!
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@ukorchids.bsky.social
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Autumn Lady's-Tresses (Spiranthes spiralis) struggling to put on a show in N. Wilts. as the last of out native orchids to bloom. Most plants are significantly smaller than usual, presumably due to the prolonged dry spell. @ukorchids.bsky.social @europeanorchids.bsky.social
August 17, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Autumn Lady's-Tresses (Spiranthes spiralis) struggling to put on a show in N. Wilts. as the last of out native orchids to bloom. Most plants are significantly smaller than usual, presumably due to the prolonged dry spell. @ukorchids.bsky.social @europeanorchids.bsky.social
Autumn Lady's Tresses struggling in the Cotswolds, Laurie Lee country.
August 16, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Autumn Lady's Tresses struggling in the Cotswolds, Laurie Lee country.
Earlier this month I was lucky enough to be taken to a site in Estonia that holds a few Ghost Orchids. I was pleased to find the first of 16 at this site within ten seconds of arrival 😀. Fortuitously, the sun was lighting it up under the tree and I saw it before getting out of the car.
August 15, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Earlier this month I was lucky enough to be taken to a site in Estonia that holds a few Ghost Orchids. I was pleased to find the first of 16 at this site within ten seconds of arrival 😀. Fortuitously, the sun was lighting it up under the tree and I saw it before getting out of the car.
Small Skipper taking a free drink from a Marsh Fragrant Orchid, its proboscis too narrow to pollinate the flowers. Derbyshire, July 2025.
August 15, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Small Skipper taking a free drink from a Marsh Fragrant Orchid, its proboscis too narrow to pollinate the flowers. Derbyshire, July 2025.
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A fabulous day on Braunton Burrows. Target species Spiranthes spiralis - Autumn Ladies Tresses found in several locations including one completely new to me.😁
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August 13, 2025 at 4:43 PM
A fabulous day on Braunton Burrows. Target species Spiranthes spiralis - Autumn Ladies Tresses found in several locations including one completely new to me.😁
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Bookending my first and last UK Orchids of the year in UK from Swifts Hill Gloucestershire this afternoon Autumn - Ladies Tresses, seen in double figures @ukorchids.bsky.social @thenewgalaxy.bsky.social
August 14, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Bookending my first and last UK Orchids of the year in UK from Swifts Hill Gloucestershire this afternoon Autumn - Ladies Tresses, seen in double figures @ukorchids.bsky.social @thenewgalaxy.bsky.social
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The solo Bournemouth Autumn Lady's Tresses (Spiranthes spiralis) now expanding into the classic helter-skelter shape. Bit of pollinia action too - albeit a near miss! 😉 Hopefully the showers yesterday will trigger others in the locale. @bsbibotany.bsky.social #orchid
August 1, 2025 at 3:31 PM
The solo Bournemouth Autumn Lady's Tresses (Spiranthes spiralis) now expanding into the classic helter-skelter shape. Bit of pollinia action too - albeit a near miss! 😉 Hopefully the showers yesterday will trigger others in the locale. @bsbibotany.bsky.social #orchid
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A great year for Spiranthes spiralis Autumn lady's-tresses in Maharees, Co Kerry.
August 6, 2025 at 8:54 PM
A great year for Spiranthes spiralis Autumn lady's-tresses in Maharees, Co Kerry.
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Autumn Lady's tresses today in West Yorkshire. Very low numbers as expected after this year's drought. @ukorchids.bsky.social
August 6, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Autumn Lady's tresses today in West Yorkshire. Very low numbers as expected after this year's drought. @ukorchids.bsky.social
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Ah, that bittersweet moment, heralding the end of another orchid summer. My first Autumn Lady’s Tresses. Kenfig 5/8/25 #orchid @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
August 5, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Ah, that bittersweet moment, heralding the end of another orchid summer. My first Autumn Lady’s Tresses. Kenfig 5/8/25 #orchid @wildflowerhour.bsky.social