Andy Rogers
@withylake.bsky.social
Gran Canaria was super green last week after the recent storms. Plenty of orchids in flower, but tad early for the best O.canariensis blooms. Surprise find, a patch of Ophrys bombyliflora rosettes - the only Ophrys in the Canaries and probably only found on Gran Canaria ... will go back! 💜🌋🇪🇸
February 1, 2026 at 7:59 AM
Gran Canaria was super green last week after the recent storms. Plenty of orchids in flower, but tad early for the best O.canariensis blooms. Surprise find, a patch of Ophrys bombyliflora rosettes - the only Ophrys in the Canaries and probably only found on Gran Canaria ... will go back! 💜🌋🇪🇸
Hi John - any thoughts on what spp this is? ... Gran Canaria this week. @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social
January 31, 2026 at 9:21 AM
Hi John - any thoughts on what spp this is? ... Gran Canaria this week. @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social
El Teide at sunset from Gran Canaria 🧡🌋 Gennaria diphylla by the thousand in the remnants of the laurisilva forest at 500-800m asl. 25/1/2026 🧡🇪🇸 @ukorchids.bsky.social @orchidvinny.bsky.social
January 26, 2026 at 8:51 AM
El Teide at sunset from Gran Canaria 🧡🌋 Gennaria diphylla by the thousand in the remnants of the laurisilva forest at 500-800m asl. 25/1/2026 🧡🇪🇸 @ukorchids.bsky.social @orchidvinny.bsky.social
Orchis canariensis just starting to flower on Gran Canaria today at 950m asl. Habenaria tridactylites a plenty, but going over, and a surprise Monarch butterfly 😃 💜🇪🇸 24/1/2026. @orchidvinny.bsky.social @ukorchids.bsky.social
January 24, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Orchis canariensis just starting to flower on Gran Canaria today at 950m asl. Habenaria tridactylites a plenty, but going over, and a surprise Monarch butterfly 😃 💜🇪🇸 24/1/2026. @orchidvinny.bsky.social @ukorchids.bsky.social
Stunning botany on Tenerife over the last couple of days 🤍🌋
December 31, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Stunning botany on Tenerife over the last couple of days 🤍🌋
Reposted by Andy Rogers
Hi orchid lovers!
Our new book is due to be published in spring 2026!
It will be a large-format, A4 photographic guide to all British & Irish orchids, to complement our field guide, Britain's Orchids.
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Our new book is due to be published in spring 2026!
It will be a large-format, A4 photographic guide to all British & Irish orchids, to complement our field guide, Britain's Orchids.
Please support us if you'd like a copy!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/orc...
December 23, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Hi orchid lovers!
Our new book is due to be published in spring 2026!
It will be a large-format, A4 photographic guide to all British & Irish orchids, to complement our field guide, Britain's Orchids.
Please support us if you'd like a copy!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/orc...
Our new book is due to be published in spring 2026!
It will be a large-format, A4 photographic guide to all British & Irish orchids, to complement our field guide, Britain's Orchids.
Please support us if you'd like a copy!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/orc...
Finally tried out my new camera in Tenerife. 6/12/2025. Himantoglossum metlesicsianium ... OM-D E-M1 Mark II + M.Zuiko 60 mm f/2.8. Camera stacked images. Thanks to ChatGpt for helping with set up 😃
December 9, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Finally tried out my new camera in Tenerife. 6/12/2025. Himantoglossum metlesicsianium ... OM-D E-M1 Mark II + M.Zuiko 60 mm f/2.8. Camera stacked images. Thanks to ChatGpt for helping with set up 😃
The Tenerife Giant Orchid, Himantoglossum metlesicsianium, at 1100m asl. in the Corona Forrestal, Tenerife 😃💜🌋 6-12-2025. Especially for Messrs Cole and Blood ... @ukorchids.bsky.social @orchidvinny.bsky.social
December 7, 2025 at 9:21 PM
The Tenerife Giant Orchid, Himantoglossum metlesicsianium, at 1100m asl. in the Corona Forrestal, Tenerife 😃💜🌋 6-12-2025. Especially for Messrs Cole and Blood ... @ukorchids.bsky.social @orchidvinny.bsky.social
Lots of fresh Habenaria tridactylites at 1050m above Guimar on Tenerife yesterday 4-12-2025; Gennaria diphylla approaching flowering & Neotinea maculata rosettes appearing. Amazing site, somewhat treacherous. 💜🌋
December 5, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Lots of fresh Habenaria tridactylites at 1050m above Guimar on Tenerife yesterday 4-12-2025; Gennaria diphylla approaching flowering & Neotinea maculata rosettes appearing. Amazing site, somewhat treacherous. 💜🌋
El Teide from San Sebastian de La Gomera 💜🌋
December 4, 2025 at 9:38 AM
El Teide from San Sebastian de La Gomera 💜🌋
Habenaria tridactylites flowering in an unreachable spot at 2998ft asl on La Gomera today 😃 @orchidvinny.bsky.social @ukorchids.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Habenaria tridactylites flowering in an unreachable spot at 2998ft asl on La Gomera today 😃 @orchidvinny.bsky.social @ukorchids.bsky.social
A Green-winged orchid rosette (Anacamptis morio) survives on what's left of Dawlish Warren Point after the autumn storms. 8/11/2025
November 9, 2025 at 11:11 AM
A Green-winged orchid rosette (Anacamptis morio) survives on what's left of Dawlish Warren Point after the autumn storms. 8/11/2025
Goodyera macrophylla in the laurissilva forest of NW Madeira. 9/10/2025 😃
October 9, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Goodyera macrophylla in the laurissilva forest of NW Madeira. 9/10/2025 😃
Super happy to find more Goodyera macrophylla today, 9/10/2025, @1000m in the laurissilva forest of NW Madeira 🤍🇵🇹
October 9, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Super happy to find more Goodyera macrophylla today, 9/10/2025, @1000m in the laurissilva forest of NW Madeira 🤍🇵🇹
Lots of Neotinea maculata typically under tree heather (Erica arborea) @1800m on Pico Ruivo, Madeira today 7/10/2025 🤍🇵🇹
October 7, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Lots of Neotinea maculata typically under tree heather (Erica arborea) @1800m on Pico Ruivo, Madeira today 7/10/2025 🤍🇵🇹
Grilled limpets (lapas), probably Patella aspera or
Patella candei to celebrate finding Goodyera macrophylla 😋🤍🇵🇹
Patella candei to celebrate finding Goodyera macrophylla 😋🤍🇵🇹
October 6, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Grilled limpets (lapas), probably Patella aspera or
Patella candei to celebrate finding Goodyera macrophylla 😋🤍🇵🇹
Patella candei to celebrate finding Goodyera macrophylla 😋🤍🇵🇹
Goodyera macrophylla @860m in the Parque Florestal do Fanal, Madeira today, 5/10/2025 🇵🇹 😃
October 5, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Goodyera macrophylla @860m in the Parque Florestal do Fanal, Madeira today, 5/10/2025 🇵🇹 😃
A splendid combo ...Autumn squill (scilla autumnalis) and Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus) at Start Point today 9-9-2025 😃
September 9, 2025 at 7:20 PM
A splendid combo ...Autumn squill (scilla autumnalis) and Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus) at Start Point today 9-9-2025 😃
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
A few Autumn Lady's-tresses on the Dorset Way verges today, 10 days ago there were none. A nice end to Summer 😃 31-8-2025. @ukorchids.bsky.social @orchidvinny.bsky.social
August 31, 2025 at 5:13 PM
A few Autumn Lady's-tresses on the Dorset Way verges today, 10 days ago there were none. A nice end to Summer 😃 31-8-2025. @ukorchids.bsky.social @orchidvinny.bsky.social
How to seat a tubeless gravel tyre (possibly not much interest to the orchid world, but for the benefit of my cycling friends) 😃🚴
August 24, 2025 at 3:51 PM
How to seat a tubeless gravel tyre (possibly not much interest to the orchid world, but for the benefit of my cycling friends) 😃🚴
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
Pretty sure this, past its sell by date, orchid is a Nigritella, maybe even N. lithopolitanica, the Kamik orchid, up at 1665m asl. on Velika Planina, Slovenia today 14-8-2025. Stunning place. Lovely alpine flowers. 💚 🇸🇮
August 14, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Pretty sure this, past its sell by date, orchid is a Nigritella, maybe even N. lithopolitanica, the Kamik orchid, up at 1665m asl. on Velika Planina, Slovenia today 14-8-2025. Stunning place. Lovely alpine flowers. 💚 🇸🇮
Fresh flowering Broad-leaved helleborine (Epipactis helleborine), Herb paris (Paris quadrifolia) in fruit and some delightful Large-flowered hemp-nettle (Galeopsis speciosa) high up (1200m asl) under Beech in Velebit NP, Croatia, today 13-8-2025 💜🇭🇷
August 13, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Fresh flowering Broad-leaved helleborine (Epipactis helleborine), Herb paris (Paris quadrifolia) in fruit and some delightful Large-flowered hemp-nettle (Galeopsis speciosa) high up (1200m asl) under Beech in Velebit NP, Croatia, today 13-8-2025 💜🇭🇷
Violet helleborine (Epipactis purpurata) and the last floret of a Fragrant orchid, around 1100m asl near Crni Vrh in Velebit NP, Croatia today. Lots of orchids found, will be back in the Spring 😃 💜🇭🇷
August 12, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Violet helleborine (Epipactis purpurata) and the last floret of a Fragrant orchid, around 1100m asl near Crni Vrh in Velebit NP, Croatia today. Lots of orchids found, will be back in the Spring 😃 💜🇭🇷