Wild Orchids UK & Ireland
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UK/IE Orchid reports especially rare & unusual species & hybrids. Sometimes non UK species. Please include (approximate) location & date with your sightings.
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27-06-2015 16:03:11
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Dodging heavy showers and extreme windy conditions this morning ,managed an hour at an Early Purple Orc; site near Tenterden . Now close to peak (at this site )
3 'Pinks' and 3 'Alba ' individuals (and everything in-between ) .....A fine display amongst the Bluebells. Wild Orchids UK & Ireland
To mark the day I saw a early purple orchid one flower partially open so I'm claiming it, boxer woods Croydon Wild Orchids UK & Ireland #NationalOrchidDay Surrey Botanical Society Explore Surrey's Countryside Your Croydon
Went to check on the “Early Pink” in a local wood and it was an even paler Orchis mascula. Wild Orchids UK & Ireland BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland
My UK orchid season finally begins!
Green-Winged / Veined orchids coming into bloom near St. Ives, Cambs. I'm still searching for Early Spider orchids in the area... 🙂
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#WildFlowerHour
Well, I wasn’t expecting to see this in flower this weekend. Everyone’s favourite Dorset hybrid. #orchid #woodcock #hybrid Britain's Orchids Wild Orchids UK & Ireland
Today on the downs near Crundale I found a few Lady Orchids in bud ,a couple had two or three open florets ...........Won,t be long !
Also found a fair few Common Twayblades almost in flower . Wild Orchids UK & Ireland
First orchids of the year, couple of Orange Tips in Monks Wood and a Holly Blue in the garden. BC Cambs and Essex Wild Orchids UK & Ireland
Stop the car and run along a main road to take photos of Early Purple Orchids. Everyone does that right? Britain's Orchids Wild Orchids UK & Ireland
The Green-winged orchids just starting to flower near Snowshill this morning. Wild Orchids UK & Ireland #wildflowerhour
Early Purple Orchids, primroses, bluebells, dandelion and Lady's Smock in flower on a damp grassy area next to the roadside. Dartmoor National Park. 12.04.2024.
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Went to Cloudwood Leicestershire & Rutland Wildlife Trust to look for early purple orchids today. Wasn't disappointed! Not many out but enough to satisfy the craving.
April 12th, 2024. Oxfordshir.
Cephalanthera damasonium, White Helleborines, starting to flower. I know I shouldn't be surprised, but still wasn't expecting to find them just yet.
BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland Chilterns National Landscape Hardy Orchid Society 🀣 Wild Orchids UK & Ireland.
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