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🇬🇧 🏴 Stuart Meeson - physicist, and orchidologist in NE Hampshire, England 🕸️meeson.garden
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#SevenOnSunday Zygopetalum 🤗 (including a Jumping Jack for a certain someone I can’t find on here… @uk-boothby.bsky.social @wolf71758.bsky.social )
December 28, 2025 at 1:07 PM
#SevenOnSunday Zygopetalum 🤗 (including a Jumping Jack for a certain someone I can’t find on here… @uk-boothby.bsky.social @wolf71758.bsky.social )
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Boas Festas 🎄
Happy Christmas 🎄
Happy Christmas 🎄
December 25, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Boas Festas 🎄
Happy Christmas 🎄
Happy Christmas 🎄
Festive looking Pleione Barcena
(P. formosana x P
praecox; I.Butterfield 1982).
A winter flowering hybrid orchid #Orchidaceae
(P. formosana x P
praecox; I.Butterfield 1982).
A winter flowering hybrid orchid #Orchidaceae
December 17, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Festive looking Pleione Barcena
(P. formosana x P
praecox; I.Butterfield 1982).
A winter flowering hybrid orchid #Orchidaceae
(P. formosana x P
praecox; I.Butterfield 1982).
A winter flowering hybrid orchid #Orchidaceae
Masdevallia velifera (Rchb.f 1874) a welcome distraction on a stormy day. This 'Veiled Masdevallia' is native to the cloud forests of 🇨🇴 . For me, the malodorous fragrance is only really discernable when the blooms first open #Orchidaceae
December 9, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Masdevallia velifera (Rchb.f 1874) a welcome distraction on a stormy day. This 'Veiled Masdevallia' is native to the cloud forests of 🇨🇴 . For me, the malodorous fragrance is only really discernable when the blooms first open #Orchidaceae
Large flowered hybrid Restrepia Houlisse (R. guttulata x R. Havre de Rozel), including a close-up of one of the cirri. Scale is included in the cyanotype image of a pressed bloom (20 min. exposure to UV) #Orchidaceae
December 6, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Large flowered hybrid Restrepia Houlisse (R. guttulata x R. Havre de Rozel), including a close-up of one of the cirri. Scale is included in the cyanotype image of a pressed bloom (20 min. exposure to UV) #Orchidaceae
As Christmas trees go up 🌲, there's a different sort of excitement with my Catasetum Elizabeth Wills about to flower for the second time this year. Hopeful of a further beautiful display in my first year growing this genus #Orchidaceae
December 6, 2025 at 12:28 PM
As Christmas trees go up 🌲, there's a different sort of excitement with my Catasetum Elizabeth Wills about to flower for the second time this year. Hopeful of a further beautiful display in my first year growing this genus #Orchidaceae
Habenaria tridactylites Lindl., also known as the Three Fingered Habenaria, a terrestrial orchid native to the Canary Islands #Orchidaceae
November 14, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Habenaria tridactylites Lindl., also known as the Three Fingered Habenaria, a terrestrial orchid native to the Canary Islands #Orchidaceae
Reliable hybrid back in bloom, Aliceara Renaissance White, an intergeneric orchid hybrid between three genera (Brassia × Miltonia × Oncidium) #Orchidaceae
November 12, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Reliable hybrid back in bloom, Aliceara Renaissance White, an intergeneric orchid hybrid between three genera (Brassia × Miltonia × Oncidium) #Orchidaceae
First flowering of my small
Phalaenopsis pulcherrima var. marmorata (O.Gruss) O.Gruss & W.E.Higgins, an orchid variety native to Laos, with elegant stippled leaves #Orchidaceae
Phalaenopsis pulcherrima var. marmorata (O.Gruss) O.Gruss & W.E.Higgins, an orchid variety native to Laos, with elegant stippled leaves #Orchidaceae
November 8, 2025 at 2:20 PM
First flowering of my small
Phalaenopsis pulcherrima var. marmorata (O.Gruss) O.Gruss & W.E.Higgins, an orchid variety native to Laos, with elegant stippled leaves #Orchidaceae
Phalaenopsis pulcherrima var. marmorata (O.Gruss) O.Gruss & W.E.Higgins, an orchid variety native to Laos, with elegant stippled leaves #Orchidaceae
My Tuberolabium quisumbingii (L.O. Williams) Christenson, an orchid native to Luzon in the Philippines, with a wonderful floral-almond fragrance #Orchidaceae
November 8, 2025 at 11:50 AM
My Tuberolabium quisumbingii (L.O. Williams) Christenson, an orchid native to Luzon in the Philippines, with a wonderful floral-almond fragrance #Orchidaceae
First flowering of my Phalaenopsis tetraspis f. alba (O.Gruss & Koop.), a fragrant and elegant species native to Sumatra, the Andaman Islands and Nicobar islands #Orchidaceae
November 2, 2025 at 4:36 PM
First flowering of my Phalaenopsis tetraspis f. alba (O.Gruss & Koop.), a fragrant and elegant species native to Sumatra, the Andaman Islands and Nicobar islands #Orchidaceae
On a challenging day recently, it was a great surprise to find my online table show image of Cypripedium Victoria on the front cover of the latest Orchid Society of GB Journal. A quality orchid journal, available quarterly with membership osgb.org.uk #Orchidaceae
October 16, 2025 at 9:14 AM
On a challenging day recently, it was a great surprise to find my online table show image of Cypripedium Victoria on the front cover of the latest Orchid Society of GB Journal. A quality orchid journal, available quarterly with membership osgb.org.uk #Orchidaceae
Yucca filamentosa 'Variegata' full of blooms on a stormy day
September 15, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Yucca filamentosa 'Variegata' full of blooms on a stormy day
Anguloa Victoire, a primary hybrid hybrid of A. clowesii x A. eburnea, flowering for a second time this year #Orchidaceae
August 28, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Anguloa Victoire, a primary hybrid hybrid of A. clowesii x A. eburnea, flowering for a second time this year #Orchidaceae
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Phalaenopsis Dragon's Melody
first bloom seedling
first bloom seedling
August 8, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Phalaenopsis Dragon's Melody
first bloom seedling
first bloom seedling
My first foray into growing Catasetum orchids. Bought a mature pseudobulb of Catasetum Elizabeth Wills fourteen months ago, and I am very pleased with these exotic looking blooms with a fragrance of spearmint + a hint of spice #Orchidaceae
August 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM
My first foray into growing Catasetum orchids. Bought a mature pseudobulb of Catasetum Elizabeth Wills fourteen months ago, and I am very pleased with these exotic looking blooms with a fragrance of spearmint + a hint of spice #Orchidaceae
First time growing a grafted tomato plant, Tomato Paola F1. A vigorous plant with a good harvest of flavoursome fruits, many suitable for slicing 🍅
August 5, 2025 at 10:42 AM
First time growing a grafted tomato plant, Tomato Paola F1. A vigorous plant with a good harvest of flavoursome fruits, many suitable for slicing 🍅
The first of my Neofinetia (Vanda falcata ‘Zuiun’ 🇯🇵) has more flowers this year. Yellow buds lead to blooms with a predominantly clotted cream colour, and a sweet evening fragrance #Orchidaceae
August 5, 2025 at 10:26 AM
The first of my Neofinetia (Vanda falcata ‘Zuiun’ 🇯🇵) has more flowers this year. Yellow buds lead to blooms with a predominantly clotted cream colour, and a sweet evening fragrance #Orchidaceae
Exciting to find native orchids in bloom locally at the weekend. A small scattering of Dactylorrhiza maculata (heath spotted orchid) were flowering well beyond Bramshot Farm Country Park (NE Hampshire) #Orchidaceae
June 30, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Exciting to find native orchids in bloom locally at the weekend. A small scattering of Dactylorrhiza maculata (heath spotted orchid) were flowering well beyond Bramshot Farm Country Park (NE Hampshire) #Orchidaceae
Epipactis royleana, a terrestrial orchid that is widespread across the mountains of central Asia including the Himalayas. Flowers have a conspicuous dark pink-purple colour #Orchidaceae
June 25, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Epipactis royleana, a terrestrial orchid that is widespread across the mountains of central Asia including the Himalayas. Flowers have a conspicuous dark pink-purple colour #Orchidaceae
Stelis cypripedioides, a warm growing miniature orchid from Ecuador and Peru (350 - 1000m). Successive flowers form, the lower synsepal looks like a tiny lady's slipper/Cypripedium pouch. Older blooms were imaged with a UK five pence coin for scale #Orchidaceae
May 29, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Stelis cypripedioides, a warm growing miniature orchid from Ecuador and Peru (350 - 1000m). Successive flowers form, the lower synsepal looks like a tiny lady's slipper/Cypripedium pouch. Older blooms were imaged with a UK five pence coin for scale #Orchidaceae
Masdevallia notosibirica with generous flowers, which will hopefully join the society exhibit at RHS Chelsea soon. #Orchidaceae
May 13, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Masdevallia notosibirica with generous flowers, which will hopefully join the society exhibit at RHS Chelsea soon. #Orchidaceae
Masdevallia ignea, a cool growing Columbian orchid with striking blooms. Found at elevations of typically 2600 to 3800 metres. #Orchidaceae
May 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Masdevallia ignea, a cool growing Columbian orchid with striking blooms. Found at elevations of typically 2600 to 3800 metres. #Orchidaceae
Cypripedium Victoria in warm sunshine #Orchidaceae
April 29, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Cypripedium Victoria in warm sunshine #Orchidaceae