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andrewknights.bsky.social @andrewknights.bsky.social · 3d

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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David Harris @cycle4nature.bsky.social · 19d

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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Roger Harding @rogercharding.bsky.social · Sep 5

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Wild Orchids UK & IE @ukorchids.bsky.social · Sep 5

Pics?? 😍

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Andy Rogers @withylake.bsky.social · Sep 5

Fresh Autumn lady's-tresses (Spiranthes spiralis) appearing at Dawlish Warren following the recent rain 😃 @ukorchids.bsky.social

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Part-time Naturalist @p-hoags.bsky.social · Sep 4

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

Broad-leaved Helliborine (Epipactis helleborine), in seed. Buchan Country Park, West Sussex

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Wild Orchids UK & IE @ukorchids.bsky.social · Aug 25

Magnificent 🥰😍👏🏼

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Vinny Blood @orchidvinny.bsky.social · Aug 25

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

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Wild Orchids UK & IE @ukorchids.bsky.social · Aug 25

Sorry was slow to reply 👍🏼

Wild Orchids UK & IE @ukorchids.bsky.social · Aug 25

This is not something to boast about, however long ago it was.

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Wild Orchids UK & IE @ukorchids.bsky.social · Aug 25

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!

The crystalline white and green flowers of autumn lady's tresses, spiralling up their green hairy stem

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BSBI Botany @bsbibotany.bsky.social · Aug 14

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...

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GrahamGoodfellow @grahamgood.bsky.social · Aug 20

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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"Quercus" @quercus632511.bsky.social · Aug 19

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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Andy Rogers @withylake.bsky.social · Aug 19

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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David Harris @cycle4nature.bsky.social · Aug 17

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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Jeremy Sanders @jeremyjem.bsky.social · Aug 17

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

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Wild Orchids UK & IE @ukorchids.bsky.social · Aug 17

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Wild Orchids UK & IE @ukorchids.bsky.social · Aug 16

Autumn Lady's Tresses struggling in the Cotswolds, Laurie Lee country.

Single orchid in foreground in dead grass. Beautiful valley off into the distance

View from top of a hill down a valley in the Cotswolds

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Wild Orchids UK & IE @ukorchids.bsky.social · Aug 16

Thank you for your help, Ian.
We've book news coming very soon!

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Wild Orchids UK & IE @ukorchids.bsky.social · Aug 15

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.

Pale hanging flowers on a dark pink, curvy stem among mosses

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Wild Orchids UK & IE @ukorchids.bsky.social · Aug 15

Small Skipper taking a free drink from a Marsh Fragrant Orchid, its proboscis too narrow to pollinate the flowers. Derbyshire, July 2025.

Small butterfly resting on the pink flowers of an orchid

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Roger Harding @rogercharding.bsky.social · Aug 13

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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Duncan Dine @duncan-dine.bsky.social · Aug 14

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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Wild Orchids UK & IE @ukorchids.bsky.social · Aug 8

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