GrahamGoodfellow @grahamgood.bsky.social · 26/08/2026All local sites for Spiranthes are parched, bare & devoid of plants so a trip to S. Wales was the only way for us to see the last(?) orchid of the year. & fortunately they were showing in some quantity @ukorchids.bsky.social 2101
GrahamGoodfellow @grahamgood.bsky.social · 13/07/2026As expected Cut-leaved germander has appeared in quantity at its only Glos site this year but, like many of us, it's not thriving in the heat... 020
GrahamGoodfellow @grahamgood.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Wiltshire Downs wonderfully floriferous. Never seen Round-headed rampion so abundant & as for the Clustered bellflower! Numerous Dark green fritillaries & Painted ladies adding to the spectacle. 081
GrahamGoodfellow @grahamgood.bsky.social · 05/07/2026For ##wildflowerhour & #ClimbingPlants Black Bryony appropriating our garden bench & another one hanging around with some Helleborines, plus a Clematis vitalba, Traveller's-joy. @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social 090
GrahamGoodfellow @grahamgood.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Some Helleborines from Glos today. Broad-leaved & Green-flowered. Unfortunately unable to find any Slender-lipped in all the usual places - any tips would be most welcome! @ukorchids.bsky.social 291
GrahamGoodfellow @grahamgood.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Today is #NationalMeadowsDay & here are some from Wiltshire looking their very finest @plantlifeuk.bsky.social @floodplainmead.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social 0407
GrahamGoodfellow @grahamgood.bsky.social · 01/07/2026The N Wilts meadows are looking stunning right now. This is from Distillery Farm today. Love the sneezewort. 040
GrahamGoodfellow @grahamgood.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Clattinger Farm WWT reserve. Floodplain hay meadows, storing carbon, supporting biodiversity & ready to slow & filter the next inevitable floods. Beauty & utility. @floodplainmead.bsky.social @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social 082
GrahamGoodfellow @grahamgood.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Clattinger Farm is looking absolutely magnificent right now, despite the heat & drought. One of the finest species rich hay meadows in the lowlands. We are so lucky places like this are protected & still exist. #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social 0416
GrahamGoodfellow @grahamgood.bsky.social · 21/06/2026We saw 3 rather special plants this week in N Wilts & S Glos - Cut-leaved Self heal, Round-headed campion & Field cow wheat. #WildflowerHour @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social 0214
GrahamGoodfellow @grahamgood.bsky.social · 21/06/2026A couple of Violet helleborines, one with variegated foliage @ukorchids.bsky.social 091
GrahamGoodfellow @grahamgood.bsky.social · 07/06/2026These are some of our #LawnFlowers for #WildflowerHour. It's been evolving over a number of years: extra pleased to have 3 Fragrant orchids arrive this year. Orobanche minor appears every year & in some quantity. #NoMowMay begins in April & runs to July. @wildflowehour.bsky.social 1243
GrahamGoodfellow @grahamgood.bsky.social · 03/06/2026I really like the vermillion shade of Early marsh orchid var coccinea, seen here at Braunton Burrows @ukorchids.bsky.social 0335
GrahamGoodfellow @grahamgood.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Last year one, this year three Fragrant orchids in our garden wildflower area. All just turned up. @ukorchids.bsky.social 2182
GrahamGoodfellow @grahamgood.bsky.social · 24/05/2026Burnt orchids are back in N Wilts. Very few, but it's an improvement on last year & they are just gorgeous @ukorchids.bsky.social 0131
GrahamGoodfellow @grahamgood.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Dense-flowered orchid at one of its two Fermanagh sites @ukorchids.bsky.social 0111
GrahamGoodfellow @grahamgood.bsky.social · 21/05/2026On the same @floodplainmead.bsky.social trip as @milesking.bsky.social to W. Fermanagh, Green-veined white on Heath spotted orchid @ukorchids.bsky.social 2142
GrahamGoodfellow @grahamgood.bsky.social · 17/05/2026Early purple orchids here in Donegal are still in full flower, along with primroses! Probably as a result of the distinctly cold weather! It was great to finally meet up with Sean Cole & Mike Waller at Sheskinmore today. @ukorchids.bsky.social 1121
GrahamGoodfellow @grahamgood.bsky.social · 13/05/2026The Early marsh are looking really good right now in N Wilts @ukorchids.bsky.social 210
GrahamGoodfellow @grahamgood.bsky.social · 11/05/20262 colour versions of the bee/fly hybrid Ophrys x pietzschii. Numbers seem to be dwindling here @ukorchids.bsky.social 2141
GrahamGoodfellow @grahamgood.bsky.social · 10/05/2026For #wildflowerhour #peasandcarrots Horseshoe & Kidney vetch on the Wiltshire Downs, the latter food plant of Adonis blue butterflies who were keeping well out of the cold wind today. Plus a carrot & Field fleawort. @bsbibotany.bsky.social 0162
GrahamGoodfellow @grahamgood.bsky.social · 10/05/2026Only 4 Burnt orchids seen at Pewsey Downs today; better than last year when there were none. Most years there are 100s; still it's early yet.... @ukorchids.bsky.social 1142
GrahamGoodfellow @grahamgood.bsky.social · 07/05/2026From a hill literally covered with Green- veined orchids. Tens of thousands of them. #orchid #Albania 040
GrahamGoodfellow @grahamgood.bsky.social · 01/05/2026A dripping tufa cascade covered in Pinguicula hirtiflora, Albania. 010
GrahamGoodfellow @grahamgood.bsky.social · 23/04/2026I couldn't resist. Very high proportion of white flowers at this site. @ukorchids.bsky.social 140
GrahamGoodfellow @grahamgood.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Early marsh is about par but I don't recall seeing Southern marsh flowering this early. @ukorchids.bsky.social 0101
GrahamGoodfellow @grahamgood.bsky.social · 23/04/2026This is interesting: this very attractive An. morio flowered for 3 consecutive years, then took 2 years off & has just reappeared. Glad to see it back. @ukorchids.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social 1161
GrahamGoodfellow @grahamgood.bsky.social · 19/04/2026A selection from the Pembroke coast, Lousewort, Spring squill, Sea campion & Early purple orchid #WildflowerHour @bsbibotany.bsky.social 071
GrahamGoodfellow @grahamgood.bsky.social · 19/04/2026Never seen such an abundance of Golden-saxifrage as in these Pembroke woods. #WidflowerHour @bsbibotany.bsky.social 071
GrahamGoodfellow @grahamgood.bsky.social · 13/04/2026I've generally found that albino A. morio are later to come into flower; not this one. @ukorchids.bsky.social 0101
GrahamGoodfellow @grahamgood.bsky.social · 11/04/2026Scarcely room to fit another celandine on this verge. & here's an unusual albino which occasionallyappears. #WildflowerHour @bsbibotany.bsky.social 0224
GrahamGoodfellow @grahamgood.bsky.social · 11/04/2026It's always a treat when the Pasque flowers come into bloom #WildflowerHour @bsbibotany.bsky.social 0375
GrahamGoodfellow @grahamgood.bsky.social · 08/03/2026Our best local, but vulnerable, site for Gagea lutea has sadly suffered from damage & neglect which we are working to resolve. Fortunately a nearby site has, this year, flowered far better & spread to new areas #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social 0181
GrahamGoodfellow @grahamgood.bsky.social · 08/03/2026Narcissus pseudonarcissus is having an excellent year in the Golden Triangle. & isn't it far better for our road verges to be rich in native plants like this rather than planted up with cultivars? #wildflowerhour 0234
GrahamGoodfellow @grahamgood.bsky.social · 02/11/2025Almost 30 plants seen in flower today, of which Rock-rose was the most splendid. Cut-leaved germander was a no show this year but it's looking very promising for 2026. #wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social 1759
GrahamGoodfellow @grahamgood.bsky.social · 12/10/2025A late flowering Spreading bellflower at its only Glos site, Westonbirt arboretum plus a very unseasonal cowslip. @wildflowerhour.bsky.social #Wildflowerhour 01158
GrahamGoodfellow @grahamgood.bsky.social · 07/09/2025We knew Goldilocks aster was rare & it grew on the Gower, but not where, so we were really pleased to find this small patch as we walked the coast path. & what a little beauty it is. #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social 0274
GrahamGoodfellow @grahamgood.bsky.social · 24/08/2025In the week we went to the New Forest to see the beautiful Marsh Gentians the #WildflowerHour challenge is #GentianFamily What a happy coincidence @wildflowerhour.bsky.social 2343
GrahamGoodfellow @grahamgood.bsky.social · 20/08/2025A 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) 0121
GrahamGoodfellow @grahamgood.bsky.social · 13/07/2025En route home we diverted to see Creeping Lady's-tresses, a plant we rarely get to see & it certainly qualifies for #hairyplants & for balance a most unhairy St. Olaf's candlestick (One-flowered wintergreen) #WildfloweHour @ukorchids.bsky.social 1121
GrahamGoodfellow @grahamgood.bsky.social · 08/07/2025Here's a rare one we saw today, hybrid between Heath spotted & Frog orchid, not commonly found I'm told & rather a pretty plant. @ukorchids.bsky.social On our way home tomorrow, leaving the wind & rain behind! 2432
GrahamGoodfellow @grahamgood.bsky.social · 08/07/2025Some Nortern Marsh hybrids. The first could be x D. incarnata pulchella - RB says it looks quite persuasive while regarding it as one of the most difficult to id.then 2 x Heath spotted & 1 x Frog. @ukorchids.bsky.social 1122
GrahamGoodfellow @grahamgood.bsky.social · 06/07/2025A couple of Epipactis atrorubens from Durness for #HelleborineChallenge & #WildflowerHour plus the delightful tiny(1") endemic Primula scotica & Purple oxytropis, both extremely local & rare. 0454
GrahamGoodfellow @grahamgood.bsky.social · 03/07/2025Absolute abundance of Frog orchids on the north coast of Sutherland @ukorchids.bsky.social 3291
GrahamGoodfellow @grahamgood.bsky.social · 26/06/2025We used to know these as Dactylorhiza lapponica. Don't know their current taxonomic status but they are pretty rare & you have to go a long way to see them. @ukorchids.bsky.social 341
GrahamGoodfellow @grahamgood.bsky.social · 22/06/2025Meadow rue in a flodplain meadow for #WildflowerHour It spends part of the year under water so could be considered one of the honorary #AquqaticPlants @widflowerhour.bsky.social 0121
GrahamGoodfellow @grahamgood.bsky.social · 15/06/2025It took some persistence to get Wilts council to adjust their mowing regime to allow the Bee orchids to survive on this roundabout. Unfortunately this year drought has taken a toll. #WildflowerHour #UrbanPlants 0142
GrahamGoodfellow @grahamgood.bsky.social · 15/06/2025Ox-eye daisy, knapweed & meadow crane's-bill have found a home in Waitrose car park #WidfowerHour #UrbanPlants @wildflowehour.bsky.social 000
GrahamGoodfellow @grahamgood.bsky.social · 15/06/2025Marsh helleborine starting to flower at its only (i think) downland site with some nice Frog orchids & a small white Pyramidal. @ukorchids.bsky.social 2212
GrahamGoodfellow @grahamgood.bsky.social · 15/06/2025Back from holiday & surprised to find Burnt orchid still in good flower. @ukorchids.bsky.social 0112
