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Kioko @kiokotene.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Searching mycoheterotrophs in a bamboo forest fighting against mosquitoes 🦟🕸️🕷️ Gastrodia confusa Gastrodia pubilabiata

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Dr Astrid Biddle @astridbiddle.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

My last official plant survey of the season today. The last of the over 140 ponds I visited in England, from Cornwall to Northumberland. Here, finally in Bucks, I ended with Nitella flexilis agg. Another plant, & another new area record. My 4th record for this species in this county this year.

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Kioko @kiokotene.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Argureus hyperbius Day 0 Day 1 Day 2

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Kioko @kiokotene.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Sagittaria trifolia Ludwigia epilobioides (National NT) All used to be rice paddy field weeds. Due to reduction of disturbance and usage of chemicals, these plants are not so common nowadays.

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Kioko @kiokotene.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Asahata Wetland Sunday walk Euryale ferox Monochoria korsakowii

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Kioko @kiokotene.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Aeginetia indica Parasitic to monocots. The root wrap around the root of host plants in this case, Zingiber mioga.

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Kioko @kiokotene.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Invasive but easy to pull out. Didn’t see any contractile (or traction) roots. The stem is hollow, may be for air supply when the under part of the plant is immersed 🤔? Are there any nitrogen fixation fbacteria living in the glands🤔?

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mattrjones.bsky.social @mattrjones.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

A common hybrid but as perfoliatus is normally in deeper water it's not always easy to get a clear comparison shot like this #wildflowerhour

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mattrjones.bsky.social @mattrjones.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

The gorgeous Potamogeton x variifolius (P. berchtoldii x P. natans). Fairly unique looking amongst British and Irish Pots. Really tiny floating leaves and linear submerged leaves. Growing in good stands in the Glenamoy River, Mayo. #wildflowerhour

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Dr Astrid Biddle @astridbiddle.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Which ploidy is present will therefore determine the species mobility. It might be predicted that seeds allow distribution to ponds and headwaters. Bulbils are produced on the rhizomes. Of course these are tendencies. Here is a diploid with bulbils in the inflorescence!

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Dr Astrid Biddle @astridbiddle.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I find it interesting to consider what Flowering-rush (Butomus umbellatus) material is grown & planted, and what the implications are. Diploid material is fertile & has narrower tepals. Triploids are infertile & has bigger flowers with broader tepals, and produce bulbils. That's what we have here.

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Dr Astrid Biddle @astridbiddle.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

For more on the subject: Čertner, M., Rydlo, J., Dudáš, M., Hroudová, Z., 2022. A unique diploid – triploid contact zone provides insights into the evolutionary mechanisms of cytotype coexistence in flowering rush (Butomus umbellatus). doi.org/10.1016/j.pp...

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Kioko @kiokotene.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Unusually lots of rain is good for ツユクサ(=dew weed). Commelina communis: almost native C. benghalensis: introduced C. caroliniana: recently introduced What works to segregate and isolate them? Growing next each other but haven’t seen hybrids 🤔

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Kioko @kiokotene.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Evening primrose, Large flowered? Stigma splits into 4 usually, or 4&1/2 or 5 or even 6!?

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Kioko @kiokotene.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Harebell Stamens matured while at the stage of flower bud. By the time when the flower opens they already withered and pollens on around style. When pistil matures and elongates, pollens are blushed down to the bottom of the flower .

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Kioko @kiokotene.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

When the food is large like house fly, the leaf couldn’t survive but sacrificing for other leaves. This plant is bigger and healthier due to the nutrition from the fly!? From Day 1 then to Day 20

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Kioko @kiokotene.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Flowrring rush Butomus umbellatus The flowers are in several stages from immatured anthers through pollen discharge to matured ovaries. I have seen, taken photos and drew sketches but haven’t seen the underground parts made based on information. So I feel a bit spurious🤔

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Kioko @kiokotene.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Starry saxifrage Found out by observing some individuals that the top flower opens first then go downwards but the one just next to the top flower is the last. Definite inflorescence?

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Kioko @kiokotene.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Framing trials and spares for donation.

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Kioko @kiokotene.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Pyrola rotundifolia subsp. maritima, according to the distribution. Mycorrhizal, usually grows with Creeping willow Salix repens, but not so strongly host-specific?

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Kioko @kiokotene.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Salt marsh flowers Note to self

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Kioko @kiokotene.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Sundew When the food is a small insect like midge, the leaf digested it and expelled the residue then spread the tentacles which start secreting mucilage within 5 days.

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Kioko @kiokotene.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Flowering rush but it’s not “rush”😁 The flower I was wanting to meet one day! It’s sad that this species is treated as invasive and people are pulling out in North America😢

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Kioko @kiokotene.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Full of marsh St John’s wort earlier than last year. Much less rainfall made better access for me to where I couldn’t reach before. Amphibious bistout (?) at South Stack.

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Kioko @kiokotene.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia With companies from boggy land. A bit bigger than real ones due to my lack of technical skills.

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Kioko @kiokotene.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Happy to have spotted water lobelia on the way to Siabod😍. Due to this very dry summer, managed to access by just removing my shoes.

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Kioko @kiokotene.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum Look at the fine fluffy hairs on the filaments and unifacial leaves (only abaxial side out). Trials of a diorama of flowering and after-flowering, with sphagnum moss and specimen-like 3D botanical art.

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Kioko @kiokotene.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Too late for #wildflowerhour and #wetlandplants, but I wonder what’s the secrets of bog asphodel and bog pimpernel. They both have fluffy hairs on the filament. To avoid nectar robbing by smaller non-pollinators?

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Stevie P @stevieparsons.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

I haven’t been able to get out this weekend, but luckily I spent a few hours in a Hampshire bog earlier in the week ! #wetlandplants #InternationalBogDay2026 #wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social See ALT text

Round-leaved Sundew (Drosera rotundifolia), Lesser Water-plantain (Baldellia ranunculoides), Bog Asphodel (Narthecium ossifragum), Pale Butterwort (Pinguicula lusitanica), Bog Pimpernel (Anagallis tenella), White Water-lily (Nymphaea alba), New Zealand Pigmyweed (Crassula helmsii), naturalised cultivated pink Water-lily, Marsh St. John's-wort (Hypericum elodes), flower of Round-leaved Sundew (Drosera rotundifolia).

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Martin @botanicalmartin.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Marsh St. John's-wort flowering this week on a SSSI on the North York Moors. It's the oddest thing, really hairy, growing in water with Bog Pondweed and Lesser Spearwort amongst others, and its flowers don't really open fully. #WildflowerHour

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Kioko @kiokotene.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Potamogeton polygonifolius One of frustrating plants for identification. Dissecting plant components (if it’s an abundant weed) and reconstructing as a whole to make botanical models are the good way to understand the structure.

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Kioko @kiokotene.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Larix decidua Female flowers are like, cranberry or raspberry, or raspberry custard or gooseberry custard. Also look at the male flowers which disappear later.

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Kioko @kiokotene.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Corylus avellana People say red female flowers are very “sweet”. Look at the same time the male flowers, not so conspicuous and disappear later.

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Kioko @kiokotene.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Quercus petraea Quercus robur Difference between English oak and Welsh oak. Among other factors such as leaf morphology, long stalks are characteristic of English oak. #botanicalmodel

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Kioko @kiokotene.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Silene dioica Not many people know that there are male and female plants. Only female plant produce fruits and seeds. The ones with seed pods are the females. #botanicalmodel

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Kioko @kiokotene.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Hyacinthoides non-scripta What people miss after the flowering season. English #bluebell #botanicalmodel

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Kioko @kiokotene.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Impatiens grandulifera People thought it’s a kind of orchid when somebody introduced to UK. Whoever imagine current invasion? #Himalayanbalsam #botanicalmodel

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Sarah @sarahfaulkner.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

A month ago I was immersed in Bog Asphodel as the sun was setting with Nightjars churring away. Very magical. Always love seeing Bog Asphodel - gorgeous glowing yellow stars with fab orange anthers atop crazily fluffy filaments (they remind me of school art-project pipe cleaners!) #wildflowerhour

Bog Asphodel, Purbeck. Glowing yellow in the setting sun. I love the stamen - with fluffy yellow filaments and the anthers atop, a gorgeous contrasting orange. Just beautiful.

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Kioko @kiokotene.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Plant life of cherry tree and tea bush. By commission. I was trying to avoid cherry because flowers and leaves have complicated structures. Tubular receptacle and inflorescence, and serrations and extrafloral nectaries of leaf are key for identification.

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Kioko @kiokotene.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

アリドオシ Aridooshi Damnacanthus indicus As the local name describe (means ant piercer) this shrubby tree has distinctive long rigid and sharp spines. The fruits remains sometimes till the next flower season. The spines may prevent access of birds🤔

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BSBI Ireland @bsbiireland.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Learning to tell grasses, sedges & rushes apart? 🌿 Sedges usually have solid, triangular stems 🌿 Rushes typically have smooth, round stems 🌿 Grasses often have distinct nodes A useful beginners ID webinar for improving botanical skills: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHIz... #BotanicalSkillsNI #PlantID

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Grasses, Sedges and Rushes for Absolute Beginners

YouTube video by Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland

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Kioko @kiokotene.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Summer coming soon 🇯🇵 Tried to turn upside down the anther but the different one responded🤭

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Kioko @kiokotene.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Preparing for next exhibition but when? Rosa canina Rosa arvensis Rosa spinossima Flowers and fruits.

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Kioko @kiokotene.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

I’ve been looking for this female flowers!

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Kioko @kiokotene.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Taraxacum platycarpum Dahlst. var. longeappendiculatum (Nakai) Morita Or Taraxacum longeappendiculatum Nakai

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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Spring Gentian: one of our most stunning #wildflowers! It has a very restricted distribution in Britain & Ireland. Many small populations lost recently BUT it's just possible that changing weather patterns may eventually benefit this little beauty! Find out how: plantatlas2020.org/atlas/2cd4p9...

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Kioko @kiokotene.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

What have I started😅

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Kioko @kiokotene.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Dandelions at the nearby roadside today. Taraxacum platycarpum Taraxacum officinale Taraxacum officinale triploid?

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