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lukelukeluke @lukelukeluke.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Here are some nice mushrooms
Two colonies of young and healthy splitgill mushrooms grow from the underside of an upturned stick in a sunlit forest. All photos by me
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🌴 Scott Zona, Ph.D. 🌴 @scottzona.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Delphinium (photo 1) and Aconitum (photo 2) do the same thing. The older flowers at the bottom of the raceme are in the female phase; the younger flowers at the top are in the male phase. Bees learn that the older flowers have more nectar. #Ranunculaceae #pollination #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
Photo of a raceme of delphinium flowers. The flowers are pale blue with a dark “bee” in the center. The buds on the upper part of the raceme are not yet open. Photo by Scott Zona CC BY-NC 2.0.Photo of two raceme of wolfbane flowers. The flowers are dark blue. One raceme has buds on the upper part that are not yet open. Photo by Scott Zona CC BY-NC 2.0.
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The Tropical Grower @thetropicalgrower.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"What's in here?" Bumble Bee searching out the glowing pollen of the Purple Water Lily. For more fun garden stuff check out: thetropicalgrower.com#garden-dirt #flowers #pollinators #bees #sci-art #pix #photography #nature #botany
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Alex Scott Fairley @alexscottfairley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Yet more stunning #spring #orchids from #Tasmania; I am very lucky to be able to go walking on my days off to find these beautiful little jewels. #flower #flora #botany #nature #Australia #bloomscrolling
Waxlip orchid (Glossodia maior)Elegant caladenia (Caladenia cracens)Pink lady fingers (Caladenia carnea)Maroonhood (Pterostylis pedunculata)
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mjlinde.bsky.social @mjlinde.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#TeamMoth #MothsMatter #CocksFootMoths #Glyphipterix#Simpliciella Botanical Society @bsbibotany.bsky.social 📸Rambling Ray @rayrambling.bsky.social
"Just 4mm has metallic copper sheen & and black wing spots. Loves wetland meadows full of buttercups.."
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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#ResistanceRoots Johnny Appleseed was born on this day in 1774 in Leominster, Province of Massachusetts Bay. He was a real person, and he planted a lot of apple trees, but he mainly sold them to make hard cider. He was also a pacifist, altruistic, revered nature and respected Indigenous tribes. /1
Johnny Appleseed. The romanticized image of Johnny Appleseed handing out sweet, shiny apples for children to bite into is a myth popularized much later. In the 1800s, the American frontier ran on alcohol. Water supplies weren’t safe to drink. Because fermenting killed off pathogens, hard cider became the primary daily beverage for entire families — even children. The average frontier settler drank 10.5 ounces of hard cider per day. Because Appleseed refused to graft trees due to his religious beliefs, his apples were genetically unpredictable, small and bitter. Known as “spitters” because you’d spit them out if you tried to eat them raw, these tart apples were perfect for pressing into hard cider. Resourceful frontier families used them for other staples as well, including apple butter, applesauce and livestock feed, and used a process called “freeze distillation” to make applejack. Note, however, that Appleseed rarely sold apples. He sold the young saplings and the land itself.
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🌴 Scott Zona, Ph.D. 🌴 @scottzona.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Granted, Hypoxis flowers are pretty similar, but their seeds are amazing when viewed with an SEM. I give you some partial plates from Zona et al. 2009. A seed atlas of Hypoxis from eastern North America. Jour. Torrey Bot. Soc. 136:26–32. doi.org/10.3159/08-R... #Hypoxidaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
Plate of SEM photographs of Hypoxis hirsute seed. The upper photo is higher magnification than the lower. The cells of the seed are conical with nipple-like tips.Plate of SEM photographs of Hypoxis juncea seed. The upper photo is higher magnification than the lower. The cells of the seed are dome shaped.Plate of SEM photographs of Hypoxis sessilis seed. The upper photo is higher magnification than the lower. The cells of the seed are slightly domed and covered with a loose, wrinkled layer.Plate of SEM photographs of Hypoxis wrightii seed. The upper photo is higher magnification than the lower. The cells of the seed are blocky and rounded but covered with wrinkles that run mostly radially across the cell surface.
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Shantha Mohan, Ph.D., DTM @shlead.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Looking in, so much beauty to discover! Agree? From the top left, clockwise: Zinnia, China Asters, Gerbera daisy, hibiscus, chrysanthemum flower pops, and star-gazer lily. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekLforLookingIn #ECK #sixonsaturday #dailyflowers 🌱 #flowerreport #bloomscrolling #macro
A photo montage of macro shots of flowers:

From the top left, clockwise:
Magenta Zinnia, pink China Asters, light pink Gerbera daisy, purple hibiscus, yellow and purple chrysanthemum flower pops, and pink star-gazer lily.
October 2025. Various locations.
Camera: Apple iPhone 15 Pro.
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Tina Claffey Photography @tinaclaffey.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Devil's Bits Scabious is such an important late bloomer for our insects 💕 I love when it is on the cusp of bursting into bloom, like a little purple pincushion! @peatlandecr.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @tocharstories.bsky.social @communitywetlands.bsky.social
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The Cottage Garden @simonecannon.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I spotted this stunning African #iris aka Fortnight #lily, in Hawaii and, although it's a warm weather plant, the RHS says it could grow against a sunny south- or west-facing wall, or in a coastal #garden where frosts are rare. I'm going to try 🤞next spring #BloomScrolling #Flowers #Gardening
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🍄🌲🍄 @ricknothing.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Beautiful chicken of the woods
A cluster of orange and yellow shelf mushrooms growing from a rotted log
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Owensgrandpa @owensgrandpa.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
May 5th 2026 White Passion Flower,
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Pennyjs @pennyjs.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A leaf within a circle of joy within a flower.
A strawflower from my deck this morning. Mostly white with pale pink tips on the outer petals. In the center of the flower, the still-unopened petals form a leaf-shaped pattern with a thin green circle around it.
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Niko J @nikojln2016.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Hydrangea heaven. A close-up of a part of one of the floral displays for Chelsea In Bloom 2021. 🪻🌱🌸 📍Chelsea, London SW3
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Malcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
👀 Coffee time ☕️☕️🌺 - Anglesey Abbey, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. Dahlia (Amy Cave) - 📷 24.09.2026 #elevensestime #FlowersOnFriday
Red dahlia - outer petals wide open, inner ones tight.
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Lecia Michelle @leciamichelle.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A male house sparrow. YES, I KNOW THEY ARE CONSIDERED INVASIVE. BUT THEY DO NOT KNOW THAT. #birds #photography #birdsofbluesky
House sparrow with a black chin and beak, orange white and brown wings and tan body perched on a rail.
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Dreamcatcher @dreamcatcher01.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Monarch Butterfly The umiverse is constantly collaborating, finding new ways to show us the goodness of life and our world...
A Monarch Butterfly is resting on a pink and yellow flower. It is surrounded by blurry flowers of many different colors. 

📷 Dreamcatcher
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Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Moba Geographic Photography captures a sand cat with its kittens; the only cat species considered primarily adapted to true desert habitat. Their paws are covered with dense fur that helps insulate them from hot sand and makes their tracks surprisingly faint. #AGoodPlace
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Tanuki’s Ghostie Revenge @tanukisrevenge.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Good morning and happy #FungiFriday
A side shot of a hedgehog mushroom showing off its little adorable spines
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DAPPER DON DHARSHI @dapperdondharshi.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A marine biologist films this octopus changing colors while dreaming and it’s spectacular
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The Cottage Garden @simonecannon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I'm harvesting the last of my summer #garden salad greens, including these Garden nasturtiums, which typically #flower from midsummer right through to the first autumn frosts. Both the flowers and the leaves are edible and add a peppery bite to salads #BloomScrolling #KitchenGarden #FlowersOnFriday
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Pennyjs @pennyjs.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
If your day needs a little sunshine, here’s some.
Gazania on my deck, two days ago. 
Still going strong while many other flowers are fading. They’ve been a joy all summer. Started from seeds in my house in March.
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Sarah Lambert @sarahlambert7.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Fen-edge hedgerows along Etton Green Lane are draped with the pale green fruit of Wild Hop. Known to John Clare, hop featured in the opening line of 'June' in his Shepherd's Calendar - #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Fruits of Wild Hop Humulus lupulus from Etton Green Lane which John Clare would have walked along. He referred to this species in his poem "June"

"Large bindweed bells, wild hop, and streak'd woodbine lifting their flowers for the morning dew..." Close up of fruits of Wild Hop Humulus lupulus from Etton Green Lane
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Sajad Alipour @sajadalipour98.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Gentiana septemfida Pall. Gentianaceae Mazandaran, Iran September 2026 Elevation 2950m #Gentiana #botany #ecology #wildflowers
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The Ghost Monk @theghostmonk.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
A 16th Century French illustration of Hen-And-Chicks with a Long-Eared Owl. Why the owl is so tiny or conversely the plant so huge I cannot say - other than that artists of the period seemed to enjoy putting in whimsical touches like this. #OwlishMonday #owl #botany #medieval
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ℬσnViναnт ғғѕ @jennyluwho.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This Rose of Sharon bloom fallen perfectly onto the grass signaling the end of the season in the prettiest way. 🌸
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Shantha Mohan, Ph.D., DTM @shlead.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Knospen 💐 Today's #sixonsaturday features buds (Knospe in German). From the top left, clockwise: Abutilon, apricot, wisteria, rose, peony, and pea flower. #dailyflowers 🌱 #flowerreport #bloomscrolling
A photo montage of six flowers.
From the top left, clockwise:
Orange abutilon, pink & white apricot, purple wisteria, red rose, pink peony, and deep red pea flower.
2025. Various locations.
Camera: Apple iPhone 15 Pro.
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Swans might have one of the most underrated landing techniques in the animal kingdom. Original post
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Shantha Mohan, Ph.D., DTM @shlead.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
A Strawberry Star Calladium leaf with red splotches. #ColorADay #GreenSat #ShowHearts #ECK #nature #leaves
A heart-shaped Strawberry Star Caladium with distinctive white-to-green leaves speckled with bright red or pink blotches.
August 2025. At a local nursery.
Camera: Apple iPhone 15 Pro.
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🌴 Scott Zona, Ph.D. 🌴 @scottzona.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Gardenia thunbergia also has semi-dry, woody fruits, but they remain attached to the parent plant & are browsed by antelopes, specifically the greater & lesser kudus (Tragelaphus spp.). If not eaten, the fruits decay & skeletonize, like this one in California. #Gardenia #Rubiaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
Close-up photo of skeletonized fruit still attached to a woody branch. The soft parts of the fruit have decayed away, leaving only a network of woody fibers. Photo by Scott Zona CC BY-NC 2.0.
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🌴 Scott Zona, Ph.D. 🌴 @scottzona.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Some gardenias have extra-floral nectaries on the leaves that ants tend. Gardenia taitensis has mite domatia on the undersides of the leaves. Those little pockets in the axils of the main veins are home to beneficial mites. #Gardenia #Rubiaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱 1/2
Close-up photo of the back of a leaf. Mite domatia, small pockets in the axils of the midvein and large secondary veins, are present. Photo by Scott Zona CC BY-NC 2.0.
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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The Wave, a famous wind-eroded sandstone rock formation located on the slopes of Coyote Buttes in the Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness in Arizona
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lukelukeluke @lukelukeluke.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Here is a nice mushroom
A large and beautiful bear’s head tooth mushroom grows from the flaky bark of a dying maple tree in a sultry summer swamp. All photos by me
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Judy Weston @westonjk.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The University of Washington’s “ivy building” showing its in-between season, the push-pull from summer’s green to autumn’s crimson. Beautiful. 🍃🍂🏫
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Shantha Mohan, Ph.D., DTM @shlead.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
“Be eccentric now. Don’t wait for old age to wear purple.” – Regina Brett Today's #sixonsaturday celebrates the color purple. From top left, clockwise: Pansies, pinwheel petunias, lobelias, asters, common stock flowers, and gladioli. #dailyflowers 🌱 #flowerreport #bloomscrolling
A photo montage of six flowers with green foliage:
From top left, clockwise:
Pansies, pinwheel peunias, lobelias, asters, common stock flowers, and gladioli.
2022 - 2024. Various locations.
Camera: Apple iPhone SE (1st generation)
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Linda @lindacdolan.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
🌱 #SundayYellow I have woken up to thick clouds and predicted rain which will mean a quiet morning for my volunteering at Wisley’s Hilltop but you can never be sure.
A bee resting at the centre of a flower which has yellow petals with a patch of brown.
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Ian Paul Sieren @ianpaulsieren.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Dahlia #Summer #flowers #bloomscrolling
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The Cottage Garden @simonecannon.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Petunia 'Night Sky', a popular #annual known for its deep purple petals covered in a starry galaxy pattern. Each bloom has a unique arrangement so no two #flowers look identical. It is a semi-trailing plant that flowers from early summer through mid-autumn #StunDay #BloomScrolling #Gardening
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Stuart @edinburghnature.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
@bsbibotany.bsky.social @botsocscot.bsky.social Passed this plant 10 days ago thinking it was discarded meal of Spaghetti. Passed again today still there and realised it was a plant. Closer inspection Yellow Dodder a new record for the Lothians.
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Ginny Stibolt @ginnystibolt.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Florida betony(Stachys floridana), a Florida native, is in the mint family (Lamiaceae) & has the typical square stems with opposite leaves along the stems and lavender flowers. It’s native to all of Florida. And its tubers are edible! Read: greengardeningmatters.blogspot.com/2026/01/flor...
Photo of a hand (palm up) near the ground with 4 whitish segmented tuberous roots on the hand. 2 more of the tubers are on the ground between some small green plants with scalloped leaves. The ground is mostly covered with pine needles. 
Text says, "Florida betony Stachys floridana"
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Botany One @botany.one · 31/08/2026
How Can Overlooked Plants Help Rebuild Ecosystems Transformed by Mining? www.botany.one/how-can-over... Recovery after mining may begin close to the ground, with mosses and liverworts helping new ecosystems take shape. #Botany #PlantScience
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How Can Overlooked Plants Help Rebuild Ecosystems Transformed by Mining?
Recovery after mining may begin close to the ground, with mosses and liverworts helping new ecosystems take shape.
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@hgpennington @hgpennington.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
In 2024 I painted pear rust symptoms, caused by the fungus Gymnosporangium sabinae, for the August illustration of the BSPP plant pathogens calendar. www.bspp.org.uk/prod...
Left: The painting shows the adaxial (upper) and abaxial (lower) sides of a leaf, with two bright orange spots visible on both surfaces. The abaxial lesions have a gall-like outgrowth. Right: A juniper branch with a jelly-like, tentacled outgrowth.
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Stephen Spitewinter @spitewinter.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
#plants #history #botany #art 🌼 Gloriosa superba syn. Methonica plantii - Lame Lily, Climbing Lily, Creeping Lily, Gloriosa Lily, Tiger Claw Common to much of Sub #Saharan #Africa and #Asia, also introduced to E. #Australia & #Alabama. Toxic ☠️ How to grow from RHS - www.rhs.org.uk/plants/82032...
Gloriosa superba syn. Methonica plantii - a plate by  Louis Van Houtte (1810-1876) c.1853.
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@s4r4h-l @s4r4h-l.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
#Wildflowerhour #seedheads with a very helpful dandelion flower and clock yesterday, though this one is iconic! #Preston #Lancashire @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social #bloomscrolling
A dandelion clock above a fresh flower
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Lyn Edmonds @edmondslyn.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Close-up of a Dock, Rumex seed head, seen today on the edge of a Cambridgeshire field #Seedheads #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Close-up of a dried Dock seed head with clusters of dark reddish-brown structures that have small rounded seeds in the centre along branching stems, against a softly blurred green and brown background
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TessiQ ⛏️ NO DM▪️no media,blocked! @tessiq.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Curcuma sessilis is a herbaceous plant in the ginger family Zingiberaceae,with gorgeous magenta blooms💖💫
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Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 01/09/2026
Patrick Syme, Charts for Werner’s Nomenclature of Colours: Adapted to Zoology, Botany, Chemistry, Mineralogy, Anatomy, and the Arts, 1821 archive.org/details/gri_...
different shades of blueshades of purple with descriptionsshades of green with descriptionsshades of red with descriptions
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Journal of Experimental Botany @jxbotany.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
📢 NEW ISSUE ALERT 📢 🌾🪰 Issue 16 is out now 🪰🌾 📔 On the cover: Sugarcane aphid (Melanaphis sacchari) colonisation on the abaxial leaf surface of sorghum, depicting wingless nymphs and adults (Photo credit: Kashish Verma). 🔗 Read the full issue: academic.oup.com/jxb... #PlantScience 🧪
The cover of Vol 77 | Issue 16 | 2026 of the Journal of Experimental Botany. Light yellow coloured banners border the top and bottom of the page and in the centre is an image of many yellow aphids on a green leaf. Photo legend: Sugarcane aphid (Melanaphis sacchari) colonisation on the abaxial leaf surface of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor), depicting wingless nymphs and adults. Image credit: Kashish Verma, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA. See Verma et al., pp. 5366—5380.
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🌴 Scott Zona, Ph.D. 🌴 @scottzona.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Crassulaceae are famous for being the family in which CAM was first discovered. As an aside: There is no Crassulacean acid, as there is citric acid (from Citrus) or malic acid (from Malus). It’s simply an acid metabolism associated with Crassulaceae. 📷: Crassula ovata #Crassulaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
Photo of leafy shoots of the jade plant. The leaves are obovate, shiny and succulent. Photo by Scott Zona CC BY-NC 4.0.
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