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Andy Rogers @withylake.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Good numbers of fresh Autumn lady's-tresses (Spiranthes spiralis) still popping up at Dawlish Warren 😀 24/9/2026 @ukorchids.bsky.social
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Andy Rogers @withylake.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The rotund one is singing her final encore, the show is nearly over.... Spiranthes spiralis, Berry Head 19/9/2026.
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Andy Rogers @withylake.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Andy Rogers @withylake.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Autumn lady's-tresses (Spiranthes spiralis) at Goat Island, Devon 12/9/2026 😀
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Andy Rogers @withylake.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Totally parched on Portland Bill yesterday, but plenty of Autumn lady's-tresses (Spiranthes spiralis) poking through 😀11/9/2026 @ukorchids.bsky.social @orchidvinny.bsky.social
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Andy Rogers @withylake.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Autumn lady's-tresses (Spiranthes spiralis) looking good at various Hampshire locations yesterday 10/9/2026 @ukorchids.bsky.social @orchidvinny.bsky.social
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Andy Rogers @withylake.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Probably the most Autumn lady's tresses (Spiranthes spiralis) I've ever seen at Dawlish Warren, and more to come! @ukorchids.bsky.social @orchidvinny.bsky.social
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Andy Rogers @withylake.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Autumn on a Cornish bog, Bodmin Moor. 7/9/2026
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Andy Rogers @withylake.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Who knew? Autumn squill (Scilla autumnalis) also comes in white 🤍 Bossiney Haven 7/9/2026. That really is the end of Summer 😥
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Andy Rogers @withylake.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Lots of Autumn lady's-tresses (Spiranthes spiralis) on the garden lawns around Perranporth and towards the golf course. Crows were pulling them out, presumably eating the tubers? @ukorchids.bsky.social
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Andy Rogers @withylake.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
After a very slow start, the Autumn lady's-tresses (Spiranthes spiralis) season at Dawlish Warren as good as, or better, than ever 😃 1/9/2026. @ukorchids.bsky.social
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Andy Rogers @withylake.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Autumn lady's-tresses (Spiranthes spiralis) at Dawlish Warren this evening. I walked the exact same route as 5 days ago, numbers up from 24 to 156! 😃😃 24/8/2026 @ukorchids.bsky.social @orchidvinny.bsky.social
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Andy Rogers @withylake.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
A couple of dozen Autumn lady's-tresses (Spiranthes spiralis) have popped up in the last week at Dawlish Warren 😃 19/8/2026 @ukorchids.bsky.social @warrenbirding.bsky.social
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Andy Rogers @withylake.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
In this world of electronic 'likes' and 'kudos', I was reminded today how lovely it is to have a handwritten letter drop through the letter box 🤍
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Andy Rogers @withylake.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Non-native and invasive but interesting to see ... Purple pitcher plants (Sarracenia purpurea) in an acid Dorset bog. 11/8/2026
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Andy Rogers @withylake.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Bog orchids (Hammarbya paludosa) revisited - Godlingston Heath, Dorset 11/8)2026. @ukorchids.bsky.social
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Andy Rogers @withylake.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Marsh gentians (Gentiana pneumonanthe) putting on quite a show on Godlingston Heath, Dorset. 11/8/2026.
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Andy Rogers @withylake.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Finally! Bog orchid (Hammarbya paludosa) on Bodmin Moor, Cornwall. It has taken a while! 💥 Don't look any different to those in Dorset, Hampshire, Devon or Powys 😃 @ukorchids.bsky.social
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Andy Rogers @withylake.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Wasp spider (Argiope bruennichi), Godlingston Heath, Dorset. 2/8/2026
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Andy Rogers @withylake.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Sundews & other bog species on Dorset heathland yesterday 2/8/2026. Marsh gentian (Gentiana pneumonanthe), all 3 native sundew spp, D.intermedia, D.anglica, D.rotundiflora + the hybrid Drosera x belezeana; & the interloper, the non-native D.binata 😃 @lizlouise.bsky.social @orchidvinny.bsky.social
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Andy Rogers @withylake.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Still some lovely Bog orchids (Hammarbya paludosa) flowering in a Dorset bog yesterday 2/8/2026. @ukorchids.bsky.social @orchidvinny.bsky.social @lizlouise.bsky.social
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Andy Rogers @withylake.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
The show is almost over ... a joy to be able to get one last sniff of a Marsh fragrant orchid (Gymnadenia densiflora) in North Somerset today. 25/7/2026 @ukorchids.bsky.social
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Andy Rogers @withylake.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
A few Marsh helleborine (Epipactis palustris) still flowering in East Devon tonight, most well into seeding. 21/7/2026 @ukorchids.bsky.social
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Andy Rogers @withylake.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Some Bog orchids (Hammarbya paludosa) on Dartmoor yesterday, 19/7/2026, seemingly unaffected by the recent heatwaves 😃Very few Heath spotted-orchids (Dactylorhiza maculata) left though. @lizlouise.bsky.social @ukorchids.bsky.social
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Andy Rogers @withylake.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
A variety of splendid Helleborines (Epipactis spp) from Slovenia 9-16/7/2026. Lots of pollination activity too. 💜🇸🇮 @pjvanmaaren.bsky.social
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Andy Rogers @withylake.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Only two fresh Gymnadenia lithopolitanica (The Kamnik orchid) up at ~1900m asl. today on a North facing slope. The many hundreds that were here two weeks ago are all over. Kamnisko sedlo, Slovenia. 13/7/2026 💜🇸🇮 @ukorchids.bsky.social
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Andy Rogers @withylake.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
× Dactylodenia varia, the hybrid between Northern marsh orchid and Heath fragrant orchid. Durness, Scotland. 8/7/2026 💜🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @ukorchids.bsky.social
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Andy Rogers @withylake.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Durness Golf Club - amazing place for orchids !! 💙🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @ukorchids.bsky.social
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Andy Rogers @withylake.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
A tri-leaved Lesser Twayblade (Neottia cordata). Tongue, Scotland,8/7/2026.💙🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Andy Rogers @withylake.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Putative Northern marsh-orchid (Dactylorhiza purpurella) @UpNorth, 4/7/2026 @pjvanmaaren.bsky.social @ukorchids.bsky.social
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Andy Rogers @withylake.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
My final day in Slovenia was insane. A partly treacherous climb up to the Kaminsko sedlo 1864m to find Chamorchis alpina, passing many beautiful orchids and alpine flowers along the way. Joy ...thanks Slovenia 💜🇸🇮 @ukorchids.bsky.social
Anemone narcissiflora
Gentiana verna
Dianthus sternbergii
Hedysarum hedysaroides
Phyteuma sieberi
Genitana clusii
Lilium carniolicum
Anemone narcissiflora
Trollius europaeus
Leontopodium alpinum
Lilium martagon
Saxifraga crustata
Armeria alpina
Papaver kerneriChamorchis alpinaJust gone over Lady's slipper orchids (32 flowering spikes seen in the beech forest)The reason I went to Slovenia,  Kamnik orchid (Gymnadenia lithopolitanica)... alongside Edelweiss (Leontopodium alpinum)
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Andy Rogers @withylake.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Bog orchids doing well and starting to flower on Dartmoor, well behind those at low elevation in Dorset. Heath spotted orchids just about reaching their peak. 28/6/2026 @ukorchids.bsky.social @orchidvinny.bsky.social
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Andy Rogers @withylake.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Epipogium aphyllum, The Ghost orchid 💥 Triglavski NP, Slovenia. 24/6/2026 👻🇸🇮 @ukorchids.bsky.social @orchidvinny.bsky.social
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Andy Rogers @withylake.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Common spotted orchids (Dactylorhiza fuschii), Slovenian stylee 😃💜🇸🇮 @ukorchids.bsky.social @orchidvinny.bsky.social
Semi bicolor!Rich colour, or var alpina?
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Andy Rogers @withylake.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Malaxis monophyllos, the one leafed orchid, Triglav National Park, Slovenia, 22/6/2026 💚🇸🇮
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Andy Rogers @withylake.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
The Kamnik vanilla orchid (Gymnadenia lithopolitanica) and its hybrid with Gymnadenia conopsea .... x Gymnigritella perkoana. Both delightfully vanilla scented 😃 Velika planina, Slovenia. 21/6/2026 💗🇸🇮
Gymnadenia lithopolitanica× Gymnigritella perkoanaGymnadenia lithopolitanicaGymnadenia lithopolitanica
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Andy Rogers @withylake.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
x Dactylodenia wintoni, the intergeneric hybrid between Southern marsh-orchid (Dactylorhiza praetermissa) and Chalk fragrant orchid (Gymnadenia conopsea). Fragrance the same as a chalk fragrant 😃 Somerset Levels, UK. 19/6/2026. @ukorchids.bsky.social @orchidvinny.bsky.social
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Andy Rogers @withylake.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Intergeneric hybrid between Southern marsh orchid & Chalk fragrant orchid .... x Dactylodenia wintoni 💥Somerset Levels. 19/6/2026 @ukorchids.bsky.social @orchidvinny.bsky.social
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Andy Rogers @withylake.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
What a meadow! Common spotted orchids, Pyramidal orchids, Common twayblade & somewhere in there some Fly orchids 😃 West Dorset 14/6/2026
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Clive Hargrave @cliveh.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Adonis Blue, Small Tortoiseshell and Marbled White, Small Copper. Martin Down NNR.
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Andy Rogers @withylake.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Three examples of spotty leaved dacts from the slumping East Devon cliffs last weekend. Welcome views on whether these are good for Leopard Marsh vs D. x grandis. @ukorchids.bsky.social @orchidvinny.bsky.social @lizlouise.bsky.social
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Andy Rogers @withylake.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
A lusus Common twayblade (Neottia cordata) with upper petals mimicking the lip. A triplelipoid sort of thing 😃 Dorset 14/6/2026. First found a few years ago by @orchidvinny.bsky.social @ukorchids.bsky.social
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Andy Rogers @withylake.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Bog orchid (Hammarbya paludosa) in the morning dew - New Forest. 15/6/2026 @ukorchids.bsky.social @orchidvinny.bsky.social
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Andy Rogers @withylake.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
A joy to be able to sniff Marsh fragrant orchids (Gymnadenia densiflora) again, East Devon slumping cliffs, 14/6/2026 @lizlouise.bsky.social @orchidvinny.bsky.social @ukorchids.bsky.social
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Andy Rogers @withylake.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
The last of the sepaloid Bee orchids in Exeter today but a Pyramidal orchid has rocked up (first for this site) and the marbled whites have replaced the painted ladies 😃 @ukorchids.bsky.social @orchidvinny.bsky.social
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Andy Rogers @withylake.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Heath spotted orchids (Dactylorhiza maculata) on Dartmoor this evening. 9/6/2026 @ukorchids.bsky.social @orchidvinny.bsky.social
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Andy Rogers @withylake.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Small-white orchid, Pseudorchis albida, with pollinator moth (and pollinia) & nectaring beetle. Mid Wales. 7/6/2026. @ukorchids.bsky.social @orchidvinny.bsky.social @pjvanmaaren.bsky.social @stevieparsons.bsky.social
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Andy Rogers @withylake.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
A few Bee orchids at Exeter Tesco & maybe 100 small but lovely plants on the unmown bank at Pynes. 5/6/2026 @ukorchids.bsky.social
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Andy Rogers @withylake.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Common spotted-orchids (Dactylorhiza fuschii) on a roadside verge (A380) in Devon. 5/6/2026 @ukorchids.bsky.social
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Andy Rogers @withylake.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
The pure white Southern marsh orchids in Partridge slack have succumbed to the grazers, but some fine very pale SMOs have yet to be eaten elsewhere at Braunton Burrows. 3/6/2026 @lizlouise.bsky.social @ukorchids.bsky.social @rogercharding.bsky.social @orchidvinny.bsky.social
hint of yellow ?
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