Saw this really striking Early spider #orchid today. The centre spot was really pronounced in real life, not through a camera.

The Lancashire Hotpots - Chippy Tea (official video) YouTube video by diffusiononline

Have been told we're having a chippy tea!

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Lady #orchid today, east Kent

You'll rock it, Danny. Stay strong.

Paris quadrifolia that can’t count. 7 (seven) leaves

#WildflowerHour

Thanks Steve, but we’re still declutterring. Thanks for thinking of me

Green wing #orchid

A year ago today:

Sat Tal

Off to the gym, then a full day orchiding.

L8r.

For #ATrainADAy:

Manchester Piccadilly

An Oregon Fawn lily along the walk today. The white petals are curled up, leaving the yellow center parts hanging down from a single stem that is difficult to see amongst grass and branches behind it ☮️

oregon fawn lily

A late #RSD purchase: The Stranglers

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Not at all, Moira.

Saw one today and wondered what it was, though silly me, failed to take a shot. Thanks for explaining it.

Back for some #bloomscrolling:

A pure white Moraea sisyrinchium

Picture of an orchid flower against a dark background

Leporella fimbriata - the Hare Orchid

One of our autumn flowering orchids which can be found in Western Australia as well as in Southern Australia & Victoria.

Hare orchids are specifically pollinated by flying male bull ants (Myrmecia sp.) 🐜

#orchids #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #nature

For #ATrainADAy:

Folkestone Warren

Pasque Flowers, Pulsatilla vulgaris, on the Devil's Ditch, Newmarket, contrasting with the Oil-seed Rape field behind. #WildflowerHour

Mousetail, Mysurus minimus, again, because it's brilliant and I love it. #wildflowerhour

So, it's springtime in east Kent, and here is what I saw this week for #WildflowerHour:

I nearly forgot, Pendulous sedge

Won't stay like that for long!

Subterranean Clover, Trifolium subterraneum on the common today #wildflowerhour

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What have I done now?

So, it's springtime in east Kent, and here is what I saw this week for #WildflowerHour:

And finally, I risked my life to get this shot of another Early spider #orchid, right on the cliff edge.

Worth it, though

So, it's springtime in east Kent, and here is what I saw this week for #WildflowerHour:

Ground ivy

So, it's springtime in east Kent, and here is what I saw this week for #WildflowerHour:

Common milkwort

So, it's springtime in east Kent, and here is what I saw this week for #WildflowerHour:

Wayfarer tree