Spoiler alert. Look away now if you don't want to see a Common Spotted x Chalk Fragrant Orchid hybrid Sylvatica Rebecca Wheeler Christian Hindle Duncan Dine Acid John 🍀dinesh patel 🦋 Janette Dr Richard Bate European Orchids & Wildflowers

Southern Marsh Orchids still doing well at RSPB Burton Mere. More seen than previous years. Sylvatica Rebecca Wheeler Christian Hindle Duncan Dine Acid John 🍀dinesh patel 🦋 Janette Dr Richard Bate European Orchids & Wildflowers

A Dune in June. Can I claim the first Dune Helleborine flower for 2025? Rubbish pic though Sylvatica Rebecca Wheeler Christian Hindle Duncan Dine Acid John 🍀dinesh patel 🦋 Janette Dr Richard Bate European Orchids & Wildflowers

Swarm of Dactylorhiza x grandis RSPB Conwy. They may be hybrids but they put on a grand display. Sylvatica Rebecca Wheeler Christian Hindle Duncan Dine Acid John 🍀dinesh patel 🦋 Janette Dr Richard Bate European Orchids & Wildflowers

Dactylorhiza incarnata incarnata in a shade of pink so rich they rival coccinia. RSPB Conway is no sand dune and they live with D. praetermissa. Sylvatica Rebecca Wheeler Christian Hindle Duncan Dine Acid John 🍀dinesh patel 🦋 Janette Dr Richard Bate 𝗗𝗮𝗻 𝗙𝗼𝘆

No Dark Red Helleborines found roadside on Marine Drive, Greater Orme. Just 2 seen high up on rock face. X10 phone pics taken in a gale! Sylvatica Rebecca Wheeler Christian Hindle 𝗗𝗮𝗻 𝗙𝗼𝘆 Acid John 🍀dinesh patel 🦋 Janette Dr Richard Bate Duncan Dine European Orchids & Wildflowers

Sweeney Fen near Oswestry is home to a fantastic display of Marsh Fragrants. Sylvatica Rebecca Wheeler Christian Hindle 𝗗𝗮𝗻 𝗙𝗼𝘆 Duncan Dine Acid John 🍀dinesh patel 🦋 Janette Dr Richard Bate European Orchids & Wildflowers

No picture available, but if you drive west on North Wales Expressway, on a bank Just short of J31 is a massive swarm of Common Spotteds. The turn yhe grass pale pink Sylvatica Rebecca Wheeler Christian Hindle 𝗗𝗮𝗻 𝗙𝗼𝘆 Duncan Dine Acid John Janette Dr Richard Bate

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Hi. I have just updated my orchid blog to the end of June. Plenty to read including my East Anglia stay. muba.eclipse.co.uk/Steve%27s%20Or… Sylvatica Rebecca Wheeler Christian Hindle 𝗗𝗮𝗻 𝗙𝗼𝘆 Duncan Dine Acid John 🍀dinesh patel 🦋 Janette Dr Richard Bate European Orchids & Wildflowers

North Wales today. Dune Helleborines in flower, Broad-leaved not far behind, but Green-flowered still in bud Sylvatica Rebecca Wheeler Christian Hindle 𝗗𝗮𝗻 𝗙𝗼𝘆 Duncan Dine Acid John 🍀dinesh patel 🦋 Janette Dr Richard Bate European Orchids & Wildflowers

Dactylorhiza fuchsii var rhodochila North Wales Sylvatica Rebecca Wheeler Christian Hindle 𝗗𝗮𝗻 𝗙𝗼𝘆 Duncan Dine Acid John 🍀dinesh patel 🦋 Mark Dowie Janette Dr Richard Bate European Orchids & Wildflowers

Over 50 Frog Orchids seen in a spot new to me. North Wales Sylvatica Rebecca Wheeler Christian Hindle 𝗗𝗮𝗻 𝗙𝗼𝘆 Duncan Dine Acid John Acid John 🍀dinesh patel 🦋 Mark Dowie Janette Dr Richard Bate European Orchids & Wildflowers

Atten-shun! Nice clump of Epipactis helleborine. As all look similar, makes me think 1 multi-stemmed plant Sylvatica Rebecca Wheeler Christian Hindle 𝗗𝗮𝗻 𝗙𝗼𝘆 Duncan Dine Acid John 🍀dinesh patel 🦋 Mark Dowie Janette Dr Richard Bate European Orchids & Wildflowers

Healthy and vigorous Epipactis phyllanthes despite back to back heatwaves. North Wales. Sylvatica Rebecca Wheeler Christian Hindle 𝗗𝗮𝗻 𝗙𝗼𝘆 Duncan Dine Acid John 🍀dinesh patel 🦋 Mark Dowie Janette Dr Richard Bate European Orchids & Wildflowers

Violet Helleborines in Shropshire. Numbers down a bit one site but looking good, virtually absent at another. Sylvatica Rebecca Wheeler Christian Hindle 𝗗𝗮𝗻 𝗙𝗼𝘆 Duncan Dine Acid John 🍀dinesh patel 🦋 Janette Dr Richard Bate European Orchids & Wildflowers

Not all bad year at this Denbighshire site for S. spiranthes, but i have seen 5 or 10 times as many here on occasion. Sylvatica Rebecca Wheeler Christian Hindle 𝗗𝗮𝗻 𝗙𝗼𝘆 Duncan Dine Acid John 🍀dinesh patel 🦋 Janette Dr Richard Bate European Orchids & Wildflowers

When the expression 'gone to seed' is a positive. Broad-leaved Helleborine, Shropshire. Sylvatica Rebecca Wheeler Christian Hindle 𝗗𝗮𝗻 𝗙𝗼𝘆 Duncan Dine Acid John 🍀dinesh patel 🦋 Janette Dr Richard Bate European Orchids & Wildflowers

A Common Lizard begging to be photographed. A continuous stream of people snapped away while it just posed.

Nicest have a hummingbird hawkmoth visit the garden. Even nice to get a video too. Sylvatica Rebecca Wheeler Christian Hindle 𝗗𝗮𝗻 𝗙𝗼𝘆 Duncan Dine Acid John 🍀dinesh patel 🦋 Janette Dr Richard Bate