Pterostylis pedunculata is in flower Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh #RBGEhort Intriguing orchids from SE Australia

Looking back to my morning walkrounds Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Dec.2014 Lithodora diffusa "Picos" #Boraginaceae holding out against a hard frost, wee treasure.

#Rhododendron scales photographed using some new equipment Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

Buds abounding today, Hazel, Wych Elm and Coltsfoot wildflowerhour

The Brownea grandiceps is looking stunning in full flower in Plants and People House. The amazingly large flowers would attract both species of hummingbirds and butterflies in its natural native habitat, North South America. #glasshouse Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh #rbgehort #rbgeeducation

Passiflora alata in flower in the glasshouses over the weekend. This species produces edible passion fruit and is native to N.E Peru and E. Brazil. Flowers attract butterflies, birds and bees. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh #rbgehort #rbgeeducation

Seems to be a good year for the native Primrose x Cowslip hybrid- (Primula x polyantha- False Oxlip) with quite a few new stations popping up in the Ballyheigue/Causeway area in the last week. wildflowerhour BSBI Ireland #wildflowerhour

I was fortunate enough to photograph this beautiful Abutilon menziessii yesterday. Listed on the IUCN RED LIST of threatened species as critically endangered, growing under glass Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh #endangeredspecies #flowerphotography #Edinburgh

The apples and pears are looking great in flower just now in the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh fruit garden. My favourite of the apples Malus domestica 'Discovery' has so much more flowers on it compared to last year. #rbgehort #rbgeeducation #fruitgarden #apples #trainedfruit

The Amorphophallus bulbifer has just opened up in Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh glasshouses. #rbgehort #rbgeeducation #rbgedinburgh #amorphophallus #glasshouses

Gongora galeata from cloud forests in Mexico is in flower Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh #RBGEhort fresh citrus scent

And we’ve a forest of Oncidium aff. sphacelatum Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh #RBGEhort from low altitude Mexico, Guatemala and Belize through to Costa Rica and Venezuela

Dendrobium aphyllum flowers on almost leafless canes Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh #RBGEhort with delicate, fragrant flowers. Undemanding to grow - variably found in both lowland and montane forests 150-1800m in Himalayas and SE Asia

From New Guinea, found in rainforest between 100-600m is Bulbophyllum graveolens, it’s now in flower Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh #RBGEhort

Very excited to have Levon Biss amazing images from Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Herbarium from next week

In all its glory Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh #RBGEhort

Spectacular flowers of Worsleya procera native to Brazil. The only known species in Worsleya genus. The plant was gifted to Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh by University of Oxford Botanic Garden and Arboretum in 1993. #RBGEhort

The Rubus idaeus 'Autumn Amber' Raspberry fruiting for the first time this year in the fruit garden Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh . This thornless cultivar produces golden yellow berry's which due to the colour are eaten less by bird life in the garden. #rbgeeducation #rbgehort #raspberry #fruit

@The Botanics horticulturist Paulina Daruk #RBGEHort describes her experiment to propagate Bambusa vulgaris in glasshouses without breaking glass! Read it here with lovely illustrations: ow.ly/C1Lo50JYTNt

100s of Bee #orchids barry site not previously recorded