OK... so briefly coming out of X retirement to share this, the pinnacle of my orchiding experiences. Epipogium aphyllum. The Slovak Paradise National Park, 17-7-2025. 👻💜🇸🇰

Befitting last ever post on X ... an allwhite evening orchiding in 🇭🇷 - Orchis simia & Orchis quadripunctata 🤍🤍

💜🇭🇷 Lady Orchids (Orchis purpurea) Dalmatia, 25-4-2025

Ophrys bertolonii / Ophrys incubacea hybrid swarm. Ciovo, 🇭🇷 24-4-2025 💜

Badbury Rings - Common Twayblade (Neottia ovata) 21-4-2025

Early Spider Orchids (Ophrys sphegodes) Dorset 20-4-2025

Right, final post on X ... one of a few Green Winged Orchids (Anacamptis morio) in Dorset today & nearby some amorous adders (Vipera berus) 29-3-2025. Off to Bluesky ... @withylake.bsky.social

Spring has sprung 😀 ... Sand crocus, Romulea columnae, at Dawlish Warren 20-3-2025 @WarrenBirding

Sand crocus, Romulea columnae, Dawlish Warren, 20-3-2025

In preparation for the imminent & upcoming UK orchid season, I'm off to the blue side ... you'll find me at @withylake.bsky.social 🤍

Other endemic delights from Tenerife 2-3-2025

Orchis canariensis at various locations around Tenerife: Teno, Anaga and Aguamansa approx 700-900m. 2-3-2025 @ukorchids

Orchis canariensis & Gennaria diphylla - Anaga, Tenerife 2-3-2025

Literally thousands of Gennaria diphylla and Habenaria tridactylites @~700m in the Laurisilva forest of the Anaga National Park... plus a few Orchis canariensis (typically) in bud 😀 Tenerife 9-2-2025

The sound of (almost) silence. Tenerife 10-2-2025. Orchis canariensis oh so nearly in flower; some lovely late Habenaria tridactylites. Joy. 🤍 Tenerife.

Saw this jigsaw on a cafe wall in Granadilla de Abona today - thought it was rather lovely & reminded me of someone special 💜