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Failed saggar makers bottom knocker. Professional triangle player. All opinions my own - including the ones I stole.

These shots of green-flowered helleborine Epipactis phyllanthes were taken last year on the Bucks/Herts border @ukorchids I was wondering which var they're likely to be. Does var degenera seem likely?

LathamAlec's tweet image. These shots of green-flowered helleborine Epipactis phyllanthes were taken last year on the Bucks/Herts border @ukorchids I was wondering which var they're likely to be. Does var degenera seem likely?
LathamAlec's tweet image. These shots of green-flowered helleborine Epipactis phyllanthes were taken last year on the Bucks/Herts border @ukorchids I was wondering which var they're likely to be. Does var degenera seem likely?
LathamAlec's tweet image. These shots of green-flowered helleborine Epipactis phyllanthes were taken last year on the Bucks/Herts border @ukorchids I was wondering which var they're likely to be. Does var degenera seem likely?
LathamAlec's tweet image. These shots of green-flowered helleborine Epipactis phyllanthes were taken last year on the Bucks/Herts border @ukorchids I was wondering which var they're likely to be. Does var degenera seem likely?

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Possibly


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Man Finds An Incredible Beetle Who's Almost Too Stunning To Be Real

AMAZlNGNATURE's tweet image. Man Finds An Incredible Beetle Who's Almost Too Stunning To Be Real
AMAZlNGNATURE's tweet image. Man Finds An Incredible Beetle Who's Almost Too Stunning To Be Real
AMAZlNGNATURE's tweet image. Man Finds An Incredible Beetle Who's Almost Too Stunning To Be Real
AMAZlNGNATURE's tweet image. Man Finds An Incredible Beetle Who's Almost Too Stunning To Be Real

I need help with a troublesome umbellifer @WildflowerID @BSBIbotany found in a south Herts cemetery. Umbels like T japonica, but leaves look wrong. Plant just a foot high Compound lanceolate leaves ending in a point, grooved stem, short white hairs all over

LathamAlec's tweet image. I need help with a troublesome umbellifer @WildflowerID @BSBIbotany found in a south Herts cemetery. Umbels like T japonica, but leaves look wrong. Plant just a foot high Compound lanceolate leaves ending in a point, grooved stem, short white hairs all over
LathamAlec's tweet image. I need help with a troublesome umbellifer @WildflowerID @BSBIbotany found in a south Herts cemetery. Umbels like T japonica, but leaves look wrong. Plant just a foot high Compound lanceolate leaves ending in a point, grooved stem, short white hairs all over
LathamAlec's tweet image. I need help with a troublesome umbellifer @WildflowerID @BSBIbotany found in a south Herts cemetery. Umbels like T japonica, but leaves look wrong. Plant just a foot high Compound lanceolate leaves ending in a point, grooved stem, short white hairs all over
LathamAlec's tweet image. I need help with a troublesome umbellifer @WildflowerID @BSBIbotany found in a south Herts cemetery. Umbels like T japonica, but leaves look wrong. Plant just a foot high Compound lanceolate leaves ending in a point, grooved stem, short white hairs all over

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This old guy is hilarious!! 💀


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Just read the very sad news of the sudden death of Alan Gendle, one of the nicest, most generous and committed orchidophiles I knew. An absolute encyclopaedia of knowledge on Cumbrian orchids, he will be terribly missed. 😢😢😢😢 RIP, Alan.


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I'd appreciate some ID help with this orchid @wildflowerID @HardyOrchidSoc @ukorchids it might just be a lean-clustered D fuchsii but it's at a site on Anglesey which has D traunsteinerioides. Unfortunately it had no leaves left apart from the stubs.

LathamAlec's tweet image. I'd appreciate some ID help with this orchid @wildflowerID @HardyOrchidSoc @ukorchids it might just be a lean-clustered D fuchsii but it's at a site on Anglesey which has D traunsteinerioides. Unfortunately it had no leaves left apart from the stubs.
LathamAlec's tweet image. I'd appreciate some ID help with this orchid @wildflowerID @HardyOrchidSoc @ukorchids it might just be a lean-clustered D fuchsii but it's at a site on Anglesey which has D traunsteinerioides. Unfortunately it had no leaves left apart from the stubs.
LathamAlec's tweet image. I'd appreciate some ID help with this orchid @wildflowerID @HardyOrchidSoc @ukorchids it might just be a lean-clustered D fuchsii but it's at a site on Anglesey which has D traunsteinerioides. Unfortunately it had no leaves left apart from the stubs.
LathamAlec's tweet image. I'd appreciate some ID help with this orchid @wildflowerID @HardyOrchidSoc @ukorchids it might just be a lean-clustered D fuchsii but it's at a site on Anglesey which has D traunsteinerioides. Unfortunately it had no leaves left apart from the stubs.

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We saw 5 species of Bedstraw at Tadnoll & Winfrith Heath @mossgatherer_ Fen, Heath & Marsh shown below plus Lady's Bedstraw & Cleavers - Didn't get the best photos so have combined with some old ones! 🤍 @BSBIbotany @wildflower_hour

Liz_Downey_'s tweet image. We saw 5 species of Bedstraw at Tadnoll & Winfrith Heath @mossgatherer_ Fen, Heath & Marsh shown below plus Lady's Bedstraw & Cleavers - Didn't get the best photos so have combined with some old ones! 🤍 @BSBIbotany @wildflower_hour

I need help with this riverside umbellifer (found on the banks of the Ver, Herts). #wildflowerID @WildflowerID @BSBI could it be one of the water parsnips?

LathamAlec's tweet image. I need help with this riverside umbellifer (found on the banks of the Ver, Herts). #wildflowerID @WildflowerID @BSBI  could it be one of the water parsnips?
LathamAlec's tweet image. I need help with this riverside umbellifer (found on the banks of the Ver, Herts). #wildflowerID @WildflowerID @BSBI  could it be one of the water parsnips?
LathamAlec's tweet image. I need help with this riverside umbellifer (found on the banks of the Ver, Herts). #wildflowerID @WildflowerID @BSBI  could it be one of the water parsnips?
LathamAlec's tweet image. I need help with this riverside umbellifer (found on the banks of the Ver, Herts). #wildflowerID @WildflowerID @BSBI  could it be one of the water parsnips?

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Carl Jung once said: "Thinking is difficult, that’s why most people judge." Here are 11 things I learned from him:

DivineManhood's tweet image. Carl Jung once said:

"Thinking is difficult, that’s why most people judge."

Here are 11 things I learned from him:

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Another almost unbelievable day for orchids on the Purbeck Coast, Dorset, 01.04.24 😊

VincentBlood7's tweet image. Another almost unbelievable day for orchids on the Purbeck Coast, Dorset, 01.04.24 😊

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Lords-and-ladies (Arum maculatum) - dissection to show the pollination mechanism. The spathe attracts insects which drop down to be temporarily trapped by the hairs whilst they pollinate the flowers below 🪰💚 @BSBIbotany @wildflower_hour

Liz_Downey_'s tweet image. Lords-and-ladies (Arum maculatum) - dissection to show the pollination mechanism. 
The spathe attracts insects which drop down to be temporarily trapped by the hairs whilst they pollinate the flowers below 🪰💚
@BSBIbotany @wildflower_hour

Moschatel/town hall clock Adoxa moschatellina growing nr St Albans @BSBIbotany @HMWTBadger @WoodlandTrust This photo shows multiple sets of sepals enclosing multiple flowers facing multiple directions! But why does the terminal face have 4 corolla lobes, but the lateral faces 5?

LathamAlec's tweet image. Moschatel/town hall clock Adoxa moschatellina growing nr St Albans @BSBIbotany @HMWTBadger @WoodlandTrust This photo shows multiple sets of sepals enclosing multiple flowers facing multiple directions! But why does the terminal face have 4 corolla lobes, but the lateral faces 5?

My first post in a while for @wildflower_hour @HardyOrchidSoc #WildflowerHour - a south Herts lizard orchid Himantoglossom hircinum rosette (with a hawthorn spike collab)

LathamAlec's tweet image. My first post in a while for @wildflower_hour @HardyOrchidSoc #WildflowerHour - a south Herts lizard orchid Himantoglossom hircinum rosette (with a hawthorn spike collab)

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Rare, but not totally out of the realm of possibility.🤣


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How generous of our puppet leader!

Lukewearechange's tweet image. How generous of our puppet leader!

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There have been 65 Kings & Queens of England since Aethelstan became the 1st in the year 927 This tree hasn’t just witnessed all of them, it was born up to 2,000 years BEFORE Aethelstan The Linton Yew, Herefordshire

TheKentAcorn's tweet image. There have been 65 Kings & Queens of England since Aethelstan became the 1st in the year 927

This tree hasn’t just witnessed all of them, it was born up to 2,000 years BEFORE Aethelstan 

The Linton Yew, Herefordshire

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BREAKING: Attempted terror attack against a group of Jews in front of a Kosher market in Golders Green. A Muslim man tried to stab them with a knife but was wrestled to the ground by local Jewish security teams.


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