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@trevorthebotanist.bsky.socialSep 13, 2026, 7:05 PM

This is probably my #favouriteplant of the year. It delivered that double thrill of encountering a species you’ve not seen before, and finding a new species for Anglesey. Plus it was in one of my favourite habitats to explore - urban fallow - and, to top it all, it was just stunning #wildflowerhour

@adrianbrown.bsky.socialSep 13, 2026, 7:05 PM

A bedewed red dead-nettle and a misty wood spurge - two of my first wildflowers of the year, which is always a cause for celebration #WildFlowerHour #FavouritePlant

A red dead-nettle, its pink flowers and leaves (tinged red to green) covered in droplets of dewA spike of wood spurge against a backdrop of leaf litter and misty woodland
@s4r4h-l.bsky.socialSep 13, 2026, 7:04 PM

#WildflowerHour #FavouritePlant A cruel week, I like so many for different reasons! My overall favourite are carline thistle (White Scar, #Cumbria on 25th July) Tiny, fierce with those thorny leave & beautiful combination of gold and burgundy. @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Beautiful Carline thistle only 2-3 inches tall
@edmondslyn.bsky.socialSep 13, 2026, 7:04 PM

The lovely colourful Wood Forget-me-not, Myosotis sylvatica, not uncommon but reminiscent of Spring on a favourite woodland walk in Wandlebury, Cambridgeshire💙
#FavouritePlant #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Close-up of delicate blue Wood Forget-me-not flowers with yellow centres surrounded by the plant's green leaves growing on a woodland floor
@stevieparsons.bsky.socialSep 13, 2026, 7:04 PM

I’ve posted my #favouriteplant elsewhere, but this seems a good time to post some of my favourite orchid pictures of 2026. Each one has a story, a trip or a memory. It seems like a long time until next spring. See ALT text. #wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Not enough room for both common and scientific names in the ALT text, so if you want the scientific names you’ll have to look them up. Top row: Early Spider-orchid, Green-winged Orchid, Sword-leaved Helleborine, Lesser Twayblade, Lady x Monkey hybrid, Bee Orchid, Man Orchid, Late Spider-orchid. Second row: Military Orchid, Bird’s-nest Orchid, Greater Butterfly-orchid, Early-purple Orchid, pale Heath Spotted-orchid, Heath Spotted-orchid, green Fly Orchid, Bee x Fly hybrid. Third row: pale Late Spider-orchid. Small-white Orchid, Early Marsh-orchid, Southern Marsh-orchid, Lesser Butterfly-orchid, Bog Orchid, Broad-leaved Helleborine, Musk Orchid. Bottom row: ‘Wasp Orchid’ (a form of Bee Orchid), Fen Orchid, Burnt Orchid, Lizard Orchid, Autumn Lady’s-tresses, Marsh Fragrant-orchid, Frog Orchid, Heath Fragrant-orchid.
@notfrangible.bsky.socialSep 13, 2026, 7:03 PM

I’d been keeping my eye out for New Zealand Bitter-cress Cardamine corymbosa on Silver Street in Bradford -on-Avon for several years, so I was delighted and relieved to finally see it this March. Such a compact, pretty member of that family! #FavouritePlant #WildflowerHour

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@nicki2910.bsky.socialSep 13, 2026, 7:03 PM

My absolute favourite, Echinacea , oozes the ultimate flower power as natures first aid kit.
#wildflowerhour
#favouriteplant

A group of flowering echinacea blooms. Large daisy-like petals in shades of purple with an orange prickly centre disc. Chichester, West Sussex
@petersketch.bsky.socialSep 13, 2026, 7:03 PM

My overall #FavouritePlant of 2026 for #WildflowerHour is probably this Slender Thistle from the car park at
@rspbengland.bsky.social Pagham Harbour in May. I'm normally there later in the summer and miss this beauty. It's not hugely rare but I've not seen it anywhere else.

A very spiny thistle. The flowers are pale pink rather than purple and have paler, near-white, centres. They are quite narrow.
@dmisstear.bsky.socialSep 13, 2026, 7:02 PM

My #favouriteplant of the year so far is this Early-purple Orchid, spotted in May on a roadside verge near Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal. #wildflowerhour

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@trisnorton.bsky.socialSep 13, 2026, 7:02 PM

Can we have more than one #wildflowerhour #FavouritePlant? I hope so. Here's probably the main one from 2026: Alpine Milk-vetch Astragalus alpinus high up in the Scottish mountains in late July. Dreamy stuff in a big landscape. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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@annashergold.bsky.socialSep 13, 2026, 7:01 PM

Another #favouriteplant for #wildflowerhour the lovely frilliness that is a marsh helleborine (another orchid on my doorstep, and has to be a favourite - so lucky to have these in walking distance of my home, to be fair its a longish walk, but still lucky!)

Marsh helleborine - Epipactis palustris
@stevieparsons.bsky.socialSep 13, 2026, 7:01 PM

My #favouriteplant was always going to be an orchid but which one? This Small White Orchid (Pseudorchis albida) isn’t the most spectacular but it was hard won ! I camped in the middle of nowhere and braved the June rain to see this individual. #wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

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@bsbibotany.bsky.socialSep 13, 2026, 7:01 PM

It's Sunday, it's 8pm so it must be #WildFlowerHour!
Please share pix of any wild or naturalised plants you spotted in bloom this week across Britain & Ireland, or share your #FavouritePlant of 2026!
Mystery plant?
Use #WildFlowerID to summon ID help from the @wildflowerhour.bsky.social community!

@jnnyharris.bsky.socialSep 13, 2026, 7:00 PM

For the #wildflowerhour #favouriteplant challenge I give you Traveller’s-joy (Clematis vitalba). AKA Old Man’s Beard. Pictured here in late afternoon sunshine in the #hedgerow of a North #Cornwall golf course and giving this traveller joy!
@bsbibotany.bsky.social

The climbing plant Traveller’s-joy (Clematis vitalba) growing abundantly in a hedgerow, lit up by the golden light from the September sun, now low in the sky. A cluster of Traveller’s-joy seedheads bearing twisted silvery silken plumes.
@bramblebotanist.bsky.socialSep 13, 2026, 7:00 PM

Lots of #FavouritePlant s to choose from this year, mainly things seen botanising with the wonderful @ghostofdatura.bsky.social Days adventuring together and seeking rare plants were some of my bestest of days. Names on alt #wildflowerhour

@sarahfaulkner.bsky.socialSep 13, 2026, 6:59 PM

Reflecting on my #favouriteplant of 2026, this Pale Flax comes in third place.

Not rare and just growing in the verge - they didn't look like much from across the road, but I went over for a closer look and I'm soooo glad I did, what an unexpected treat - such beautiful flowers. 😍

#wildflowerhour

@jeremyjem.bsky.socialSep 13, 2026, 6:59 PM

Difficult to choose a single #favouriteplant for the #WildflowerHour challenge, so I've plumped for 2 lovely "wow!" factor orchids I saw for the 1st time this summer: Fly Orchid & Violet Helleborine. More details in ALT. @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @ukorchids.bsky.social

The flowers of the Fly Orchid (Ophrys insectifera) are a marvel to see! Not only do they mimic the appearance of a female Digger wasp (Argogorytes fargeii), but they also emits a chemical scent that perfectly mimics the sex pheromones of female insects. Attracted by the scent, males frantically attempt to mate with the flower, whereby the sticky pollen packets (pollinia) glue themselves to the wasp's head or body and are then transferred to the next Fly Orchid flower.The flowers of the Fly Orchid (Ophrys insectifera) are a marvel to see! Not only do they mimic the appearance of a female Digger wasp (Argogorytes fargeii), but they also emits a chemical scent that perfectly mimics the sex pheromones of female insects. Attracted by the scent, males frantically attempt to mate with the flower, whereby the sticky pollen packets (pollinia) glue themselves to the wasp's head or body and are then transferred to the next Fly Orchid flower.The Violet Helleborine (Epipactis purpurata) is found in shaded woodlands, particularly under beech trees, and are so named for purple, violet, or dark lilac tint found on its grey-green stems, leaves, and outer parts of the flowers. The flower produces nectar that acts like alcohol on wasps, causing them to become tipsy and stagger around. In doing so,they become covered in pollen, which they are unable to clean off themselves. In their temporary inebriated state, they crawl from flower to flower and successfully pollinate the orchids.The Violet Helleborine (Epipactis purpurata) is found in shaded woodlands, particularly under beech trees, and are so named for purple, violet, or dark lilac tint found on its grey-green stems, leaves, and outer parts of the flowers. The flower produces nectar that acts like alcohol on wasps, causing them to become tipsy and stagger around. In doing so,they become covered in pollen, which they are unable to clean off themselves. In their temporary inebriated state, they crawl from flower to flower and successfully pollinate the orchids.
@wildflowerhour.bsky.socialSep 13, 2026, 6:58 PM

Woohoo! It’s Sunday & it’s 8pm so it must be time for #wildflowerhour! 🥳 Please share your pics of any wild or naturalised blooms you’ve spotted this week from across Britain & Ireland & also tell us what your #favouriteplant of 2026 was, the focus of our last weekly challenge!

@notfrangible.bsky.socialSep 13, 2026, 6:56 PM

Definitely a “Well hello! What are you doing here?!” moment in Melksham in February. A #FavouritePlant and county first (which is nice) Mediterranean Nettle Urtica membranacea for #WildflowerHour

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