Science Snippets

Science stuff for teachers and plant enthusiast.

[Sylvatica @Botany2021]

One of the most attractive Broomrapes in #Cornwall is the Thyme Broomrape. It has no chlorophyll or leaves and steals nutrients from Wild Thyme in which it grows. Beautiful plant.
Orobanche alba
From the Kynance area #wildflowerhour

[Science Snippets @janeayto]

Got to love a bee orchid. They seem to be doing well this year.

[Andy Rogers @withylake]

A few of the 866 Bee Orchids (Ophrys apifera) I counted tonight on a small bank in an Exeter office park 😀 Well done for keeping the mowers at bay @_sarahbutcher 👍 @ukorchids

[Sylvatica @Botany2021]

Captions required!
Some rather pink Navelwort guarding the coastline from the Cadgwith area #Cornwall
Umbilicus rupestris

[Science Snippets @janeayto]

Such peculiar flowers.

[Moira O'Donnell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @NatureLark]

One of the absolute stars of the show at Sandwich Bay last week. The deliciously fragrant Bedstraw Broomrape aka Clove-scented Broomrape, Orobanche caryophyllacea. 😍

[Science Snippets @janeayto]

Botanist's delight at Berry Head near Brixham Devon yesterday. Including the rare White Rock Rose ( Helianthemum apenninum) and the more common Pyramidal Orchid. (Anacamptis pyramidalis). Lots of lovely Viper's bugloss ( Echium vulgare), too. @BSBIbotany @thewildflowersociety

[Science Snippets @janeayto]

Common Broomrape, Orobranche minor at Billacombe Green, Plymouth. @BSBIbotany @wildflower_hour @thewildflowersociety

[Steve Parsons 💙 @StevePa46290725]

More Burnt (tip) Orchids… can’t resist ! #orchid #burnttip

[Joshua Styles @joshual951]

Home to the largest no. of Green-winged Orchids in Shropshire, Minsterley Meadows is special. It’s now for sale & at risk - just 1 year without management will mean numbers plummet! 🌱💔

Middle Marches Land Trust are fundraising to secure its future: https://t.co/ijx14DzRdJ

[Liz Louise @Liz_Downey_]

Heath Spotted Orchid (Dactylorhiza maculata) starting to flower at a local reserve in Somerset including one plant with more striking markings on the lip compared to the others 💚 @BSBIbotany @ukorchids

[Rebecca Wheeler @botany_beck]

One of my very favouritist wildflowers, the super-fuzzy Bogbean, Menyanthes trifoliata is looking absolutely stunning in my pond at the moment😍

[Rebecca Wheeler @botany_beck]

Saw my first Yellow Flag, Iris pseudacorus, of the year today. Aren’t they stunning! Said to have been the inspiration for the heraldic symbol, the Fleur-de-lys 💛
#wildflowerhour

[Science Snippets @janeayto]

Benefit of the council not cutting the grass - Lady's Smock/Cuckoo flower and buttercups - probably creeping but did not check in pathway verge. @BSBIbotany @WildFlowerSoc

[Moira O'Donnell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @NatureLark]

If I were a fairy, I would be Fairy Foxglove. 🧚‍♀️🦊🧤 Fairy Foxglove, Erinus alpinus, adorning walls at the fairytale castle that is Scotney Castle in Kent. #WildflowerHour

[Rebecca Wheeler @botany_beck]

A lovely way to spend the afternoon trying to spot the different colour variations amidst the Green-winged Orchids, Anacamptis morio. A pick and mix of gorgeousness from deepest purple, lilac, bubblegum, shell pink and white. Which is your favourite? 😍 #wildflowerhour

[Peter Langley @plang56]

Why do green-winged orchids love churchyards? @ukorchids @sussexorchids

[Rebecca Wheeler @botany_beck]

A gorgeous day for exploring Llanymynech Rocks. Lots of beautiful wildflowers to admire, from Early Purple Orchids, stately Cuckoo Pints, swathes of Greater Stitchwort and so many Cowslips & Primroses, their love child, the False Oxlip could also be found! #wildflowerhour

[Science Snippets @janeayto]

Early purple orchid on roadside verge, Plympton Plymouth - fortunately it is reserved and looked after for it's wild flowers. @WildFlowerSoc @BSBIbotany @WildFlowerSoc

[Science Snippets @janeayto]

False oxlip on roadside near A38 Plympton, Plymouth. Some cowslips in view as well. @BSBIbotany @wildflower_hour @WildFlowerSoc

[Science Snippets @janeayto]

@LizLouise12 @BSBIbotany @wildflower_hour Hi Liz, please could I use this photo on my Practical science teaching facebook page and my blog?

[Moira O'Donnell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @NatureLark]

Some of the gorgeous #WoodlandPlants I've seen this week for #WildflowerHour. Clockwise top left: Primrose, Bluebell, Moschatel, Germander Speedwell, Wood Anemone, Common Dog Violet, Barren Strawberry.