![Bee orchid [Ophrys apifera]. Photographed in May 2022, near Worth Matravers, Dorset.](https://www.m35photography.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/1/nggallery/botanical-ii/DSC2111-Edit-copy2.jpg "Bee orchid [Ophrys apifera]. Photographed in May 2022, near Worth Matravers, Dorset.")
![Lupins [Lupinus] in field by Terwick St Peter Church, West Sussex](https://www.m35photography.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/1/nggallery/botanical-ii/DSC1209-Edit-copy.jpg "Lupins [Lupinus] in field by Terwick St Peter Church, West Sussex")
![Monkey orchid [Orchis simia].](https://www.m35photography.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/1/nggallery/botanical-ii/DSC3412-EditcopyWeb.jpg "Monkey orchid [Orchis simia].")
![Red campion [Silene dioica].](https://www.m35photography.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/1/nggallery/botanical-ii/1b_DSC8916-Lindsey-Harris.jpg "Red campion [Silene dioica].")
![Southern marsh orchid [Dactylorhiza praetermissa>].](https://www.m35photography.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/1/nggallery/botanical-ii/DSC1938-Edit-copy.jpg "Southern marsh orchid [Dactylorhiza praetermissa].")
![Miniature cyclamen [Primulaceae].](https://www.m35photography.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/1/nggallery/botanical-ii/DSC3559-Edit.jpg "Miniature cyclamen [Primulaceae].")
![Pasqueflower [Pulsatilla vulgaris]. Photographed at Martin Down.](https://www.m35photography.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/1/nggallery/botanical-ii/DSC3921-Edit.jpg "Pasqueflower [Pulsatilla vulgaris]. Photographed at Martin Down.")
![Deadly nightshade [Atropa belladonna]. Photographed growing wild in a Berkshire wood.](https://www.m35photography.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/1/nggallery/botanical-ii/41051713420_49aac4fb72_c.jpg "Deadly nightshade [Atropa belladonna]. Photographed growing wild in a Berkshire wood.")
![Early spider-orchid [Ophrys sphegodes]. Growing in the Purbecks, Dorset.](https://www.m35photography.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/1/nggallery/botanical-ii/DSC4216-Edit.jpg "Early spider-orchid [Ophrys sphegodes]. Growing in the Purbecks, Dorset.")
![Pink common columbine [Aquilegia vulgaris].](https://www.m35photography.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/1/nggallery/botanical-ii/DSC7006-EditB.jpg "Pink common columbine [Aquilegia vulgaris].")
![Woody nightshade [Solanum dulcamara] growing at Luscombe Valley Nature Reserve, Poole.](https://www.m35photography.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/1/nggallery/botanical-ii/DSC5123-EditMerge-copy.jpg "Woody nightshade [Solanum dulcamara] growing at Luscombe Valley Nature Reserve, Poole.")
![Burnt-tip orchid [Neotinea ustulata], Martin Down Nature Reserve, Hampshire.](https://www.m35photography.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/1/nggallery/botanical-ii/DSC4616-Edit.jpg "Burnt-tip orchid [Neotinea ustulata], Martin Down Nature Reserve, Hampshire.")
![Ox-eye daisy at first light. [Leucanthemum vulgare].](https://www.m35photography.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/1/nggallery/botanical-ii/DSC0740-EditCopy.jpg "Ox-eye daisy at first light. [Leucanthemum vulgare].")
![Early purple orchid [Orchis mascula]. Growing in the Purbecks, Dorset.](https://www.m35photography.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/1/nggallery/botanical-ii/DSC4242-Edit.jpg "Early purple orchid [Orchis mascula]. Growing in the Purbecks, Dorset.")
![Pasqueflowers [Pulsatilla vulgaris] after the rain at Barnsley Warren SSSI.](https://www.m35photography.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/1/nggallery/botanical-ii/1_DSC9816-Edit-copy.jpg "Pasqueflowers [Pulsatilla vulgaris] after the rain at Barnsley Warren SSSI.")
![Giant hogweed [Heracleum mantegazzianum] growing in Dorset, in 2021.](https://www.m35photography.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/1/nggallery/botanical-ii/DSC5050-Edit2.jpg "Giant hogweed [Heracleum mantegazzianum] growing in Dorset, in 2021. Read more.")
![Bee orchid [Ophrys apifera]. Photographed in June 2023, near Wareham, Dorset.](https://www.m35photography.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/1/nggallery/botanical-ii/DSC5266-Edit-copy.jpg "Bee orchid [Ophrys apifera]. Photographed in June 2023, near Wareham, Dorset.")
![Henbane [Hyoscyamus niger]. Photographed growing wild in Dorset.](https://www.m35photography.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/1/nggallery/botanical-ii/41538400685_2790f997ce_c.jpg "Henbane [Hyoscyamus niger]. Photographed growing wild in Dorset.")
![[Himantoglossum hircinum], the lizard orchid](https://www.m35photography.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/1/nggallery/botanical-ii/U4A7252-Edit-copy.jpg "[Himantoglossum hircinum[, the lizard orchid. Photographed in Wiltshire.")
![Woodcock orchid [Ophrys scolopax] x Fly orchid [Ophrys insectifera) hybrid,](https://www.m35photography.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/1/nggallery/botanical-ii/DSC0341-Edit-copy.jpg "Woodcock orchid [Ophrys scolopax] x Fly orchid [Ophrys insectifera] hybrid.")
![Dorset sunflowers [Helianthus]. August 2021.](https://www.m35photography.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/1/nggallery/botanical-ii/DSC5566-Edit-copywebsite.jpg "Dorset sunflowers [Helianthus]. August 2021.")
![Dorset sunflower fields at sunset. [Helianthus].](https://www.m35photography.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/1/nggallery/botanical-ii/DSC3622-EditCopy.jpg "Dorset sunflower fields at sunset. [Helianthus].")
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