We start with a new location for Bird's Nest Orchid - not far from known sites - in Clydach Gorge from Anne.
Neottia nidus-avis, Bird's-nest Orchid, Anne Griffiths
And Matt has found a few plants of a county rarity I have yet to see myself down near Penderyn on limestone.
Cardamine impatiens, Narrow-leaved Bitter-cress, Matt Sutton
And we are very used to seeing this in association with its more common relative but in this case on its own on wet rocks.
Chrysosplenium alternifolium, Alternate-leaved Golden-saxifrage, Matt Sutton
Both finds were near the Afon Hepste.
Not a new find but I thought this Pellitory-of-the-wall was worth a picture in Brecon near the Coop.
Parietaria judaica, Pellitory-of-the-wall
And the Dwarf Elder at Llandefalle Churchyard is spreading nicely under sympathetic management.
Sambucus ebulus, Dwarf Elder
Hairy Buttercup is one of our localized rarities so well done Anne in finding this near Talgarth - a new location but very much in the zone it inhabits in Breconshire. It's still rare there though compared to the "big three" Buttercups*.
Ranunculus sardous, Hairy Buttercup, Anne Griffiths
We had a very good day up on Carngafallt (just east of Elan Village and an RSPB reserve) and were rewarded by many good finds but it was the Bell Heather that had us most captivated as we don't often see it - there being a slightly-smaller-than-Breconshire hole in the distribution map of the plant for the country as a whole.
Erica cinerea, Bell Heather
And finally Steph reports that Libanus Churchyard - a former meadow now back in sympathetic management - is once again abundant with Orchids, notably Butterfly and Twayblade.
Platanthera chlorantha, Greater Butterfly Orchis, Steph Coates
Neottia ovata, Common Twayblade, Steph Coates
* Creeping, Meadow and Bulbous Buttercups
