There are beautiful wild orchids in the Scottish Highlands. We saw them lots of places while hiking.   I think they were my favorite wildflowers from the trip.  Identification is tricky and some photos are a bit blurry.  I hope these are correct.

Heath spotted orchids – shades of pink, lavender, and white

Marsh Orchids – white

Pink

Magenta

Lesser Butterfly Orchid

They were all absolutely gorgeous, and I was so pleased to be able to find them in bloom.

There’s a garden out in my yard somewhere, but its buried in snow.  I think the last thing anyone wants to see is more snow pictures so perhaps a travelogue might be more fun.  Last June, we took a wonderful trip to Scotland.  We hiked in Braemar, Durness, the Isle of Skye and Glencoe.  I took a lot of photos of wild flowers, and I hope I have identified them correctly.  Here are some of my favorites.  Enjoy!

Butterwort

Bog Asphodel

Starry saxifrage

Blue milkwort

White milkwort

Thyme

Tormentil (yellow) with Lousewort (pink)

White lousewort

Eyebright

Honeysuckle

Stonecrop

Spring pea

Vetch

Dwarf Cornel

Heath Bedstraw

Heathers

Martagnon Lily

Lady’s Mantle

Bell Heather

Thrift

Bog Cotton

Yellow Flag Iris

and of course, a Thistle