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General Subjects => Travel / Places to Visit => Topic started by: Gerdk on April 01, 2009, 08:24:45 AM
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Here I'm starting some sets of pics made during a short trip to eastern Spain during the last third of March.
I begin with the coastal area just south of Valencia - Part 1
1. Cistus albidus
2. Asphodelus species
3. + 4. Aphyllanthes monspeliensis
5. + 6. Iris species (chamaeiris?)
7. Lithospermum (fruticosum?)
8. - 10. Narcissus dubius - unfortunately nearly over
Gerd
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Gerd,
Very nice set of photographs. Interesting plants there, obviously.
Many thanks, Paddy
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Second batch - also from the lowlands
Part 2
1. Cistus clusii
2. - 4. Tulipa australis
5. Jativa/Xativa Castle
6. Lavatera maritima
7. - 9. Sarcocapnos saetabensis - growing in fissures at the walls of the castle
10. Jativa - view from a hill to the town
Gerd
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very nice--i esp like the flowers on the rock wall! great to get away in cool spring to somewhere sunny and warm...
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Gerd,
welcome back from your trip :D
Super pictures! Especial like the T.australis - it looks so tender. Beautiful.
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Gerd, I would like to know if Tulipa australis were growing in shady places?
(as far as possible in that area)
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Thanks for the comments!
Armin: Found your 'Blue Ribbon' - decided to see it next season!
Here is the start of Part 3
1. + 2. a light blue annual Bellis species - perhaps Bellis annua
3. an escaped Freesia species - seemed to be adapted well to the climatic conditions (winter-spring flowering and summer drought) - Identification requested
4. Convolvulus altheoides
5. Monestir de Sant Jeroni de Cotalba (near Gandia)
6. Montgo - famous mountain close to Denia
7. Sendero (trail) to the top
8. + 9. Gladiolus (illyricus?)
10. Linum (narbonense ?)
Gerd
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Gerd, I would like to know if Tulipa australis were growing in shady places?
(as far as possible in that area)
No, it grows in open conditions on a hill between but always in a distance to Cistus species. At the time of my visit it was surprisingly wet.
Gerd
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Excellent post, Gerd. Hoping for more please?
As an aside - we saw plenty of freesias on the cliffs in Portugal.
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Excellent post, Gerd. Hoping for more please?
As an aside - we saw plenty of freesias on the cliffs in Portugal.
Thank you Cliff!
Do you have a species name for the freesias on the cliffs?
Gerd
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Here is the next part - the rest from the lowlands and then up to the mountains
of Teruel province
Part 4
1. Trail to the top of Montgo
2. Vinca major
3. Thalictrum tuberosum
4. a multipetalled Jasminum species in a park
5. Linares de Mora - detail of a church entrance
6. Viola (pyrenaica?) - Sierra de Gudar
7. - 10. Narcissus eugeniae - Sierra de Gudar
Gerd
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Gerd the Freesia might be F. refracta, which is naturalized in S. Europe.
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Gerd, thank you for this trip.... I am enjoying every step of the way with such flowers! 8)
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Gerd really interesting pictures,seems you had an excellent trip.A good time of year to go.
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Many thanks Gerd for bringing us along on your trip 8)
I've never seen a double jasmine before; it reminds me of Rosa banksiae 'Lutea'.
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Next batch - also from the mountains of Teruel province (Sierra de Gudar)
Part 5
1. - 4. Narcissus eugeniae - most with a very short flower stalk but sometimes - see no. 4 - with a longer one.
5. N. eugeniae with Galanthus nivalis
6. + 7. Galanthus nivalis
8. - 10. Hepatica pyrenaica in different colours
Gerd
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No, it grows in open conditions on a hill between but always in a distance to Cistus species. At the time of my visit it was surprisingly wet.
Gerd
I saw the moss on the picture, so it had to be wet or shade.. :-\
Narcissus eugeniae: never heard of, but very nice. So short!
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A beautiful thalictrum - how tall? - and delightful daffodils.
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Thank you alltogether for your kind comments!
Anne: up to 50 cm. The species is said to be hardy - (maybe from more northern provenance).
Gerd
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Thanks for these, Gerd; hope there are more to come.......
I do like Narcissus eugeniae - looks to have been a wonderful sight.
Luit: John Blanchard includes it as a subspecies of N pseudonarcissus.
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Luit: John Blanchard includes it as a subspecies of N pseudonarcissus.
Dave, after I asked, I thought of the book, which I took later.
Must be senior brains... ;D
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Also from Teruel province
Batch 6
1. Linares de Mora
2. Prunus species (Peach/Almond?)
3. - 6. different Viola species - concerning the species identification only guesses,
because they are very hard to identify during this early stage
7. + 8. Narcissus bulbocodium
9. + 10. High up in the mountains
Gerd
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and the rest
Part 7
1. Lichens in the mountains
2. + 3. Albarracin - a medevial town
4. back at the coast - the castle of Cullera
5. the coastline - fortunately nearly deserted at this time of the year
Gerd
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Anne: up to 50 cm. The species is said to be hardy - (maybe from more northern provenance).
Gerd
Gerd and Anne
I found it in the Pyrenees (thalictrum tuberosum) and it is easy and hardy. There it was growing in wet hedgerows.A really good plant.
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I'll watch for it in the seed lists .
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A lovely series of pics Gerd. This is a part of Spain I have not been to and I must put that right some day.
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Gerd,
the Jasminum looks like Jasminum mesnyi (Primel-Jasmin = Primrose-Jasmin). A species hardy to -5 to -10 Celsius. Survived in the nursery I work in an unheated filmtunnel. Foliage damaged, but the branches are green. Flowers here at the end of April/ to mid May.
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A lovely series of pics Gerd. This is a part of Spain I have not been to and I must put that right some day.
Thank you David - for me it was the first time there also. One of the best parts of the country I visited. The crowded coastal area around Valencia is a horror.
Gerd,
the Jasminum looks like Jasminum mesnyi (Primel-Jasmin = Primrose-Jasmin). A species hardy to -5 to -10 Celsius. Survived in the nursery I work in an unheated filmtunnel. Foliage damaged, but the branches are green. Flowers here at the end of April/ to mid May.
Uli, Thank you for identification!
Gerd
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Thanks Gerd for all your hard work to show these plants to us! The tulip in the moss is a revelation for me!
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I missed this topic! Superb pictures, Gerd. I didn't remebered you will visit Teruel, it is one of my favourite provinces due Maestrazgo region. I recomend to everybody my favourite village in Spain: Pitarque and also near villages like Villarluengo, Cantavieja, Tronchón etc.... because they are actually in the Midle Age, very few people, very few lights, roads... etc.
Last picture is a night mare, do you think is it possible a Tsunami in Mediterraneo Sea? ;D >:( ;D >:(
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Thank you Rafa!
Unfortunately we didn't visit any of the towns you mentioned. It is a shame
that we only talk about plants and plants and not about interesting places!
And of course great parts of the coast are a horror - good to know there are
better places to detect in your country.
Gerd