St Anton in Arlberg

[ranunculus]

Who is this chap, because I'm quite interested as well?

If he likes buttercups then I will post one for him!


RANUNCULUS GLACIALIS

[cohan]

And now, higher a little into a patch where the snow has only just retreated.  Plants are growing in natural crevices, taking advantage of protection by the rocks
Salix reticulata
?Saxifraga exarata moschata?
Draba aizoides
Globularia ?nudicaulis (wow      )
Blues!

diane, i'll second your wow on the globularia, great plant and flower! all the others are splendid too..

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Keep going Diane, we're in your footsteps ! 

Wonderful show !

[tonyg]

We're still in the same area, limestone, snow only just retreated.  In some patches the plants are moving on fast.
Silene acaulis
Silene acaulis with Small Tortoiseshell Nymphalis urticae
Arenaria sp
?Thlaspi alpinum?
Blue & yellow

Think the Arenaria sp might be Saxifraga androsacea - the habitat is right and it looks like this snowmelt sax.
Lovely trip and gives me hope for school holiday trips in years to come!  Thanks.

[Diane Clement]

Think the Arenaria sp might be Saxifraga androsacea - the habitat is right and it looks like this snowmelt sax.
Lovely trip and gives me hope for school holiday trips in years to come!  Thanks. 

Do you know, in my notebook I wrote Saxifraga androsacea.  Then when I got home I looked it up and for some reason, thought it wasn't!  Thanks, Tony. 

[Diane Clement]

OK, a few buttercups

Ranunculus alpestris:
Crevice habitat
A pretty one
A poser
and another one

[Diane Clement]

From the same area

Doronicum grandiflorum
Soldanella ?alpinum?
ditto, shame about the nibbles
Viola calcarata
Androsace obtusifolia

[Diane Clement]

And one more growing in the limestone

Rhododendron hirsutum

[Diane Clement]

Then we walked back towards the chair lift. 

Geranium sylvaticum
Gentiana bavarica

[Diane Clement]

Back at the first area again, I tried to get some close up pictures and some low down shots with the mountains behind.  Unfortunately, at this point, the wind started up and made life very difficult. 

Silens acaulis
ditto
Myosotis alpestris

[Diane Clement]

Gentiana bavarica
ditto
Dryas octopetala
And that's the end of day 5

[Maggi Young]

Those Dryas are gorgeous, Diane.
 I find the richness of colour on the Rhododendron hirsutum flowers is mouthwatering and as for the little faces of the Violas.... who could fail to smile at those cheery liitle souls?

[Diane Clement]

Those Dryas are gorgeous, Diane.
 I find the richness of colour on the Rhododendron hirsutum flowers is mouthwatering and as for the little faces of the Violas.... who could fail to smile at those cheery liitle souls?

Yep, the Rhodos were fantastic, growing on and in the limestone.  Have you ever had success growing hirsutum or ferrugineum in the garden, Maggi?  I find them miffy and not inclined to flower. 

[Maggi Young]

I've given up on  R. hirsutum, although some hybrids do reasonably well in other  local gardens. I still have  R. ferrugineum and the flowers do get a pretty strong colour, though not a lot of them and the growth habit of the plant is straggly.