Italy 2008

[Lesley Cox]

It could be a stoned camel.

[Maggi Young]

It could be a stoned camel.

My goodness... I see exactly what you mean.... it DOES look like a camel....

[tonyg]

Great to see pictures of your trip.  That lad of yours is growing up, each year I think he looks more like his father

[Pauli]

Hello Thomas!

The Allium could be triquetum!

[Thomas Huber]

Great to see pictures of your trip.  That lad of yours is growing up, each year I think he looks more like his father

You're right, Tony - and really: What a good looking boy he is  

Herbert, you could be right with Allium triquetum. The second could be Allium trifoliatum?

Some more photos from the trip.
- Anemone apennina was growing everywhere, but only in a few places they grew en masse like in the photos below. I looked for special forms but didn't find any, just white, blue and intermediates.
- between this wet moss-cushions I found a lot of Galanthus nivalis in fruit
- only flying this plane is better than driving my car   by the way: it will reach 20 years this year
- this year we decided to visit the volcano Vesuvius. The view inside and the sulfur clouds were impressive, but if I knew before what kind of traffic awaited me there, I would have cancelled the visit  

[Gerdk]

My pleasure, Gerd.
Here some specials for you:

- Viola from Abbruzo mountains

Thank you Thomas,
The pansy is great - difficult to determinate without further details.
Possible are Vv. magellensis (viola de Majella), pseudogracilis, graeca and eugeniae.
- the name doesn't matter - all are beautiful!

Gerd

[Thomas Huber]

Thanks for ID Gerd. I didn't realize that these were so many different species, thought this is just one variable species.

Due to late Easter this year our trip was far apart from Crocus flowers, but finally - on our last day - we found some in flower on 1900m. Just 'standard-Italian-napolitanus' but nevertheless we found some remarkable flowers and an albino form.
- Chris phoning with Mama when we had dinner in Subiaco ...
- ...and a wonderful view out of the hotel window. Subiaco is a wonderul small town and a good starting point for journeys in the neighbouring mountains.
- View to the monastary on Monte Vergine
- View from our hotel in Tuscany, nearly on 900m and highly recommendable.
- Helleborus ? growing through rubbish  

[Gerdk]

Thanks for ID Gerd. I didn't realize that these were so many different species, thought this is just one variable species.

You are welcome, Thomas!
You are right, if you found the pansies shown growing alltogether it would be quite possible that it is one species regardless of the colour of their flowers.
I only noted the pansies which could be found within the part of Italy you visited.

Gerd