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Re: Austrian Mountain
« Reply #45 on: June 21, 2009, 12:20:50 AM »
All lovely plants but I am very taken with Pinguicula alpina. I love these little insectivorous plants. PP. vulgaris and grandiflora do well for me. Fed in the autumn on those tiny insects that infest field mushrooms, they flower superbly in the spring.
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Re: Austrian Mountain
« Reply #46 on: June 25, 2009, 10:33:37 AM »
What a wonderful treat to come back to - thank you Karl and Hans for the beautiful photos of wild flowers from the mountains  :)
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Re: Austrian Mountain
« Reply #47 on: July 18, 2009, 07:00:16 AM »
Now you can see thousands of the following plants near my garden and house (Höllengebirge, Langbathsee)
Parnassia palustris
"Gelber Fingerhut" (Digitalis lutea)
Dactylorhiza fuchsii
Cyclamen purpurascens
Daphne mezereum
Veratrum album
Gymnadenia conopsea
Epipactis atrorubens
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Re: Austrian Mountain
« Reply #48 on: July 18, 2009, 07:55:17 AM »
i am seeing this thread rather late (well, i knew it was there, but didnt get to it!)..thanks karl and hans for these trips--such delightful places!
love those early spring flowers--esp callianthemum, and agree with lesley about Pinguicula--nice colour on this one..and of course C purpurascens... i am watching for seed of that one...

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Re: Austrian Mountain
« Reply #49 on: July 18, 2009, 03:27:11 PM »
Karl, thanks for posting more photos of the lovely flowerings near you in Austria.  Parnassia palustris is a beautiful flower which I have never seen before - does it grow in damp meadow?  Here in the meadow now we have the height of flowering and there are some spectacular plants.
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Re: Austrian Mountain
« Reply #50 on: July 18, 2009, 04:05:59 PM »
I am Hans and not Karl, but Karl is my friend.
Yes, Parnassia palustris likes wet and sunny conditions and is easy to grow.
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Re: Austrian Mountain
« Reply #51 on: July 18, 2009, 04:14:15 PM »
Hans, my apologies for calling you Karl but both of you obviously love the Austrian Mountainside and flora and it's good to know you are friends  :D
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Re: Austrian Mountain
« Reply #52 on: July 18, 2009, 07:00:23 PM »
I am Hans and not Karl, but Karl is my friend.
Yes, Parnassia palustris likes wet and sunny conditions and is easy to grow.

parnassia is also common here from wet to semi-wet meadows, i suspect it would grow in a garden without too much extra water..

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Re: Austrian Mountain
« Reply #53 on: July 18, 2009, 07:22:14 PM »
very nice indeed Hans.
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Re: Austrian Mountain
« Reply #54 on: July 19, 2009, 06:20:08 AM »
Hans,

Some very special plants grow wild in your area.  :o  I'm intrigued by the Parnassia palustris.  The indented veining is just amazing, quite unlike anything I have come across before.  That in combination with the central arrangement of the flower is extremely striking.  Wow.
Cheers.

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