Edom Mountains - Jordan

[Oron Peri]

Not every day that one can see snow in the desert.
I just came back from a five days trip to this amazing part of the world.
The most famous site is off course Petra, but i find that the surroundings are not less beautiful.
These mountains are home to many species of bulbous plants including Iris petrana, Iris edomensis and many others.

[Sinchets]

Great shots, Oron. Were the plants up and flowering?

[Hans A.]

  wow  - now the plants please.
Perhaps Iris edomensis...

[Robert G]

Oron,

Fanastic shots! I love seeing environments that are completely different from mine...well except for the snow. Look forward to seeing more shots.

[Oron Peri]

Thanks Simon and Hans,

The purpose of this trip was mainly for two species, Iris edomensis and Romulea petraea,
the good news is that i have found both, the bad news is that Iris edomensis had flowered probably in early January and was already with young seedpods but I'll post a photo of the leaves which are not less stunning.
I have also seen Bellevalia, Gagea, Muscari, Colchicum, in flower and many other species that will bloom in about a month such as Iris petrana, Fritillaria persica, Iris nigricans and many many others, probably dew to the cold weather they are a bit late to flower this year.

[David Nicholson]

Great views Oron.

[Miriam]

Wooooow
What an excellent timing to go there and see also the snow!!
Looking forward to see more pics.

[Armin]

I join the end of queue - waiting to see more pictures

[cohan]

wow! thanks for these, i love this landscape, and beautiful photos!..

[Oron Peri]

Thank you all,
here are some more photos from the Edom mountains.

[Ezeiza]

How stunning. Those cat sculptures look so life like.

And the siamese donkeys are a real find.

[akoen]

Thanks for the photos. For me this is a completely unknown landscape. So far from the Norwegian mountains it is possible to get.
Only the snow and the cats that are similar.