Trip to Crete, November+December 2009 and January 2010

[Klaas]

Here are some pictures of our latest trip to Crete, for more pictures please visit: http://www.greekmountainflora.info/Crete/Crete11.html
If you want to join us on one of our tours on mainland Greece from May 2010, please visit: http://www.alpines-offroad.com/eng/index.htm

[Maggi Young]

Here are the names of the plants pictured above, so that the search engine may find them....
Crocus laevigatus,  Asterousia, Crete
Crocus oreocreticus, Katharia plateau, Crete
Crocus tournefortii, northern coast, Crete
Colchicum cupanii , northern coast, Crete          all November 2009

Anemone coronaria, eastern Crete
Viola scorpiuroides, eastern Crete
Androcymbium rechingeri , Elafonisis Island, western Crete
Androcymbium rechingeri  close , Elafonisis Island, western Crete    all December 2009
Iris planifolia, western Crete   January 2010

[TC]

Here is a picture of Anchusa caespitosa taken on Gingelos in April 1995

[Maggi Young]

Oho! Nice Anchusa!

[cohan]

lovely images and flowers!
i hadnt realised that androcymbium makes it so far north--i only knew the genus (very little ) as south african..

[Maggi Young]

There are a few androcymbiums around the Med, Cohan and Androcymbium rechingeri is a Cretan endemic.

[cohan]

There are a few androcymbiums around the Med, Cohan and Androcymbium rechingeri is a Cretan endemic.

and doesn't seem to look that dissimilar to the south africans i recall; still indoor plants for here, but always interesting to learn more...

[Oron Peri]

Klaas
Great photos and websites,
Thank you.