Plant hunting in Majorca April 2010

[mark smyth]

Day three
1 Orchis mascula subsp. olbiensis
2 Orchis mascula subsp. olbiensis
3 Ophrys bombyliflora
4 Ophrys bombyliflora
5 trees wrapped in wire at Blue Gorge ?dam to stop goats eating them
6 trees wrapped in wire at Blue Gorge ?dam
7 trees wrapped in wire at Blue Gorge ?dam

[mark smyth]

Day four
1 Allium sp.
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8 Allium sp.
9 I should have bought this brilliant wine holder. How does it balance?
10 strange beetle

[mark smyth]

Day four continued
1 chickens having a bad hair day
2 chickens having a bad hair day
3 rooster feathers
4 rooster feathers
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[mark smyth]

Day four continued
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5 Gladiolus ?byzantinus
6 a pink one
7 comparison of pink and normal
8 a pure white one
9 a pure white one
10 comparison of white and normal

[mark smyth]

Day four
1 grass / grain
2 Lathyrus sp.
3 Lathyrus sp.
4 Lathyrus sp. seed pod
5 Ophrys apifera
6 roundabout sculpture
7 terracotta street artists. taking photos ruined the illusion
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[mark smyth]

Day five
1 Euphorbia sp
2 Euphorbia sp
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5 rock formations
6 rock formations
7 terracing
8 terracing
9 view
10 view

[mark smyth]

Time to go home. Dark as a chestnut but sad to be leaving

[Hoy]

Mark, I wouldn't mind growing both what you call weeds and non-weeds in my garden! Well, except the small cressy thing.

[cohan]

nice trip--looks like a good time of year for a great range of flowers!

[Hans A.]

Fantastic pics Mark - like especially the white Gladiolus illyricus!

[Armin]

Mark,
great images

Hans I totally agree with you!
How often white Gladiolus appear in the wilderness of Majorica?

[Juan Fornes]

Very beautiful pics, Mark! Looks like a very productive journey... Sure you enjoyed!
I´m going to try to give you some names:
- Reply#4:
  Pics 1 and 2, Reseda sp.
        3 and 4 Myoporum tenuifolium
- Reply#5:
  Pic 6: Orobanche sp.
- #6
  Pic 2 probably Ophrys bertolonii subsp.balearica
  Pic 4 and 5 Ornithogalum arabicum
- #8
  Pic 1, 2 and 4  Arisarum vulgare
  Pic 3 Helicodiceros (=Dracunculus) muscivorus (great this pic! I love this plant (in fact, araceae drives me crazy)
- # 10
  Pic 2 Orobanche sp.
  Pic 8 and 9 probably another form of Ophrys bertolonii balearica
- # 15
  Pic 1 and 2 very probably Orchis olbiensis (=Orchis mascula subsp. olbiensis)
  Pic 3 and 4  "        "        Ophrys bombyliflora
-# 18
  Pic 20  Ornithogalum narbonense
-# 19
  Pic 5 Ophrys apifera
Did Ornithogalum showed in # 17, 6 and 7 showed green stripe outside petals? I cannot see clearly-
Agree with results?
   Thank you very much for sharing this pictures! Spring gets nearer!
   

[mark smyth]

Thanks guys.

Thanks Juan. I'll add the names soon.

[Thomas Huber]

Great trip and great photos, Mark.
If you're looking for plant names of the Balearics, this site might help:
http://herbarivirtual.uib.es/eng-uib/index.html

[mark smyth]

Juan said
Did Ornithogalum showed in # 17, 6 and 7 showed green stripe outside petals? I cannot see clearly-
 
No the flowers were green with a white edge