Western Transcaucasia snowdrop trip - April 2013

[Pauli]

Absolutely fascinating!

Dangerous or only difficult to get there?

[Oakwood]

Abkhazia landscapes and plants, Galanthus woronowii, Platanus orientalis, Erythronium caucasicum, Primula acaulis. G. krasnovii and G. woronowii growing together in syntopic manner - find the differences 

[MR GRUMPY]

Abkhazia landscapes and plants, Galanthus platyphyllus aff. (as it has apiculate anthers)

Dima,
Thankyou for the breath taking landscapes and plants we can only dream of seeing.panjutinii already has variations,and did i spot a couple of 4 x 4 flowers on the platyphyllus?

[Richard Williams]

Dima
Outstanding plants and landscape. Not only the G platyphyllus but the other wonderfull plants as well such as the Erythronium. Plant heaven.

[Alan_b]

Wow!  Some fantastic plants in breathtaking locales.

[Brian Ellis]

Thank you Dima for sharing your travels with us, it is really good to see the landscapes where these plants are found.  So many G. krasnovii and G.panjutinii, I am overwhelmed

[Leena]

It is so good to see plants in their natural habitats, thank you.
Do you happen to have bigger pictures of these peonies, which show how they grow?

[Oakwood]

Happy you liked it!!! many thanks for comments! we were as usually as our dream-team - Olga Bondareva, Sergey Banketov and me. I miss you, guys!!!  ready to go with you to another mountainfields!!!!!!!!!!! 
And the key gem of our trip - fall-blooming Crocus autranii - many thanks to Janis for identification!! 

[ian mcenery]

Abkhazia landscapes and plants, Galanthus woronowii, Platanus orientalis, Erythronium caucasicum, Primula acaulis. G. krasnovii and G. woronowii growing together in syntopic manner - find the differences 

Dimitri

Thanks for taking us on your trip. Great plants and what a marvellous place

[ichristie]

Thank you for showing such a varied landscape so many incredible flowers  very special, cheers Ian the Christie kind.

[Hagen Engelmann]

 Oh, the world is fine, thank you to the dream team.

[pehe]

Dima, it is a great pleasure to read about your trip and see these amazing fields of rare Galanthus.
Congratulations with your find of Crocus autranii. It is almost a miracle that you could find this very rare crocus when not flowering. You must have special skills!

Poul

[Oakwood]

Dima, it is a great pleasure to read about your trip and see these amazing fields of rare Galanthus.
Congratulations with your find of Crocus autranii. It is almost a miracle that you could find this very rare crocus when not flowering. You must have special skills!

Poul

Poul, found it occasionally under old fir, thinking it's C. speciosus, but it turned to be autranii!

[Olga Bondareva]

Dima, you are so quick.  I was in my north Caucasus tail of the trip when you published this topic. 
I'll add some pictures later. Missing you and Sergey already.

[Olga Bondareva]

Abchazian sea