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Yann

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Re: Crete in april
« Reply #15 on: April 18, 2016, 08:27:09 PM »
It was a good year for orchids

Orchis collina
Ophrys fusca ssp cretica
Ophrys fusca ssp creberrima
Orchis sitiaca
Ophrys episcopalis
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Re: Crete in april
« Reply #16 on: April 18, 2016, 08:43:44 PM »
You did well a great selection of flowers. it is a wonderful area
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Re: Crete in april
« Reply #17 on: April 18, 2016, 08:51:54 PM »
Yes Tony, Spili was a bit too "burnt", i found better areas around Gerakari and upper Kato Saktouria.
The well known site of Vatos above the white house surrounded with pines is now closed, an old woman pursued friends  :-\

Ophrys heldreichii
Ophrys cretica
Ophrys tenthredinifera
Ophrys holoserica
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Re: Crete in april
« Reply #18 on: April 18, 2016, 09:09:00 PM »
more orchids

Orchis pauciflora
Orchis fragrans
Barlia robertiana and my little princess with her sharp eyes detecting small plants
Anacamptis pyramidalis
Orchis lactea
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Re: Crete in april
« Reply #19 on: April 18, 2016, 09:28:42 PM »
Ophrys gortynia
Ophrys helenae X Ophrys spruneri or Ophrys herae with the clear border  ???
Ophrys spruneri x Ophrys mammosa
Ophrys bombyliflora
Ophrys creberrima (need to check the label's length, can also be phaidra)
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Re: Crete in april
« Reply #20 on: April 18, 2016, 10:20:17 PM »
Ophrys phaidra
Ophrys omegaifera
Orchis lactea
Aceras anthropophorum
Serapias bergonii
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Re: Crete in april
« Reply #21 on: April 18, 2016, 10:46:54 PM »
A very rich floristic area Yann, thanks for showing. Your beautiful little helper may grow up to become an orchid expert  :)
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Re: Crete in april
« Reply #22 on: April 18, 2016, 10:50:55 PM »
Anacamptis papillonacea ssp alibertis
The biotopes where you can find many species
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Re: Crete in april
« Reply #23 on: April 19, 2016, 06:37:53 PM »
There's not only orchids in life  ;)

Ornithogalum exscapum var. collinum
Parentucellia viscosa
Anemone hortensis subsp. heldreichii
Gagea cretica
Cynoglossum creticum
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Re: Crete in april
« Reply #24 on: April 19, 2016, 06:49:54 PM »
Cyclamen creticum
Silene cretica
Fritillaria messanensis
Phlomis fruticosa
Orobanche crenata
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Re: Crete in april
« Reply #25 on: April 19, 2016, 08:04:24 PM »
Arisarum vulgare, a bit shy  :D
Ebenus cretica found near Agia Triada
Parentucellia latifolia
Anthemis tomentosa
Campanula tubulosa
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Re: Crete in april
« Reply #26 on: April 19, 2016, 08:14:58 PM »
Steve (C2) visited Spili today, i hope he'll add some photos to this thread.

If some of you plane to visit the island, i've created a map with +/- 100 spots to visit.
Link can be given by PM.

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Re: Crete in april
« Reply #27 on: April 20, 2016, 10:10:27 PM »
south coast is a good place for bulbs

Muscari spreitzenhoferi
Dracunculus vulgaris
Arum concinnum
Allium commutatum
Muscari comosum
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Re: Crete in april
« Reply #28 on: April 20, 2016, 10:11:58 PM »
Coronilla varia
Eruca vesicaria
Helichrysum heldreichii growing in pure sand
Medicago marina
Malcomia flexuosa
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Re: Crete in april
« Reply #29 on: April 21, 2016, 09:56:47 AM »
What a wonderful journey - and a what a richness of spring flowers!
Thank you for sharing these impressions!

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