The Travel Giraffe

[Ian Y]

Gerry seems to be very taken with the Salvia - for me it is the tulips.
It is interesting to see them at about the same stage as they are at in our Aberdeen garden.
Thanks Stellan and Gerry.

[stellan]

More photos
aristolochia
 corydalis
 stachys

[mark smyth]

Rosa persica is very nice. Must Google it

[stellan]

Last photos for today... I have more photos but the internet is to slow...

I will ride back to the mountains again and find a good place for my tent.

/Stellan

[Lesley Cox]

Thank you Stellan. I love the tulips too. Those wonderful wiggly leaves! And the stachys looks very interesting, not much like your typical Lamiaceae at first glance. I wonder what those hard cushions are? If you were here Stellan, they'd be Raoulia eximia.

[Lvandelft]

Amazing pictures Stellan.
Most impressed by those Gypsophila aretoides (?) on the hillside.

[stellan]

Me and Gerry are now in Semnan and here are some photos from yesterday in the mountains northeast from here.

/Stellan

 adonis
 asteraceae
 flower_1
 flower_2

[stellan]

Here are more photos from the mountains...


lamiaceae
 hillside_1
 hillside_2
 cliff

[stellan]

Nice flower...

brassicaceae_1
 brassicaceae_2
 brassicaceae_3
 brassicaceae_4

[stellan]

Some more photos...

euphorbia.
 brassicaceae_5
 juno

[stellan]

I liked this Fabaceae... The flower look normal but the leaves don't fit the plant...

These was also the last photos for today...

/Stellan

[Maggi Young]

Thanks for today's "report", Stellan 
The earth that the last Fabaceae is growing in is not very inviting, is it?   ... does not seem that the plants would enjoy it, but it is amazing to see just where and how the plants DO grow in nature.

[stellan]

Thanks for today's "report", Stellan 
The earth that the last Fabaceae is growing in is not very inviting, is it?   ... does not seem that the plants would enjoy it, but it is amazing to see just where and how the plants DO grow in nature.

The plant was growing near the road so the earth is little better. If I went few meter from the road it was more dead... Brown bushes and salt.

I will ride southeast from the city so I think it will be more dry and less plants...

/Stellan

[Lesley Cox]

Some really interesting things there Stellan, even the brassicas look rather special. A superb clumping Juno.

[fermi de Sousa]

Thanks, Stellan (and Gerry),
quite a fascinating look at these far away places!
cheers
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