Italy 2008

[tonyg]

Brilliant - when Chris has grown and left the nest and my girls have done the same I might finally have time to come with you ..... and perhaps we can take longer over it!!!   Mind you, I do not want to wish the years away. 

[Thomas Huber]

Franz, thanks for the confirmation of Gerd's ID for Hermodactylus tuberosus and Tulipa sylvestris.

Tony I'm still hoping, that we can make a hike together this summer!!!


I'm glad to let you join my virtual trip 

[Joakim B]

Dear Thomas thanks for sharing the pictures and events.
Nice to see orchids in the wild
I am not an expert on orchids but I like them an Yours were an Orphys so much is sure.
Using a book I got it to Orphys lutea subsp lutea.
Please correct me if I am wrong or confirm if I am right.
Once again thanks for sharing 

Kind regards
Joakim

[Thomas Huber]

Thanks for ID Joakim, but I can neither correct nor confirm - I'm far away from being an orchid expert 
Perhaps anybody else can do that for me?

[Diane Clement]

Thanks for ID Joakim, but I can neither correct nor confirm - I'm far away from being an orchid expert 
Perhaps anybody else can do that for me?

I'm not an orchid expert either, but I agree it's Ophrys lutea.

[Joakim B]

Hi Thomas and Diane
I saw a different subsp. shown here on the forum by Ibrahim, that is O. lutea subsp minima and that also fits with the description I have in "Field guide to Orchids of Britain and Europe" By Buttler as minima. The book is nice but a bit old so there might have been name changes but obviously not here.
Here is the other O.lutea this time from Turkey
http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=1547.msg41625#msg41625
I think the subsp of the plant Thomas saw is lutea, but anyway it is a great treat to see them.

Kind regards
Joakim

[Thomas Huber]

In the last days I have made another trip to Italy to explore the most interesting locations of the 2008 trip more closely.

Here some Orchid photos for which I have no idea what they are, can anybody help???

[Hans J]

Hi Thomas ,

I'm really not a specialist for orchids ..but I think I know this plant : Holunderorchidee
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holunder-Knabenkraut

I saw it before some years en masse in Sicily ....

Hans

[Pauli]

Hi Thomas,

the first orchid should be Orchis papilionacea
then Orchis morio
the single yellow one could  also be an orchis and not a Dactylorhiza, perhaps pauciflora
 but the mixture of red an yellow plants are Dactylorhizas. Maybe sambucina, although there are different species in the south!

[Thomas Huber]

Good morning Herbert and thanks for your help.
Finally I have names for these beauties 

Here some more photos from this years trip:
- Cyclamen repandum
- streetlife in the Italian mountains
- a beautiful morning in Tuscany
- Orvieto near Rome
- View over the Bay of Naples to the Vesuvio
- View to Capri

[Gerdk]

Hi Thomas,
Especially the repandums are stunning - looking forward to further
impressions! Thank you!

Gerd

[Thomas Huber]

My pleasure, Gerd.
Here some specials for you:

- Viola from Abbruzo mountains
- Opi in the Abbruzo mountains
- More Cyclamen with unpleasant 'neighbourplants' 
- white cover on Monte Amiata, again we didn't find any plants on top of Tuscanies biggest mountain 
- next day we had good weather on the beach in Lido di Fondi. Same hotel as 3 years ago
- Chris' black socks 
- Anemone ranunculoides

[Armin]

Wonderful images Thomas, except the unpleasant 'neighbourplants' .

[Oakwood]

Thomas! Amazing trip it was! BRAVO! 

[Thomas Huber]

Thanks Armin.
Dima, my tour is not to compare with your wonderful snowdrop trip - I only found them once in fruit 

Here two more unknown plants, I think Allium?
Any tipps for a name?

- some more unpleasant finds - these weeds grow everywhere in Italy 
- Breakfast on top of the pass street
- also the car needed some dessert-oil
- what do they want to save here? Better let it fall down 
- wonderful view to the Amalficoast and Salerno