Greece autumn 2018

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We have decided at the Vikos gorge not to look for Crocus hellenicus in western Greece and go straight down to the gulf of Corinth.



Looking for Crocus robertianus at Moni Varnakova was no pleasure, just two single plants.



Also just a few Cyclamen hederifolium



I hope Janis is more successful there at the moment and the weather is not too wet. When looking at the current weather forecast it could be very displeasing.

We then went to the other side of the gulf and have had a good spot with Colchicum peloponnesiacum just above the village of Trapeza.

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Colchicum peloponnesiacum

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Attiki was our next destination to see especially Crocus cartwrightianus in the wild. We climbed a hill south of the airport by car und were just in a Crocus paradise. Yann hasn't promised too much about the abundance of this Crocus there.



Crocus cartwrightianus first:

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Some more

Crocus cartwrightianus:






Crocus laevigatus:




Dense clouds arrived in the evening and it should be a short intermezzo with some rain till next morning.

[Gerdk]

Stunning views and very welcome at this time of the year - thank you for taking us with you.

Gerd

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Gerd, this area is easy accessible from the airport and you are in this Crocus wonder world after just half an hour. Even Narcissus obsoletus is growing there but we did not find it.

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It was rainy next morning but the weather get better from the west.

View from Oros Panio from east to west, biotopes in the foreground.








Cyclamen graecum

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Not easy to select the best pictures of Crocus cartwrightianus:

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Comparison of Crocus cartwrightianus with Crocus laevigatus




Comparison of Crocus cartwrightianus with Colchicum cupanii



Crocus laevigatus

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Be careful not to sit on this shrub:


Colchicum cupanii, biotope of with Crocus mazziaricus






Arisarum vulgaris

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The last pictures before we leave to the Peloponnese.

Crocus mazziaricus

[Gabriela]

Most amazing pictures with C. cartwrightianus!
It's my favourite from the few that can be grown here in the ground. Alas, it didn't get to flower this year because snow came early. I love the way the flowers remain open even in the most cloudy weather.

The pictures with C. mazziaricus are stunning as well. Nothing compares with seeing them flowering in their wild habitats.

[Yann]

Be careful not to sit on this shrub:
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4 years after a plants trip i still have a small piece of thorn in my knee, i though it'll disappear but it's not the case. The doctor said if nothing is removed it can takes until 8 years before the body "absorb" the thorn!!

[Gabriela]

4 years after a plants trip i still have a small piece of thorn in my knee, i though it'll disappear but it's not the case. The doctor said if nothing is removed it can takes until 8 years before the body "absorb" the thorn!!

It sounds dangerous to me Yann, but if you're fine after 4 years, just 4 more to go 

[Yann]

It sounds dangerous to me Yann, but if you're fine after 4 years, just 4 more to go 

I saw a surgeon and she said no soucy you can run with it inside  i've no pain.

Back to Greece  , here're other plants and i let Stefan continue his trip.

Hypericum empetrifolium


Cephalaria flava subsp. setulifera (forgot to shot under the flower, it's typical)


Galactites tomentosus


Cerastium candidissimum (thanks to Stavros Apostolou for for the ID)