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Maggi Young

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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #135 on: April 06, 2009, 10:23:01 AM »
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....on the internet or mountain top it's always a pleasure for like minds to meet

Never a truer word spoken, Robin ... and we are dlighted you have found us!


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- the puzzling thing is why it took me so long to make the link!
I think that all that lovely clear mountain air may have made you too dizzy !! ;)
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #136 on: April 06, 2009, 06:34:13 PM »
Just now I scaled dizzy heights to take photos of these beautiful Adonis in the evening light. What are the conditions locally that make it the only place in Switzerland where they grow?
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #137 on: April 06, 2009, 06:47:58 PM »
Robin, with photos of plants like that you are more than welcome as a member of this club. :D
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #138 on: April 06, 2009, 06:51:04 PM »
Thanks David  ;D
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #139 on: April 06, 2009, 07:27:27 PM »
Robin, would that I knew the secret of these beauties.... I can only marvel at the perfection the flowers you have photographed and share with us. That big clump is simply scrumptious!!  8)
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #140 on: April 06, 2009, 07:38:40 PM »
Well I fell in love with them clinging to the mountainside!  It's the first time I have seen them as they only last a few weeks - the yellow petals are almost iridescent, like butterfly wings fluttering in the wind. ;) :-*
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #141 on: April 06, 2009, 08:24:07 PM »
For those of us stuck at home (or at work ;)) there is an elite class of member.  Those who can report about the plants in their native habitat :)  Thanks for scaling the heights and sharing the bounty with us.
I have seen Adonis pyrenaica in the Pyrenees (only pics are old slides) and it too is quite rare.  All I remember is that it grew on rather dry, North facing slopes which were covered in anthills, this made close-up photography 'interesting'.
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #142 on: April 06, 2009, 08:30:56 PM »
A quick web search suggests you saw Adonis vernalis.
Have you found this web site
http://www.wsl.ch/land/products/webflora/floramodul2-en.html
Swiss web flora - clicking on the mapping regions takes you to a species list for each one.  I find it very useful.
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #143 on: April 06, 2009, 10:54:14 PM »
Simply glorious Robin. I hope you weren't left TOO dizzy, but worth it I'm sure, specially for those of us safely in the lowlands. :)
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #144 on: April 06, 2009, 11:29:25 PM »
Quote from: tonyg on April 06, 2009, 08:30:56 PM
A quick web search suggests you saw Adonis vernalis.
Have you found this web site
http://www.wsl.ch/land/products/webflora/floramodul2-en.html
Swiss web flora - clicking on the mapping regions takes you to a species list for each one.  I find it very useful.

Yes, it is Adonis vernalis and thanks for the website.  I think I was lucky to capture the shots whilst the flowers were in such peak condition and am so happy to share them with everyone. :)
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #145 on: April 06, 2009, 11:30:01 PM »
Tony,
thank you for the link. Very interesting. 8)
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #146 on: April 07, 2009, 11:19:25 AM »
Quote from: Lesley Cox on April 06, 2009, 10:54:14 PM
Simply glorious Robin. I hope you weren't left TOO dizzy, but worth it I'm sure, specially for those of us safely in the lowlands. :)

It was worth the scramble, Lesley, it is an amazing sight because everything around is dry and brown and then there are these pools of bright yellow Adonis nestling all the way down the rocky mountainside.  The terrain here is similar to the Russian Steppes where they are native and it's the combination of soil and climate that makes it a golden spot for them to grow.  I think the feathery leaves set the flowers off perfectly. :)
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #147 on: April 08, 2009, 11:40:12 AM »
 8) Another golden beauty of a common kind.....Happy Easter!
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #148 on: April 10, 2009, 04:23:22 PM »
Green puzzle - what is hidden? :)
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #149 on: April 10, 2009, 10:35:28 PM »
A large, and probably very hungry, grasshopper!!
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