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Viola

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Trip in Northern Greece
« on: May 31, 2009, 04:27:14 PM »
North Greek country was with my wife and a friend in the mountains 10 days.
Here some pictures of the Mt.Pangeo.
Karl
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Trip in Northern Greece
« Reply #1 on: May 31, 2009, 04:33:57 PM »
This looks like a super trip, Karl.
I have moved it to a new  page.  :)
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Re: Trip in Northern Greece
« Reply #2 on: May 31, 2009, 04:39:44 PM »
So many paeonies !  8)   

I think Fritillaria drenovskyi is one of my favourite Frits.... along with meleagris and recurva.
The Saxifraga look really well in these bright rocks, do they not?
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Re: Trip in Northern Greece
« Reply #3 on: May 31, 2009, 06:38:26 PM »
Looks like wonderful weather on your trip to Mt.Pangeo, Karl, the Paeonia saueri is the most fabulous red with a golden boss and it must have been incredible to see so many together in the field - are they concentrated in one area?  The F. drenovskyi is very dusky and elegant and I just love the way Saxifraga flow over and in between the grey rocks....you can feel the heat  :)
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Re: Trip in Northern Greece
« Reply #4 on: May 31, 2009, 11:10:32 PM »
Are all those magnificent paeonies growing in the wild? They look like a nursery bed!
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Re: Trip in Northern Greece
« Reply #5 on: June 01, 2009, 06:36:53 AM »
The Mt.Falakro shows his beautiful side.
Karl

 Vom Falakro zu den Rodopen Bulgarien
 Pulsatilla halleri ssp.rhodopaea, 18.-28.05.09 278
 Viola spec., 18.-28.05.09 303
 Saxifraga stribrnyi Falakro (9)
 Eritronium dens canis, 18.-28.05.09 332
 Frit.drenovskyi 18.-28.05.09 306
 Fritillaria pontica Falakron
 Haberlea rhodopensis Falkro (6)
 Gent.verna, 18.-28.05.09 364
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Re: Trip in Northern Greece
« Reply #6 on: June 01, 2009, 07:14:20 AM »
On the day after that we go to the Mt.Kajmaktcalan.
Karl

 Viola eximia Kajmaktcalan (4)
 Violea doerfleri 1
 Geum coccineum Kajmaktcalan (2)
 Christine+ Dact.sambucina, 18.-28.05.09 453
 Pinguicula balcanica, 18.-28.05.09 500
 Frit.thessala, 18.-28.05.09 444
 Cr.pelestericus, 18.-28.05.09 568
 Crocus veluchensis, Crocus pelestericus



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Re: Trip in Northern Greece
« Reply #7 on: June 01, 2009, 07:50:45 AM »
What a beautiful region and a wealth of plants!
I didn't imagine that the Rhodopes are so close to Northern Greece.

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Re: Trip in Northern Greece
« Reply #8 on: June 01, 2009, 08:13:04 AM »
Excellent pictures Karl. Really didn't know that there are such beautiful Viola in that area.
And then this rather newly found Paeonia saueri, what a color. Bin sprachlos.. ;D
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Re: Trip in Northern Greece
« Reply #9 on: June 01, 2009, 10:03:19 AM »
Very nice pictures Karl. I wonder  about your identification of the frit as  F. thessala - it looks rather like F. gussichiae.
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Re: Trip in Northern Greece
« Reply #10 on: June 01, 2009, 10:13:06 AM »
Fantastic pictures Karl and those Paeonies. It seems they are being grown for the cut flower trade. Love the pelistericus too. Thanks
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Re: Trip in Northern Greece
« Reply #11 on: June 01, 2009, 01:59:06 PM »
Great pictures Karl.They bring back good memories. I think you had better weather than I had on my last trip,it looks wonderful.
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Re: Trip in Northern Greece
« Reply #12 on: June 01, 2009, 06:40:20 PM »
Thank you all.
Gerry, Jon Richards writes that in his book "The Greek Mainland" he has found a very big population of Fritillaria thessala ssp. thessala here.
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Re: Trip in Northern Greece
« Reply #13 on: June 01, 2009, 11:00:07 PM »

Lovely photos Karl from a super location.
I do love those viola species :P

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Re: Trip in Northern Greece
« Reply #14 on: June 01, 2009, 11:07:34 PM »
Karl,

You certainly visited a most beautiful location with magnificent plants. Great report and great photographs.

Many thanks, Paddy
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