Patagonia January 2010 , The Viola tour

[gervandenbeuken]

Diane, not all species are the same. From Viola sacculus, dasyphylla, cotyledon and cornonifera the leaves are quite thick. And completely different from V. vulcanica,trochearis and tectiflora.

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Calandrinia caespitosa ssp.skottsbergii
Calceolaria polyrrhiza
Ourisia alpina
Ourisia fragrans
Oxalis adenophylla
Passo Cordoba region
Perezia pilifera
Tristagma patagonica
Viola coronifera
Viola dasyphylla

[Olga Bondareva]

Ger
Thank you very much for beautiful photos of incredible plants! Are you sure you was not at Mars?  Plants and flowers looks like from other planet!

Best regards from my friend Elena Dobrjanskaya. Right now she is showing her Patagonia images at one russian forum. 

[gervandenbeuken]

Do you think I was dreaming Olga?

Please give Elena the very best wishes from Mariet and me.

The next 10

Azorella monantha
Buddleya globosa
Caltha apendiculata (2)
Caltha apendiculata
Oreopolus glacialis
Polygala salaciana
Ranunculus semiverticillatus
Rhodophiala andicola
Viola dasyphylla
Viola sacculus

[maggiepie]

I am totally amazed by your pictures Ger, I can only imagine how wonderful it must be to see these in person.
The violas are wonderful, I have never seen one of these plants and probably never likely to either .
I am with Diane in wondering what the leaves feel like.
If I ever win the lottery I know where I am going.

Thanks for sharing.

[TheOnionMan]

Good grief Ger, seems that Patagonia has cornered the market on gorgeous pulvinate or rosulate plants!  The rosettes on Oxalis erythrorhyza almost don't look real.  Nice side view of Viola sacculus, still my favorite I think, although trying to pick favorites here is impossible, they're all so special.  And Tristagma patagonica - WOW! 

[ichristie]

Many thanks Ger for all your pictures, I almost feel in the midst of the flowers the pictures are so very good,  cheers Ian the Christie kind.

[Armin]

Ger,
thank you for introducing an alien world to me. Marvelous, delightful, amazing...
I hope you will show us more surprises

[Miriam]

Just marvelous! the plants, landscapes and pictures!
Thanks for sharing.

[Stephenb]

Many thanks Mark for the nice comments. Tastes differ. I prefer Viola coronifera.

Could you please explain how the taste differs?  Over here it's quite common to serve up violet flowers in ice cubes - would be worth growing just to be able to impress the guests with some Rosulate Violet ice cubes....

Seriously, though, some fantastic pictures - I was once fortunate to see a couple of species on a trip to Chile - pictures not very accessible on slides..

[David Nicholson]

Maybe GerdK is away, I would have expected him to be in a quivering state at this thread.

[Tony Willis]

Ger a great selection of pictures of wonderful plants.Many thanks for showing them.

[gervandenbeuken]

Good morning,

I hope you enjoy the following 10 items.

Ger

Calceolaria borsinii
Chaetanthera villosa
Nassauvia lagascae ssp. lagascae
Oreopolus glacialis + Viola cotyledon
Oxalis adenophylla on the Volcan Batea Mahuida
Senecio boelckei
Vieuw from Volcan Batea Mahuida
Viola aff. coronifera
Viola cotyledon.
Viola trochlearis (2)

[gervandenbeuken]

next 10.....

Azorella monantha
Calandrinia affinis
Calandrinia colchaguensis
Grindelia anethifolia
Maihuenia poepigii
Montiopsis gayana
Rhodophiala andicola
Viola cotyledon x columnaris (2)
Viola cotyledon x columnaris
Viola trochlearis

[WimB]

Ger,

very nice pictures once again, all those plants I had never heard of. I like that Polygala salaciana a lot.
There's one plant (Maihuenia poepigii) there which I grow and survives the Belgian weather outside.

[gervandenbeuken]

A nice day in the snow in Copahue and the day after nice Araucaria forests.

Botanising on a snowy day
Gauchos in Copahue
Viola cotyledon in the snow
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Araucaria forest
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Gaucho at work
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Mimulus cupreus
Rhodophiala elwesii