Plant hunting in Majorca April 2010

[mark smyth]

I was plant hunting in Majorca at the end of April 2010. The forecast was for rain but not a drop fell. The temperature was in the middle 20s Centigrade. The air fare was cheap, the hotel was cheap and the food great. The base was Hotel Daina in Port de Pollenca http://www.hoposa.es/pagingles/hdainai.htm

[mark smyth]

Day one
sorry some plants have no name   and may be weeds  

1 Allium sp
2 Allium sp
3 Anagallis
4 Aspodelus
5 Asphoelus
6 Asteriscus or Inula
7 Asteriscus or Inula
8 Bellis sp very small and gorgeous
9 Bellis sp very small and gorgeous
10 caterpillar seen on grasses and Chrysanthemum coronaria

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Day one continued
1 Chrysanthemums
2 Chrysanthemums
3 Chrysanthemums
4 Convolvulus
5 Cyclamen balearicum
6 Erodium
7 Erodium
8 Erodium
9 Erodium
10 Euphorbia

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Day One continued
all unknown
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Day One continued
all unknown
1 Reseda sp.
2 Reseda sp.
3 Myoporum tenuifolium
4 Myoporum tenuifolium
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[mark smyth]

Day One continued
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6 Orobanche sp.
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10 Mantis egg case

[mark smyth]

Day One continued
1 Muscari comosum
2 Ophrys bertolonii subsp.balearica
3 Ornithogallum sp
4 Ornithogalum arabicum
5 Ornithogalum arabicum
6 Oxalis
7 Oxalis
8 Rosemary
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[mark smyth]

End of day one - phew!
1 snails escaping the heat
2 as above
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6 view from Formentor
7 Giant vineyard bottle

[mark smyth]

Day two
Fewer new flowers to show as the days go on
1 Arisarum vulgare
2 Arisarum vulgare
3 Helicodiceros (=Dracunculus) muscivorus
4 Arisarum vulgare
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[mark smyth]

Day two
Cyclamen balearicum. Photos not so good because they were growing in deep shade

[mark smyth]

Day two continued
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2 Orobanche sp.
3 house built over a gap
4 house built over a gap
5 jellyfish
6 jellyfish
7 jellyfish
8 Ophrys bertolonii balearica
9 Ophrys bertolonii balearica
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[mark smyth]

Day two
limestone erosion

[mark smyth]

Day two
1 twisting road
2 twisting road
3 twisting road
4 spiderlings
5 tufa
6 tufa
7 view
8 view
9 vinca
10 Vinca

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end of day two
chasing the sunset

[mark smyth]

Day three
1 donkey
2 donkey
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8 Helleborus sp.
9 Helleborus sp.
10 Lathyrus sp.