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Title: Summer in the Dolomites 2015
Post by: astragalus on July 17, 2015, 08:08:50 PM: Home from the Dolomites and the day before we left, a wonderful walk to see Lilium martagon. This usually blooms later but with the heat spell it was in full array. It must be very particular - the habitat was quite narrow but plunged to the bottom of the hill. Didn't see it anywhere else even though we found similar conditions.
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Post by: Jupiter on July 17, 2015, 10:03:21 PM: This last photo is magnificent Anne. The flowers look like they are made of wax.
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Post by: astragalus on July 18, 2015, 01:28:57 AM: Thank you. It's actually in a very steep spot and I wasn't able to get close enough to see if it was fragrant as well as beautiful.
Title: Re: Summer in the Dolomites 2015
Post by: astragalus on July 18, 2015, 08:30:12 PM: Actually taken in late June in the Dolomites, but the wi-fi at the hotel was impossibly slow and often cut out in the middle of something.
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Post by: Tim Ingram on July 19, 2015, 08:41:02 PM: Anne - what is that lovely little pea?! :D
Title: Re: Summer in the Dolomites 2015
Post by: astragalus on July 20, 2015, 12:35:21 AM: Quote
Re: July 2015 in the Northern Hemisphere by Hoy
July 19, 2015, 08:49:28 PM
The pea looks like an Astragalus alpinus to me.

Yes, Trond, it is Astragalus alpinus, which seems to be able to adapt to many different habitats - meadows, limestone rubble, crevices, etc.
Title: Re: Summer in the Dolomites 2015
Post by: astragalus on July 20, 2015, 01:12:39 AM: More from the Dolomites.
1. Nature forming a crevice garden with the aid of weather and erosion.
2. Acinos alpinus (Calamintha alpina)
3. Just another beautiful view
4. Pinguicula leptoceras (sorry, not a great photo)
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Post by: Maggi Young on July 20, 2015, 11:43:08 AM: Quote from: astragalus on July 20, 2015, 01:12:39 AM

4. Pinguicula leptoceras (sorry, not a great photo)

Fine photo which has been enough to excite me! It's a great plant - well-flowered and strong - I love pinguiculas.

And your first pic of the natural crevice garden forming is terrific, too.
Title: Re: Summer in the Dolomites 2015
Post by: astragalus on July 20, 2015, 01:18:20 PM: Thanks, Maggi. Do you grow any pinguiculas?

A few more from the Dolomites.
I get a kick out of the Primula minima, growing midst other plants including grass. You know what would happen if you tried that in a sea level garden.
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Post by: Maggi Young on July 20, 2015, 02:23:53 PM: n the past I grew quite a few "tender" pinguiculas and also quite a lot of P. grandiflora and P. vulgaris - but I got careless about looking after them because I had so any and was punished by losing them. A lesson that is often meted out to unmindful growers, I fear!
Title: Re: Summer in the Dolomites 2015
Post by: astragalus on July 20, 2015, 09:55:19 PM: More from the Dolomites.

1. Potentilla nitida
2. Potentilla nitida - white form
3. Globularia cordifolia
4. Paederota Bonorata
Title: Re: Summer in the Dolomites 2015
Post by: astragalus on July 22, 2015, 01:58:05 AM: More from the Dolomites.

Hedysarum hedysaroides
DSC09672 Ranunculus seguieri
DSC09684
DSC09686 Eriophorum angustifolium
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Post by: astragalus on July 22, 2015, 01:26:02 PM: Hot day, but a great hike in the Dolomites
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Post by: astragalus on July 22, 2015, 09:34:33 PM: Another great day in the Dolomites. We only had one day of thunderstorms and rain.
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Post by: astragalus on July 22, 2015, 09:36:56 PM: Same hike but higher.
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Post by: Maggi Young on July 22, 2015, 09:47:21 PM: Wonderful photos Anne! There is a new system for the Forum now, so you do not have to resize pictures for posting - they will be automatically done for you. I hope this will make your super contributions to the forum easier to make. :)
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Post by: Maggi Young on July 23, 2015, 10:34:02 AM: Apologies for typing error in original thread date
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Post by: astragalus on July 26, 2015, 03:04:10 PM: More from the Dolomites.
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Post by: astragalus on July 26, 2015, 03:07:08 PM: A great day filled with different saxes and the largest Androsace alpina I've ever seen.
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Post by: Martinr on July 26, 2015, 04:42:36 PM: Many thanks for posting Anne. My own trip to the Dolomites this year was in early June before the lifts opened! Lovely to see the later flowers and the higher altitudes.
Title: Re: Summer in the Dolomites 2015
Post by: tonyg on July 26, 2015, 05:33:14 PM: Quote from: Tim Ingram on July 19, 2015, 08:41:02 PM
Anne - what is that lovely little pea?! :D
It could be Astagalus alpinus.
Title: Re: Summer in the Dolomites 2015
Post by: astragalus on July 26, 2015, 11:25:41 PM: Yes, it's Astragalus alpinus, a very adaptable plant.