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General Subjects => Travel / Places to Visit => Topic started by: ruweiss on May 28, 2020, 09:14:40 PM
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Some days ago we revisited this place, well known by its orchids.
We found many fine plants in this hot and dry region, Orchis purpurea was at is best.
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More Orchids:
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A beautiful place to visit, Rudi!
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Rudi,
Thank you for this extraordinary report - especially the detection of Dictamnus in the wild must be an incredible esperience.
Gerd
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Some days ago we revisited this place, well known by its orchids.
We found many fine plants in this hot and dry region, Orchis purpurea was at is best.
Beautiful Rudi, a good thing that this place is kept as a Natural Reserve.
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Thanks for visiting and showing us your pics, Rudi!
cheers
fermi
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Dear friends, many thanks for your friendly comments. The Dictamnus albus is very rare in
Southern Germany and we found it for the first time at this place. A farmer told us, that they
get money from the government for leaving their meadows unmowed until the orchids stop
growing
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Reopening this old thread to add these pictures from Olga Bondareva of Dictamnus in the wild - in Far Eastern Siberia -and her garden. She emphasises the capabiltiy of the plant to cause skin burns when handled - a problem whivh can increase with continued exposure. For that reason it's not a plant that everyone would want to encounter, but it is beautiful to enjoy in photos!
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Dictamnus in far Eastern Siberia
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Dictamnus in far Eastern Siberia -the creamy flowers are peonia
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These are in cultivation ......
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All photos Olga Bondareva
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Orchid purpurea is an orchid that also grows further north in the region of southern Lower Saxony on sunny places. They even increase their number and I hope they do in the future. It is very pleasant to discover these plants.
Regards
Kathy