The Travel Giraffe

[stellan]

I'm now in Iran and here are som photos from last week. It's still early spring so not many species in flowers. I'll soon go down to the Caspian Sea and I think there will be green and more flowers...

I would be happy if anyone can tell what species there are on the photos.

giraff_astragalus
 colchicum 1
 colchicum 2
 colchicum 3
 crocus 1
 crocus 2
 iris 1
 iris 2

[Gerdk]

Sorry, no reply for the species - but, thanks god the giraffe bull (he) is alive!   

Gerd

[Thomas Huber]

Stellan, the Crocus should be biflorus ssp adamii and/or tauri.
Both are recorded for Iran, but it's not easy to tell them apart just by a photo.

[Lesley Cox]

Probably a form of I. reticulata for the red iris. Gerry must be quite at home in Iran. African giraffes graze on the many kinds of thorn bush (among other things) that grow there and must overtop them just as Gerry does, the Astragalus

[stellan]

Gerry is now at the Caspian Sea and likes the sandy beaches. He also liked the slopes down to the Sea but not the snowstorm the days before when the road was blocked...

He is planing to follow the sea for few days before going to the snowy mountains north of Tehran. Here are some photos from last days.

/Stellan
http://www.sandstorm.se
The photos of plants from the Silkroad trip are collected under "Blombilder 2007-2008"

gerry epimedium primula cyklamen
 gerrys food
 galanthus
 scilla
 cyklamen 1
 cyklamen 2
 primula
 carex.
 gerry_at_caspian_sea

[Gerdk]

Help ! I got a fainting fit after I saw these pictures

There are Cyclamen (coum) elegans and Galanthus transcaucasicus
Unbelievable!

Gerd

[art600]

Stellan

What is your planned route?    Will you go via Khalkhal?

I ask as I will be in Iran from April 14 and wonder what the season is going to be like.  Your photos give me encouragement, as I know they had a lot of snow in the North and NW and I thought there might be nothing in flower

[stellan]

The latest news from Gerry...

He have left the Caspian sea and are now in Kajar about 40 km west of Tehran. He come to the place yesterday and he had good time in the mountains north of the city.

Here are some photos from last days

/Stellan

 fish_from_caspian_sea
 geranium  erodium
 dionysia
 gerry corydalis
 corydalis.
 anemone.
 karta 9

[Gerdk]

Hi Stellan,
Pleased to hear from you both. The Anemone is gorgeous - perhaps A. caucasica.
Tell Gerry his Geranium is an Erodium species 

Gerd

[art600]

Gerd
As we cannot tell the size of the plant, could this be Anemone caucasicum?

[Gerdk]

Gerd
As we cannot tell the size of the plant, could this be Anemone caucasicum?

Arthur,
You are right, we can't be sure from a single plant without comparing the size. On the other hand it looks pretty much like that what I grow under the name A. caucasica. See pic!

Gerd

[stellan]

Hi Stellan,
Pleased to hear from you both. The Anemone is gorgeous - perhaps A. caucasica.
Tell Gerry his Geranium is an Erodium species 

Gerd

Thank you... I know it's an Erodium but i wrote Geranium first because i couldn't remember the name. I changed the name and after I got problem with the computer and it changed it back... The Anemone was about 5 cm tall and only few were in flower.

/Stellan

[Katherine J]

Wonderful pictures, wonderful flowers, wonderful places! Thank you very much!

[stellan]

Hey again...

Me and Gerry have been in Tehran during last days to get visas to Central Asia (Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan) but it still will take time. After more than a week in the city we wanted to do something so today we went on a day trip to the mountains north of Tehran. I liked it ans so did Gerry.

Here are some photos from today.

/Stellan

 gerry  gagea
 gagea 2
 gagea 1

[stellan]

More photos... Slow internet here...


astragalus 1
 astragalus 2
 astragalus 3