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General Subjects => Travel / Places to Visit => Topic started by: Maggi Young on May 05, 2014, 02:37:17 PM

Title: Flowers of Crete, Greece 2014
Post by: Maggi Young on May 05, 2014, 02:37:17 PM: Marcus H. and Susan are on holiday in Crete - they've sent some photos through.

Spili is a village in the Rethymno regional unit, Crete
Kamares is a village in south-central Crete. It is the location of an archeological site of a Minoan sacred cave.
Kedros - Mount Kedros, is a conical-shaped limestone mountain on the island of Crete in Greece. It is located southwest of the Ida massif with which it forms the two flanks of the Amari Valley. 1777 m ( 5830' )
Photos are from mixed locations - shown in mostly alphabetical order ;)

Aristolochia cretica
Dracunculus gully
Dracunculus - marbled gold
famous white Dracunculus
White with gold - Dracunculus
Title: Re: Flowers of Crete, Greece 2014
Post by: Maggi Young on May 05, 2014, 02:42:36 PM: more
Mottled Dracunculus
See my hand! Dracunculus
Ferula communis
Greengrocer calls - supplies arrive
Run down villages
Title: Re: Flowers of Crete, Greece 2014
Post by: Maggi Young on May 05, 2014, 02:45:31 PM: Rams in the gully
Ruins on Kedros plateau
Fritillaria messanensis
Fritillaria messanensis - dark form
Kedros plateau
Title: Re: Flowers of Crete, Greece 2014
Post by: Maggi Young on May 05, 2014, 02:52:23 PM: Many trails, Kedros
Orchis laxiflora
Orchis papilionacea (Anacamptis)
Orchis sitiaca
Ophrys creberrima
Title: Re: Flowers of Crete, Greece 2014
Post by: Maggi Young on May 05, 2014, 02:55:51 PM: Ophrys heldriechii - perhaps!
Ophrys phryganae

Thanks to Marcus for sharing his photos. 8)
Title: Re: Flowers of Crete, Greece 2014
Post by: Maggi Young on May 08, 2014, 01:06:01 PM: More photos arrived from Marcus and Susan -

Plakias Bay 1 and 2
Cliff walk, Plakias
Orchis , probalby O. prisca Plakias
Ophrys gortynia Plakias
Title: Re: Flowers of Crete, Greece 2014
Post by: Maggi Young on May 08, 2014, 01:09:24 PM: Campanula saxatilis on cliff face
Verbascum arcturus, Plakias cliff walk
Ophrys apifera 3 and 4
Muscari spreitzenhoferi
Title: Re: Flowers of Crete, Greece 2014
Post by: Maggi Young on May 08, 2014, 01:14:59 PM: Church at Preveli
Church of Preveli monastery
Lower monastery, St. John the Baptist
WW2 monument Preveli Geoff Ewdards
WW2 inscription
Title: Re: Flowers of Crete, Greece 2014
Post by: Maggi Young on May 08, 2014, 01:17:31 PM: Monument at Preveli monastery
Cretan palms Preveli beach
Palm beach road precipices again
Unexpected ! LLama at Preveli
Venetian bridge from the 1300s
Title: Re: Flowers of Crete, Greece 2014
Post by: Maggi Young on May 08, 2014, 01:24:18 PM: Muscari spreitzenhoferi and orchis
Driving - note the DOUBLE WHITE line!
Frankokastella
sign at Frangokastella
sandals and shawl down the gorge
Title: Re: Flowers of Crete, Greece 2014
Post by: Maggi Young on May 08, 2014, 01:26:51 PM: Imbros trail begins
Botanising, Imbros
Campanula tubulosa (?) and Ranunculus, Imbros
Cyclamen creticum, Imbros gorge
Full time inhabitants
Title: Re: Flowers of Crete, Greece 2014
Post by: Maggi Young on May 08, 2014, 01:29:43 PM: Imbros gorge halfway house
Imbros gorge narrows
Petramarula - Petromarula pinnata - Cretan endemic
Weird little snails
Title: Re: Flowers of Crete, Greece 2014
Post by: fixpix on May 18, 2014, 05:41:59 PM: Wonderful pictures Maggi.
I remember my visit to Greece, not Crete though....
While visiting some monasteries I came across a plant later IDed as Campanula versicolor... been looking for it ever since.
Title: Re: Flowers of Crete, Greece 2014
Post by: ashley on May 18, 2014, 09:28:07 PM: Very interesting. Thanks Marcus, Susan and Maggi.
That white Ranunculus asiaticus is stunning.