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Title: malta in December
Post by: olegKon on December 30, 2008, 05:35:11 PM: Came back from Malta a few weeks ago and have tried to post some pictures since but without success. I think I'll try posting only one at a time. I spotted this wee buttercup. Any ideas of what it is?
Title: Re: malta in December
Post by: olegKon on December 30, 2008, 06:38:33 PM: So one at a time is better than nothing. This is a view I liked most
Title: Re: malta in December
Post by: olegKon on December 30, 2008, 06:42:53 PM: 1.2. No idea what it is
3. This oxalis is a typical weed everywhere
Title: Re: malta in December
Post by: mark smyth on December 30, 2008, 06:48:33 PM: Your Ranunculus looks like R. bullatus
Title: Re: malta in December
Post by: olegKon on December 30, 2008, 06:57:54 PM: It seems to start working, so I'll continue
1. Typical city planting
2. Aloe in bloom
3. Arisarum?
4. Echeveria
Thank you for your idea, Mark. I have just read R.bullata smells violet. I wish I had smelled it
Title: Re: malta in December
Post by: mark smyth on December 30, 2008, 07:01:08 PM: This is what my R. bullatus, ex Anthony, looks like
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Post by: olegKon on December 30, 2008, 07:04:43 PM: Looks similar but yours has toothed leaves. Does it really smell?
Title: Re: malta in December
Post by: mark smyth on December 30, 2008, 07:18:17 PM: I didnt smell the flowers. There is another Maltese Ranunculus called Anthony's Buttercup R. bulbosus but I dont think the description fits
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranunculus_bulbosus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranunculus_bulbosus)
Title: Re: malta in December
Post by: olegKon on December 30, 2008, 08:43:12 PM: Thank you, Mark. You were right. I have just found a nice website www.maltawildplants.com and among the 15 native species listed there only R.bullatus flowers in Nov./Dec.
Title: Re: malta in December
Post by: Oron Peri on December 31, 2008, 12:50:53 PM: Quote from: olegKon on December 30, 2008, 06:42:53 PM
1.2. No idea what it is
3. This oxalis is a typical weed everywhere

Oleg,

1. Erica multiflora
2. Fumaria agraria
3. Oxalis pes-caprae

oron
Title: Re: malta in December
Post by: David Nicholson on December 31, 2008, 12:56:17 PM: Nice set of pictures Oleg, they made me feel warm!
Title: Re: malta in December
Post by: olegKon on December 31, 2008, 05:25:38 PM: Oron,
thank you so much. I'm not a pundit of Medeterranean plants.
David,
I'm glad you feel warmer looking at the pics. So do I (with the snow around and expected -20)