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General Subjects => Travel / Places to Visit => Topic started by: mark smyth on January 02, 2011, 12:56:19 PM
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I was plant hunting in Majorca at the end of April 2010. The forecast was for rain but not a drop fell. The temperature was in the middle 20s Centigrade. The air fare was cheap, the hotel was cheap and the food great. The base was Hotel Daina in Port de Pollenca http://www.hoposa.es/pagingles/hdainai.htm (http://www.hoposa.es/pagingles/hdainai.htm)
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Day one
sorry some plants have no name :-[ and may be weeds ::)
1 Allium sp
2 Allium sp
3 Anagallis
4 Aspodelus
5 Asphoelus
6 Asteriscus or Inula
7 Asteriscus or Inula
8 Bellis sp very small and gorgeous
9 Bellis sp very small and gorgeous
10 caterpillar seen on grasses and Chrysanthemum coronaria
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Day one continued
1 Chrysanthemums
2 Chrysanthemums
3 Chrysanthemums
4 Convolvulus
5 Cyclamen balearicum
6 Erodium
7 Erodium
8 Erodium
9 Erodium
10 Euphorbia
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Day One continued
all unknown
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Day One continued
all unknown
1 Reseda sp.
2 Reseda sp.
3 Myoporum tenuifolium
4 Myoporum tenuifolium
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Day One continued
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6 Orobanche sp.
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10 Mantis egg case
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Day One continued
1 Muscari comosum
2 Ophrys bertolonii subsp.balearica
3 Ornithogallum sp
4 Ornithogalum arabicum
5 Ornithogalum arabicum
6 Oxalis
7 Oxalis
8 Rosemary
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End of day one - phew!
1 snails escaping the heat
2 as above
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6 view from Formentor
7 Giant vineyard bottle
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Day two
Fewer new flowers to show as the days go on
1 Arisarum vulgare
2 Arisarum vulgare
3 Helicodiceros (=Dracunculus) muscivorus
4 Arisarum vulgare
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Day two
Cyclamen balearicum. Photos not so good because they were growing in deep shade
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Day two continued
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2 Orobanche sp.
3 house built over a gap
4 house built over a gap
5 jellyfish
6 jellyfish
7 jellyfish
8 Ophrys bertolonii balearica
9 Ophrys bertolonii balearica
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Day two
limestone erosion
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Day two
1 twisting road
2 twisting road
3 twisting road
4 spiderlings
5 tufa
6 tufa
7 view
8 view
9 vinca
10 Vinca
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end of day two
chasing the sunset
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Day three
1 donkey
2 donkey
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8 Helleborus sp.
9 Helleborus sp.
10 Lathyrus sp.
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Day three
1 Orchis mascula subsp. olbiensis
2 Orchis mascula subsp. olbiensis
3 Ophrys bombyliflora
4 Ophrys bombyliflora
5 trees wrapped in wire at Blue Gorge ?dam to stop goats eating them
6 trees wrapped in wire at Blue Gorge ?dam
7 trees wrapped in wire at Blue Gorge ?dam
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Day four
1 Allium sp.
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8 Allium sp.
9 I should have bought this brilliant wine holder. How does it balance?
10 strange beetle
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Day four continued
1 chickens having a bad hair day
2 chickens having a bad hair day
3 rooster feathers
4 rooster feathers
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Day four continued
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5 Gladiolus ?byzantinus
6 a pink one
7 comparison of pink and normal
8 a pure white one
9 a pure white one
10 comparison of white and normal
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Day four
1 grass / grain
2 Lathyrus sp.
3 Lathyrus sp.
4 Lathyrus sp. seed pod
5 Ophrys apifera
6 roundabout sculpture
7 terracotta street artists. taking photos ruined the illusion
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Day five
1 Euphorbia sp
2 Euphorbia sp
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5 rock formations
6 rock formations
7 terracing
8 terracing
9 view
10 view
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Time to go home. Dark as a chestnut but sad to be leaving
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Mark, I wouldn't mind growing both what you call weeds and non-weeds in my garden! Well, except the small cressy thing.
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nice trip--looks like a good time of year for a great range of flowers!
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Fantastic pics Mark - like especially the white Gladiolus illyricus!
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Mark,
great images :o 8) 8)
Hans I totally agree with you!
How often white Gladiolus appear in the wilderness of Majorica?
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Very beautiful pics, Mark! Looks like a very productive journey... Sure you enjoyed!
I´m going to try to give you some names:
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Pics 1 and 2, Reseda sp.
3 and 4 Myoporum tenuifolium
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Pic 6: Orobanche sp.
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Pic 2 probably Ophrys bertolonii subsp.balearica
Pic 4 and 5 Ornithogalum arabicum
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Pic 1, 2 and 4 Arisarum vulgare
Pic 3 Helicodiceros (=Dracunculus) muscivorus (great this pic! I love this plant (in fact, araceae drives me crazy)
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Pic 2 Orobanche sp.
Pic 8 and 9 probably another form of Ophrys bertolonii balearica
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Pic 1 and 2 very probably Orchis olbiensis (=Orchis mascula subsp. olbiensis)
Pic 3 and 4 " " Ophrys bombyliflora
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Pic 20 Ornithogalum narbonense
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Pic 5 Ophrys apifera
Did Ornithogalum showed in # 17, 6 and 7 showed green stripe outside petals? I cannot see clearly-
Agree with results?
Thank you very much for sharing this pictures! Spring gets nearer!
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Thanks guys.
Thanks Juan. I'll add the names soon.
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Great trip and great photos, Mark.
If you're looking for plant names of the Balearics, this site might help:
http://herbarivirtual.uib.es/eng-uib/index.html
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Juan said
Did Ornithogalum showed in # 17, 6 and 7 showed green stripe outside petals? I cannot see clearly-
No the flowers were green with a white edge