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General Subjects => Travel / Places to Visit => Topic started by: Hans J on June 12, 2011, 05:36:10 PM

Title: Iris sibirica + Gladiolus palustris in habitat
Post by: Hans J on June 12, 2011, 05:36:10 PM: Today we decide to make a little trip to France ( Alsace) to visit a small habitat of iris sibirica + Gladiolus palustris ....

First step was to cross the border from Germany to France ...the river Rhein !
We can use here a ferry boat - the french people call it : Bac
Title: Re: Iris sibirica + Gladiolus palustris in habitat
Post by: Hans J on June 12, 2011, 05:41:41 PM: 1. the ferryboat
2.view to the Vosges Mts. ( France )
3. view the the Black Forrest ( Germany )
4. on the boat
5. "La France"
Title: Re: Iris sibirica + Gladiolus palustris in habitat
Post by: Hans J on June 12, 2011, 05:45:05 PM: I have visit this habitat two weeks earlier and a lot of Iris sibirica was in flower ...but I was without camera :-\

Today I could find only two plants who flowers ...all other are ready and starting with fruits :D
Title: Re: Iris sibirica + Gladiolus palustris in habitat
Post by: Hans J on June 12, 2011, 05:50:35 PM: by my first visit I could not find any Gladiolus ....but now they are flowering !!!

The plants are small ...between 30 - 50 cm
The ground looks wet and seems to very peaty ...

This is is a nature protectet area !!!
Title: Re: Iris sibirica + Gladiolus palustris in habitat
Post by: Hans J on June 12, 2011, 05:54:49 PM: it is a wonderful place - also with a lot of animals :
Last time I saw two deer ...and today we saw a "Rehkitz" ( a child of a deer )
There are always a lot of storks and some peewit

ALso we could see that there grows a lot of Colchicum autumnale .....

Enjoy
Hans
Title: Re: Iris sibirica + Gladiolus palustris in habitat
Post by: Luc Gilgemyn on June 12, 2011, 08:28:21 PM: Thanks for showing us this exquisite little Gladiolus Hans !!
Title: Re: Iris sibirica + Gladiolus palustris in habitat
Post by: Lesley Cox on June 12, 2011, 11:19:48 PM: What a wonderful way to spend a day Hans. Thanks for sharing it with us. I do hope you found somewhere nice for a lovely lunch and something to drink. :D
Title: Re: Iris sibirica + Gladiolus palustris in habitat
Post by: Hans J on June 13, 2011, 07:39:06 AM: Thank you Lesley + Luc for your interest ;D
Title: Re: Iris sibirica + Gladiolus palustris in habitat
Post by: Tony Willis on June 13, 2011, 09:23:44 AM: Hans

what an enjoyable trip,I really like the gladiolus.Good to see in the wild.
Title: Re: Iris sibirica + Gladiolus palustris in habitat
Post by: arillady on June 13, 2011, 10:05:47 AM: Hans how lucky you are to just duck over the border for the day and be in another country. Hard to imagine from here.
Title: Re: Iris sibirica + Gladiolus palustris in habitat
Post by: Hans J on June 13, 2011, 10:43:40 AM: Thank you Pat and Tony !

The french border is from me around 10 km away ....the border to switzerland 100 km ....so we live really on a nice place :D
Title: Re: Iris sibirica + Gladiolus palustris in habitat
Post by: Hans J on June 13, 2011, 10:47:20 AM: >:( ...I have to report that we brought some nice souvenirs with us - please look here :

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zecken

our area is famous for this animals !!!
Title: Re: Iris sibirica + Gladiolus palustris in habitat
Post by: Maggi Young on June 13, 2011, 10:56:34 AM: Quote from: Hans J on June 13, 2011, 10:47:20 AM
>:( ...I have to report that we brought some nice souvenirs with us - please look here :

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zecken

our area is famous for this animals !!!

Ohhhh dear..... souvenir chocolate is better!
Title: Re: Iris sibirica + Gladiolus palustris in habitat
Post by: Hans J on June 13, 2011, 11:17:13 AM: I agree with you Maggi !

;) we have self this animals in our garden !
Title: Re: Iris sibirica + Gladiolus palustris in habitat
Post by: arillady on June 13, 2011, 11:45:37 PM: Oh Yuck not something I would like to have.