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General Subjects => Travel / Places to Visit => Topic started by: peter hood on August 22, 2012, 07:17:13 PM
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I have just got round to sorting out some pictures from a trip to Grindelwald, July 19th -July 30th.
They have not had a good summer, but we were treated to 6 days of Summer weather.
I thought perhaps a few of you might like to see a few of them.
If i have not always got the ID right, remember, Kerstin might have been patient enough to put up with the time spent taking the photos, but not also with the time it might have taken to sort out the ID.
First two pictures that sum up the setting,
The Wetterhorn
The Eiger
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The 'Achtung' picture; If you were in my generation Germans in war stories always seemed to spend a lot of time saying 'Achtung'. When I descended on very steep and loose Spruce needle litter to take this picture of Cephalanthera rubra, an elderly German lady (probably at least as old as me, anyway) said 'Achtung' to me very loudly.
Ranunculus ?alpestris
Saxifraga paniculata
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A few more
Botrychium lunaria - for a plant that is usually so insignificant it was surprising how often it caught our eye.
Dianthus superbus
Thalictrum cf. aquilegifolium
Anemone narcissiflora
Pulsatilla alpina apiifolia - this was the only plant we saw that was still flowering
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Next set
Aquilegia atrata
Parnassia palustris
Epilobium fleischeri
Astrantia major
Pyrola rotundifolia - in large quantities - Limestone woods - Shallow limestone soils in open places and almost flooded sites by the river.
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Next group
Primula farinosa 2 pics
Primula elatior
Soldanella alpina
Bartsia alpina
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Now some trumpet Gentians, I think the first may be Gentiana clusii and the rest G.acaulis
Also a Pedicularis
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Now Gentiana verna types
We are pretty certain that the first picture here, which is the first of this type of gentian we saw in flower, is Gentiana verna. We were inclined to regard all the rest as Gentiana bavarica though if anybody told me that some were G.brachyphylla I would not be surprised. we did not have time to look at the leaves of the all the hundreds of plants, and those we did look at, where we could even find the leaves, were far less distinct than they appear in the books.
Incidentally, although digital is much better with colour than film, it still can't do these Gentians - the Gentiana bavarica in particular seemed to the eye a much deeper blue that these pictures.
The final picture in this set is Myosotis alpestris
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Phyteuma orbiculare
Arnica - 2 pics - a very common plant but impressive in quantity
Cirsium acaule
Nigritella nigra - another plant which the eye sees differently from the camera - it appears much darker when you see the real plant.
This is probably enough for now, but I will probably post some more orchid pictures, and maybe a few more later.
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Peter, thank you for sharing these super photos with us. It is not given to everyone to be able to see these plants in the wild and so such reports are much appreciated. Just seeing sunny scenes is quite a boost to morale!
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Peter, many thanks for taking the time to post these, most enjoyable.
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Peter,
Super pictures, no. 177 is Gentiana clusii.
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Thanks for all your kind comments - and thanks Franz for the ID.
A few more pictures of mountains in the sun.
Well, we don't take pictures of them in the rain; but there was more snow on the tops after one very wet day.
Two more of the Eiger
Two of the Shreckhorn
and one of the Moench
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Now some Orchids:
Pseudorchis albida - Very common in some places, but very difficult to find one which is open all the way down without dead flowers.
The next one I think ought to be Nigritella rubra, but I'm not sure. Any comments?
Coeloglossum viride - another of those green plants whoich you often overlook - quite frequent here and surprisingly noticeable. In the past I have only seen it when I was taking the picture of another plant nearby.
Epipactis atrorubens
Epipactis helleborine
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A few more orchids
Traunsteinera globosa
Gymnadenia conopsea
Two pictures of Plantanthera biflora
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Now the difficult ones:
123. There were lots of Marsh Orchids, I have guessed Dactylorhiza majalis,but I am open to correction.
(There were also lots of Dactylorhiza fuchsiibut I didn't think my photos were worth posting )
Then three orchids that were the only ones we saw of each species.
320. The untidy orchid - I have guessed at Dactylorhiza incarnata cruenta
301. The next one I would like to call Orchis morio but there seems to be no green on the flowers.
219. The last one might be Orchis palustris
I would appreciate any views or even guesses on the correct ID of any of these four.
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Lovely photos Peter.
You are much more organised than Darren and I, our photos are still trapped in the camera ::)
Susan x
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Just thought I ought to mention a correction.
In the second set, picture 029;
My mental notes of this plant had said Thalictrum cf aquilegifolium,
But when I posted it I had a brainwave/brainstorm and suddenly thought it might be Actaea spicata. More looks at it make me sure that it is Thalictrum cf. aquilegifolium.
My reason for the cf. is that it is not the lovely lilac colour that this species often is, and wasn't standing quite as tall as I am used too.
Further looks at the orchid pictures have made me a little more confident of some of those IDs.
Susan - you are very kind in saying that I am organised - but I still have a lot more pictures I could post - you may have worked out that there were originally 360 pictures - so there may be a few more that could be of interest.
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Peter, it wouldbe grand to see more photos when you have time.
About the Thalictrum... you can go back into your previous post to edit the text...... :) just click on the modify button beside that post** and the text box will reopen for you to edit.
**http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=9502.msg254360#msg254360
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Here's a few more, while I put off cutting the lawn.
The Jungfrau
Four rather green pictures:
Blechnum spicant
Salix retusa
Salix reticulata (2 pictures)
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Wonderful series Peter !
Great to have you take us along on your summer mountain walks !!
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Here's a few more
Silene acaulis 2 shots The paint on the rock behind is part of a path waymark.
However I tried, I couldn't take the second one without casting a shadow.
Aconitum lycoctonum
Aconitum napellus
Pulsatilla alpina
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Beautiful images from the swiss alps Peter!
I enjoy the tour.
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Still finding more pictures.
Ranunculus alpestris
Sempervivum cf. tectorum
Sempervivum cf. montanum
Saxifraga aizoides
Saxifraga caesia
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To continue
Geum reptans
Geum montanum
Dryas octapetala (Flower and seed)
Potentilla crantzii
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Another Group
Rosa sp.
Gentiana lutea
Viola sp.
Orthilia secunda
Gentiana purpurea
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Another group
Gentiana nivalis
Gentianella campestris (x2)
Linaria alpina
Globularia cf cordifolia
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Some Campanulas
C. scheuzeri
C. barbata (3) (really they were mostly blue!)
C. cochlearifolia
C. thyrsoides -
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One more group for now
Pinguicula alpina
Orobanche cf. caryophyllacea
Phyteuma sp.
Doronicum
Anthericum ramosum x2
Paris quadrifolia