trip to Cyprus -november 2009

[cohan]

Of course Cyprus is also very good for archaeological things...
Few examples and pictures. First two :tombs of the kings   
Other two ,archaeological site of Paphos with famous mosaics.

very nice--coming from a rather young country and even younger province(those who were living here first didnt leave behind a lot of buildings!) i always love ancient buildings/ruins;
when they are on an interesting site, as we can see, i would also soon be wandering off into the bushes to see what is growing 

[krisderaeymaeker]

very nice--coming from a rather young country and even younger province(those who were living here first didnt leave behind a lot of buildings!) i always love ancient buildings/ruins;
when they are on an interesting site, as we can see, i would also soon be wandering off into the bushes to see what is growing 

Hi Cohan ,as we find out during several trips - mainly in Greece -monasterys,archaeological sites,churches,graveyards are often a very good place to find fine plants .So I look at the beautiful and touristic objects but also as soon as possible go to look for plants.
There is another  advantage on such places, our women are more bizzy there too...      

[cohan]

i guess such places are not cultivated and more protected?
good to keep your other halves happy

[krisderaeymaeker]

i guess such places are not cultivated and more protected?
good to keep your other halves happy

This must be one of the important reasons anyway.
In general I must be very happy with the efforts Ingrid makes to follow me through many trips in nature to find plants.I must admit that I was to enthusiastic in several  occasions...
But its always smart to use some tricks 

[TheOnionMan]

FYI, a neat Cyprus endemic species shown in another SRGC thread:

Ornithogalum chionophilum
http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=4899.0;topicseen

[krisderaeymaeker]

Good to know and happy to see. Because I am rather bizzy these days I shure be missed it 

[krisderaeymaeker]

My brother -who travelled with us- remained  one week longer in Cyprus and was fortunate to see another Colchicum .(on lower elavations)
I ask him a copy of his picture so I can post this one to in the near future.   
I know he did also see a georgous persicum ,and for this you have to wait another moment.

As I promised earlier on here again two pictures.
The first is the Colchicum ,could anyone identify this as Colchicum pusillum ? Or is this something else?
The second a gorgeous leaf-form from Cyclamen persicum.
Both pictures are made by Danny who is my brother and also a plantsman.

[cohan]

My brother -who travelled with us- remained  one week longer in Cyprus and was fortunate to see another Colchicum .(on lower elavations)
I ask him a copy of his picture so I can post this one to in the near future.   
I know he did also see a georgous persicum ,and for this you have to wait another moment.

As I promised earlier on here again two pictures.
The first is the Colchicum ,could anyone identify this as Colchicum pusillum ? Or is this something else?
The second a gorgeous leaf-form from Cyclamen persicum.
Both pictures are made by Danny who is my brother and also a plantsman.

another brilliant cyclamen!

[Oron Peri]

As I promised earlier on here again two pictures.
The first is the Colchicum ,could anyone identify this as Colchicum pusillum ? Or is this something else?
The second a gorgeous leaf-form from Cyclamen persicum.
Both pictures are made by Danny who is my brother and also a plantsman.

Hi Kris

The Colchicum is C. stevenii, interestingly, the population of this species in Cyprus have dark anthers.

[TheOnionMan]

Just following up on the Cyprus endemic Saponaria cypria (see the first page of this thread).  Today the snow receded off parts of the garden, and checking it out, I was reminded that this little wonder, S. cypria, is evergreen through the winter and looking fresh and ready to grow.  Checking the label, I see I planted this in 1999, so it seems long-lived as well (knock on wood, it has never set seed for me).

[krisderaeymaeker]

Just following up on the Cyprus endemic Saponaria cypria (see the first page of this thread).  Today the snow receded off parts of the garden, and checking it out, I was reminded that this little wonder, S. cypria, is evergreen through the winter and looking fresh and ready to grow.  Checking the label, I see I planted this in 1999, so it seems long-lived as well (knock on wood, it has never set seed for me).

Looks very healthy Mark ! I hope you get some seeds on it sometimes.This plant deserves to be widely grow in our rockgardens! 
Thanks for showing ,always a good idea to compare plants from the wild and in our gardens at home.

[TheOnionMan]

Looks very healthy Mark ! I hope you get some seeds on it sometimes. This plant deserves to be widely grow in our rockgardens! 
Thanks for showing ,always a good idea to compare plants from the wild and in our gardens at home.

You're right, it does need to be more widely grown.  Since it will not set seed, tomorrow morning I'll take some cuttings.  If any root, I'll start spreading them around.