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Peter Korn, Sweden

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Re: Alpines in Armenia
« Reply #45 on: March 04, 2008, 06:02:28 PM »
Stellan "collected" some Giraffes when he was cycling in Africa. He brought them home to my garden and within a few hours they were everywhere. But then we manage to catch them and now he keeps them locked in (I hope).
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Re: Alpines in Armenia
« Reply #46 on: March 05, 2008, 08:26:56 PM »
The giraffes are delightful and so at home in a Swedish garden. If you manage to breed them Peter and Stellan, I'll put in an order now for half a dozen. Pity they can't be increased from seed ;D
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Re: Alpines in Armenia
« Reply #47 on: March 05, 2008, 08:51:32 PM »
Cuttings?
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Re: Alpines in Armenia
« Reply #48 on: March 06, 2008, 09:06:00 PM »
Ouch!  On behalf of giraffes everywhere   ;D
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Re: Alpines in Armenia
« Reply #49 on: March 07, 2008, 07:24:19 AM »
Here are the last pictures from Armenia. I left the country yesterday and are now in Iran...

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colchicum.
 colchicum 1.
 colchicum 2.
 gagea
 camping
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Re: Alpines in Armenia
« Reply #50 on: March 07, 2008, 10:51:19 AM »
Stellan,
I am shocked  :'(  Where is the Giraffe ? Escaped ? Captured by wolves?
Or simply inside the tent?  ???

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Re: Alpines in Armenia
« Reply #51 on: March 11, 2008, 05:07:04 PM »
> Stellan,
> I am shocked    Where is the Giraffe ? Escaped ? Captured by wolves?
> Or simply inside the tent? 

> Gerd

The giraffe is still alive... I have him in one of my bike bags and in the night i take him out in the tent so he can run around during the night. I have few more pictures of him and I'll show them when I find better internet-cafe...

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Re: Alpines in Armenia
« Reply #52 on: March 12, 2008, 11:06:58 AM »
Stellan,
 do not feed Colchicums to your Giraffe-they are poisonous. I think your photos of the white Colchicum could be Merendera sobolifera ,widespread in Turkey , NW and N Iran .
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Re: Alpines in Armenia
« Reply #53 on: March 16, 2008, 02:26:53 PM »
Oh to be young and intrepid. 8)
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Re: Alpines in Armenia
« Reply #54 on: March 25, 2008, 11:29:20 AM »
Shelagh,

Stuff the intrepid bit.... just "oh to be young"!!  ;D

I'm a bit concerned with that last in the series of Giraffe pics...... looks like it's intending to munch that Cypripedium flower.  That would make it an endangered species wouldn't it?

P.S.  Sorry for delay in responding to this.  Finally catching up on everything I missed a couple of weeks ago when I was absent for a while.  :-[
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Re: Alpines in Armenia
« Reply #55 on: July 25, 2010, 11:04:34 PM »
Thanks so much Maggi. I hadn't tried a search but if I had, Alpines in Armenia wouldn't have entered my mind. I hope other Forumists will enjoy these pictures too, as well as the plant ones of course. :D
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