trip to Cyprus -november 2009

[krisderaeymaeker]

Few pictures from our latest trip to Cyprus ,november 2009.

Starting with Cyclamen persicum and Narcissus serotinus . 

[Armin]

What a nice narcissus clump
Please show us more.

[krisderaeymaeker]

Also some alpines  , Saponaria cypria and Scutellaria cypria and Scorzonera troodea.
Many thanks to Oron to identify these plants !
Al pictures are from  Troodos mountains .

[Maggi Young]

Super photos, Kris. A treat to see these plants at home .... you must have enjoyed your trip.... good weather too!

[krisderaeymaeker]

One of our targets of this visit to Cyprus was to see some cyclamen cyprium .
So this is the next display ...

[krisderaeymaeker]

Super photos, Kris. A treat to see these plants at home .... you must have enjoyed your trip.... good weather too!

Yes Maggi ,the weather was magnificent! So this was a very fine week . The snow at home makes me homesick and see the pictures again is maybe a good medicine.

 

What a nice narcissus clump
Please show us more.

Thanks Armin , I do my best ...

[krisderaeymaeker]

And Cyclamen cyprium in flower ...
Also some Orchis species start to grow again .
And Arisarum vulgare flowers to .

[TheOnionMan]

Also some alpines  , Saponaria cypria and Scutellaria cypria and Scorzonera troodea.
Many thanks to Oron to identify these plants !
Al pictures are from  Troodos mountains .

Kris, marvelous plants and photographs, the Cyclamen leaf forms are gorgeous!  I had to respond here after seeing your Saponaria cypria, because back in 2000 I received seed from North American Rock Garden Society seedlist of Saponaria cypria collected in the Troodos Mts.  Just to let everyone know, it turns out this gem of a plant is perfectly hardy and easy to grow.  Not only that, it flowers in late July to August, when little else is blooming. 

I uploaded some photos.  The first three are in 2002, with small plants blooming in pots... while small, the profile shot gives a good idea of the viscous pubescence of this plant.  The long sticky red tube on each flower is something!  Even though initially grown in pots, the pots just sat on the ground over winter, no problem with hardiness.  Then there are photos of the plant growing in my garden, one from late July 2007, and two more views taken late July 2009.  Wish I could also get some of the endemic "scoots" & "toooks" in Cyprus (Scutellaria & Teucrium species), there are some very fine ones there.

[TheOnionMan]

Also some alpines  , Saponaria cypria and Scutellaria cypria and Scorzonera troodea.
Many thanks to Oron to identify these plants !
Al pictures are from  Troodos mountains .

Also, in the first photo of Scutellaria cypria, I spy Teucrium cyprium in the background (the tight-leaved fuzzy plant on the upper right).

[cohan]

wow! love those cyclamen leaves!

[Sinchets]

It is a beautiful Scutellaria, Kris.   

[ranunculus]

Beautiful images, Kris.

[krisderaeymaeker]

Beautiful images, Kris.

It is a beautiful Scutellaria, Kris.   

wow! love those cyclamen leaves!

Thanks for your comment . I am happy you like the pictures.

Simon - In 1999 first saw this Scutellaria cypria in Troodos Mountains , it looks it has a very long flowering period!
In 1999 we went in june and it was already in flower then .Even in november now it was flowering...
It could snow in november over there ,so the flowers maybe wil flower until they are covered by snow?
I tought that this plant once appear on the benches of an AGS-show .But I don't find this picture/article again ,so maybe I am just dreaming    
 
Cohan ,I was impressed and surprised myself .I didn't expect that much variaton.The forms I know from cultivation here are often not so interesting.Also the leaves were very big in several sites !This I didn't  expect at all.
 

[krisderaeymaeker]

Also, in the first photo of Scutellaria cypria, I spy Teucrium cyprium in the background (the tight-leaved fuzzy plant on the upper right).

Very sharp eyes Mark,yes this plant is also growing in this area.   

[krisderaeymaeker]

Kris, marvelous plants and photographs, the Cyclamen leaf forms are gorgeous!  I had to respond here after seeing your Saponaria cypria, because back in 2000 I received seed from North American Rock Garden Society seedlist of Saponaria cypria collected in the Troodos Mts.  Just to let everyone know, it turns out this gem of a plant is perfectly hardy and easy to grow.  Not only that, it flowers in late July to August, when little else is blooming.
I uploaded some photos.  The first three are in 2002, with small plants blooming in pots... while small, the profile shot gives a good idea of the viscous pubescence of this plant.  The long sticky red tube on each flower is something!  Even though initially grown in pots, the pots just sat on the ground over winter, no problem with hardiness.  Then there are photos of the plant growing in my garden, one from late July 2007, and two more views taken late July 2009.  Wish I could also get some of the endemic "scoots" & "toooks" in Cyprus (Scutellaria & Teucrium species), there are some very fine ones there.

Mark , thanks for posting this wonderful pictures. Always when I see some more or less unusual plants at their natural habitat I ask myself : are they allready in cultivation,are  they suitable for our rockgarden or alpine house and so on....Then I start to wonder is there anybody who does ?
You gave me an answer on this question ! Great result ,and I am happy to know that it is possible in this case.Want to try it once  ,becuase it looks very good.As we see this Saponaria is unjustly unknown.
I must ask myself one question, how does this Saponaria react on our very wet winters?   
Are they snowcovered in your garden?