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xthomasx

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Trip to Israel 11-12/2011
« on: December 22, 2011, 04:14:12 PM »
Hallo all,

I have been in Israel again from late Nov to 9 Dec 2011. Apart from travelling, seeing and praying in various churches, monasteries and ruins, a few days in the deserts etc, I found some nice little bulbous species in flower.

Some of the locations were forwarded to me by Oron, Miriam and Ori, and towards the end the trip, I was invited by Oron and Miriam to join them on a field trip to the north of Israel - impossible without an own transport...

Some of my photos are here:

Nov. 23 - Jerusalem, Valley of Kidron right below the Old City, towards the Gethsemane church and Olive Grove. Any ideas about the Colchicum and Taraxacum species? 
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Re: Trip to Israel 11-12/2011
« Reply #1 on: December 22, 2011, 04:19:12 PM »
Nov 24 - Field trip to the Carmel Mountain near Haifa. Site of a terrible wildfire last year, but the locations in question were spared.
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Re: Trip to Israel 11-12/2011
« Reply #2 on: December 22, 2011, 04:23:47 PM »
More photos from the Mt. Carmel trip:

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Re: Trip to Israel 11-12/2011
« Reply #3 on: December 22, 2011, 04:27:48 PM »
Dec 1: Sternbergia clusiana at Ma'aleh Rehavam ['Slope of Rehavam' (Zeevi)] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rehavam_Zeevi), a small Jewish settlement near Bethlehem. Thanks to Miriam for advising me to this place  :)

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Re: Trip to Israel 11-12/2011
« Reply #4 on: December 22, 2011, 04:30:42 PM »
Dec 6: Field trip with Miriam and Oron. Forgot to take a group photo :-[

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Re: Trip to Israel 11-12/2011
« Reply #5 on: December 22, 2011, 04:36:11 PM »
Hey! This is a great trip you are sharing with us, Thomas, thank you  8)
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Re: Trip to Israel 11-12/2011
« Reply #6 on: December 22, 2011, 04:36:50 PM »
Lovely pictures of plants and habitat ... so easy to see why these plants do not thrive up here  :( ly
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Re: Trip to Israel 11-12/2011
« Reply #7 on: December 22, 2011, 04:40:26 PM »
Finally, a day before I left, Miriam sent a note about a habitat of Colchicum tuviae just outside Jerusalem.

A big Thank You to all who helped me during the trip. Despite this being sort of low season for bulbs, I still saw a lot of interesting things...

« Last Edit: December 22, 2011, 04:42:45 PM by xthomasx »
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Re: Trip to Israel 11-12/2011
« Reply #8 on: December 22, 2011, 04:46:13 PM »
With such advisors -  Oron, Mirian and Ori - I think it would help any photographer on his travels! 8)
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Re: Trip to Israel 11-12/2011
« Reply #9 on: December 22, 2011, 04:48:16 PM »
Thomas thank you for sharing your trip. It is nice to see just how these plants are growing. Like Tony I find it easy to understand why we find these so difficult to grow in the cold and damp UK
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Re: Trip to Israel 11-12/2011
« Reply #10 on: December 22, 2011, 07:18:56 PM »
Thanks for your pictures Thomas. The sun seems to shine from the Sternbergias, magnificent plants all.
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Re: Trip to Israel 11-12/2011
« Reply #11 on: December 23, 2011, 09:13:50 AM »
Thanks Thomas, its been a pleasure!!
Colchicum from Jerusalem is C. stevenii.
Biarum from Mt. Meron is B. bovei.
See you next time ;)
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Re: Trip to Israel 11-12/2011
« Reply #12 on: December 23, 2011, 02:59:10 PM »
Great pictures and very beautiful plants and places  Thomas ! A joy to see them on a dark day like this !
Hope to go there sometimes...
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Re: Trip to Israel 11-12/2011
« Reply #13 on: December 23, 2011, 06:33:05 PM »
Nice pictures Thomas!
Sorry I could not join you more this time  :(
It was a great trip with you and Oron  :)
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Re: Trip to Israel 11-12/2011
« Reply #14 on: December 28, 2011, 09:42:52 AM »
Sorry I missed this thread till now but so glad you have shown us these treasures. Now to make a note of the different species in case seed ever appears on any lists.
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