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Hans J

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Dictamnus albus in the wild
« on: May 14, 2012, 05:25:44 PM »
Hi all ,

last week I had the big luck to visit a habitat of Dictamnus albus ( together with many other interesting plants ) - this area is a protectet nature area here in Germany ....

In this habitat grows also some unusal trees :

Quercus pubescens
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Re: Dictamnus albus in the wild
« Reply #1 on: May 14, 2012, 05:28:16 PM »
near this trees grows Dictamnus  albus  :D
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Re: Dictamnus albus in the wild
« Reply #2 on: May 14, 2012, 05:30:22 PM »
a other unusual plant grows also here :

Colutea arborescens
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Re: Dictamnus albus in the wild
« Reply #3 on: May 14, 2012, 05:33:23 PM »
near the vine yeards we found some Iris and in shade grows Polygonatum
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Re: Dictamnus albus in the wild
« Reply #4 on: May 14, 2012, 05:35:33 PM »
in more sunny parts we found near the way Rosa spec. and Geranium spec.
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Re: Dictamnus albus in the wild
« Reply #5 on: May 14, 2012, 05:38:54 PM »
on the way back to the parking place in a wood we saw many Aquilegia .....and  also a nice beetle ( we call it "Maikäfer)
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Re: Dictamnus albus in the wild
« Reply #6 on: May 14, 2012, 05:42:48 PM »
in this area are many Anemones sylvestris - they grows on slopes

Enjoy
Hans  8)
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Re: Dictamnus albus in the wild
« Reply #7 on: May 14, 2012, 10:42:53 PM »
Lovely plants Hans but a very handsome beetle. I wonder what the iris is, that grows wild in the vineyards? Our grape harvest is just finished here and I'm eating lots of Pinot Noir grapes from one of my market vendors. ;D
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Re: Dictamnus albus in the wild
« Reply #8 on: May 14, 2012, 10:55:43 PM »
Lovely pictures Hans but you spoiled it by putting that creepy crawly in  ;D

Angie  :)
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Re: Dictamnus albus in the wild
« Reply #9 on: May 14, 2012, 11:21:14 PM »
No No, creepy crawlies add character - and a shiver down the spine. ;D
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Re: Dictamnus albus in the wild
« Reply #10 on: May 15, 2012, 07:34:38 AM »
Interesting to see wild Dictamnus! Thanks for posting.  What part of Germany is this, Hans?

I've always wondered why it's called D. albus? Isn't the pinkish variety the most common colour? Perhaps the first to be discovered was white flowered?
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Re: Dictamnus albus in the wild
« Reply #11 on: May 15, 2012, 07:58:14 AM »
Lesley and Angie : do you mean this beetle ?
They makes a lot of trouble for the farmers - special the larvae -please read :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melolontha

Stephen :
like you I was also wondered why this plant are calling "albus" ...in Wiki I have found it :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictamnus
In the german version is descript that the rhizomes have white color so the botanists call it ALBUS
By my visit I could not see any white flowering plants ...but I know nurseries are selling these plants
This habitat is in the southern part of germany...I will not give more exactly informations :-X

Hans
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Re: Dictamnus albus in the wild
« Reply #12 on: May 15, 2012, 09:29:33 AM »
Hans, you live in a preferred region of our country with a lot of botanical ' hot spots '.
I hope you didn't touch the Dictamnus plants because this may cause serious skin irritation.

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Re: Dictamnus albus in the wild
« Reply #13 on: May 15, 2012, 09:44:40 AM »
Hans,
thanks for the images. I enjoyed.
The Quercus pubescens is not a common tree here, just in one of a public garden we have a few samples growing.

The Dictamus in the wild is lovely. How was the scent, like lemon? Is it as strong as written in the literature?
I tried it in my garden origin from garden center but it failed twice.
Don't know what I made wrong. :-\
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Re: Dictamnus albus in the wild
« Reply #14 on: May 15, 2012, 10:06:11 AM »
Quote from: Gerdk on May 15, 2012, 09:29:33 AM
Hans, you live in a preferred region of our country with a lot of botanical ' hot spots '.
I hope you didn't touch the Dictamnus plants because this may cause serious skin irritation.

Gerd

Thank you Gerd ,

no I have not touched the Dictamnus ( I read before about it )
You are right - I live really in a good region with many interesting plants and animals - here are also Wiedehopf , Bienenfresser, Pirol, Smaragdeidechse ....not far from me are many orchids

Hans
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