Crocus trip to Crete from 20 -27 november 2011

[krisderaeymaeker]

Kris, what a trip - lots of fabulous flowers in the wild!
And you are a master in story telling - you keep us waiting in anticipation for the next part
Poul

Thanks for this nice comments Poul !  I am afraid that I keep you waiting for another day .... , tomorrow we go further with this trip ...

[krisderaeymaeker]

On day 4 we leave the sunny westside of Crete and we drive to the east ....

[krisderaeymaeker]

We decide to take our time and we drive trough the middle part of Crete ...
We passed this mountain area where  we drive up to 1100 metres height.   

[krisderaeymaeker]

This is a typical area for the high elevation forms of Crocus oreocreticus .

Sometimes dul forms but sometimes .....

[krisderaeymaeker]

This is a typical area for the high elevation forms of Crocus oreocreticus .
Sometimes dul forms but sometimes .....

Stunning forms to ....

[ranunculus]

Beautiful series of images, Kris ... thanks for posting.

[krisderaeymaeker]

Beautiful series of images, Kris ... thanks for posting.

Thanks Cliff !   
Some more Crocus oreocreticus ...

[krisderaeymaeker]

And for the first time this trip : Colchicum cretense . ( I suppose nothing more then a heigh elevation form of pusillum ?)

[Tony Willis]

Kris lovely series of photographs,it seems to have been a very successful trip.

[krisderaeymaeker]

Kris lovely series of photographs,it seems to have been a very successful trip.

Thanks a lot Tony . Yes this trip was a great succes and a joy. I have stil 3 days to go and some more surprises to show...
Two other Crocus species to find ...

[krisderaeymaeker]

Time to start travel again 
We are in the eastern part of Crete .One of the touristic places is ofcourse the Lasithi plateau. It is cold in the mountains and the windmills looks a bit sad in the fog.
Earlier on that morning  we stil had breakfast outside , but this was in Malia who lies on the coast.
First bulb of the day is not a Crocus but Narcissus tazetta . 
And the second is Colchicum cupanii. This is a very big form !

[krisderaeymaeker]

But we don't have to wait that long to find Crocus tournefortii !

Not so many plants and so we drive  a bit higher up .

[krisderaeymaeker]

We drive to a place I knewed before and wich is a good Cyclamen site .
And yes , there we can find more Crocus tournefortii...

[Armin]

Kris,
I enjoy your travel report at a dull and frosty weekend.
Lovely N. tazetta, C. cupanii and a nice clump of C. tournefortii
Add the cyclamen

[krisderaeymaeker]

Kris,
I enjoy your travel report at a dull and frosty weekend.
Lovely N. tazetta, C. cupanii and a nice clump of C. tournefortii
Add the cyclamen

Thanks Armin .Yesterday morning we had some frost here . In the morning today a bit of sun  and now it is cold and wet at the same time ....Yes , the best thing we can do now is watching images from a Mediterean place like Crete .