Kern, CA, USA, April 7, 2010
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Passiflora caerulea
Monforte de Lemos, Gallicia, Spain, August 16, 2009
We have been staying for a few days in a beautiful country house, the Casa Grande de Rosende, and it was actually Yannis V. who directed my attention to this exotic species, which however seemed very well acclimatized in Gallicia.
Papaver rhoeas
Ephesus, Turkey, May 26, 2011
Acropolis North slope, Athens, April 26, 2009
Antikyra, Corintian gulf, Mars 13, 2010
On the first picture Papaver rhoeas in front of the southern colonnade of the Tetragonos Agora in Ephesus. During this part of my trip I was alone, but just the day before we have visited Mylassa and Knidos with Olga, Despina and Beryl.
Pancratium maritimum
Merexo, Gallicia, Spain, August 10, 2009
Agios Nikitas, Leukada island, Greece, August 13, 2011
Orobanche alba
Areopagus, Athens, April 26, 2009
This a parasitic plant (epiphyt) and on the second picture one may observe that it grows on a Thapsia garganica plant. It belongs to the familly Orobanchaceae, but I am not quite sure about the taxa (any help is wellcome).
Oxalis pes caprae
Oxalis pes caprae (simple)
Antikyra, Corinthian gulf, Fabruary 13, 2011
Oxalis pes caprae (simple)
Pnyx, Athens, April 26, 2009
Oxalis pes caprae var. pleniflora (double)
Corfu, Mars 13, 2012
Opuntia ficus indica
Myconos, Greece, October 15, 2007
Antikyra / Vroulia castle, Corinthian gulf, December 24, 2011
Haraz Mountains, Yemen, December 27, 2009
Nymphaea nouchali (blue lotus)
Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka, August 21, 2004
Pran Buri, Thailand, August 10, 2010
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