On flowers, cameras, travels, friends and other marvels of nature

Saturday, January 14, 2012

Strelitzia reginae


Kinabalu Mt., Borneo, August 4, 2006

Sternbergia lutea (fall daffodil)



Flambouritsa gorge, Mt. Cyllene, Peloponnese, October 30, 2011

These beautiful fall daffodils have been pointed out to me by Yannis K. during our last trecking on Cyllene Mt. Thanks Yannis!

Sonchus oleraceus


Corfu, Greece, Mars 13, 2012


 
Muses' Hill, Athens, January 22, 2012

Solanum eleagnifolium


Maroneia, Thrace, Greece, November 24, 2011

Solanum dulcamara

 

Bratya Daskalovi, central Bulgaria, July 10, 2010

Silene colorata


Palaiopolis, Andros island, Greece, Mars 8, 2008


Langosteiras, Gallicia, Spain, August 11, 2009

Silene californica


Paradise creek, Sierra Nevada, CA, USA, April 7, 2010

Senecio telekii


Mt. Kilimanaro, Tanzania, Mars 1, 2009

Dendrosenecio kilimanjari (formerly: Senecio kilimanjari, commonly: giant groundsel)




Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, Mars 1, 2009

Sellaginella wildenowii


Mt. Kinabalu, Borneo, August 10, 2006

Sedum hispanicum (Spanish stonecrop)


Srnena gora Mt., central Bulgaria, June 29, 2011

Scadoxus kilimanjari (fireball lily)


Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, February 28, 2009

Scabiosa columparia


Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, Mars 1, 2009

Satureja calamintha


Loutra Ypatis, central Greece, November 19, 2011

Saponaria officinalis



Bratya Daskalovi, central Bulgaria, July 10, 2010

Sambucus eubulus


Bratya Dascalovi, central Bulgaria, June 22, 2009

The Sambucus genus was formerly classified to Caprifoliaceae familly, but recent studies reclassify it to the Adoxaceae familly. Photographed during a visit with Milena to some Thracian tumuli, between the Bratya Daskalovi village and our excavation site.

Salvia pratensis


Halka Bunar, central Bulgaria, June 22, 2009 / July 7, 2011

Rosmarinus officinalis


Antikyra, Corinthian gulf, December 26, 2011

Ricinus communis (castor bean)


Bratya Daskalovi, central Bulgaria, July 10, 2010

Rhododendron fallacinum


Mt. Kinabalu, Borneo, August 5, 2006

Rhododendron crassifolium


Kinabalu area, Borneo, August 5, 2006

Reseda alba


Pnyx hill, Athens, April 26, 2009

Raphanus sativus (radish)


Mexican Hat, San Juan river, UT, USA, April 3, 2010

Ranunculus asiaticus var. albus (Persian buttercup)


Agia Irini gorge, West Crete, April 6, 2007