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

Friday, January 6, 2012

Ephedra fragilis



Ancient Medeon ruins, Corinthian gulf,  December 27, 2010

Eichhornia crassipes



Kinabatagan river, Borneo, August 16, 2006

Echium plantagineum



Antikyra, Corinthian gulf, Greece, Mars 13, 2010



Zakynthos, Greece, May 23, 2010

Equisetum telmateia


Mt. Cyllene, Peloponnese, October 28, 2011

Dodecatheon hedersonii (shooting star)


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

When I first saw the flowers of Dodecatheon, the very evening that we camped with my friend George on the second Sierra camp on our way to the Sequoia park, I thaugh they were already wizen. The next day, under better light conditions, I realized they were just like that, honoring their common name of 'shooting stars'.

Dianthus superbus



Fisterra, Gallicia, Spain, August 12, 2009

Dianthus deltoides



Halka Bunar, central Bulgaria, June 2, 2010

Dianthus brutius


Bratya Daskalovi, central Bulgaria, June 22, 2009

Daucus carota


July 7, 2009


July 22, 2009

Halka Bunar, central Bulgaria

Crocus hadriaticus


Dodona, Epirus, Greece, November 18, 2008

Cynoglossum grande



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

Cyclamen hederifolium


Chortiatis Mt., Macedonia, Greece, November 27, 2011



Flambouritsa gorge, Peloponnese, October 30, 2011



Antikyra / Kremasmeno Kasteli, Corinthian gulf, December 24, 2011

Cyclamen graecum


Dodone, Epirus, Greece, November 18, 2008



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

Crocus pulchellus

 


Chortiatis Mt., Macedonia, Greece, November 27, 2011

Crocus cancelatus




Cyllene Mt., Peloponnese, October 29, 2011

Crataegus pycnoloba


Cyllene Mt., Peloponnese, October 30, 2011

Couroupita guianensis


Kandy, Sri Lanka, August 20, 2004

Cordia sebestena


Koh Tao island, Thailand, August 14, 2010

Convolvulus arvensis



Halka Bunar, central Bulgaria, June 18, 2009



Zakynthos, Greece, May 23, 2010

Consolida regalis (syn. Delphinium consolida)



Halka Bunar, central Bulgaria, July 7, 2011