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Places to visit => Places to visit => Topic started by: Hilary on April 13, 2014, 01:16:47 PM

Title: Peloponnese, between Sparta and Tripolis, Greece
Post by: Hilary on April 13, 2014, 01:16:47 PM

The road between Sparta and Tripolis passes through some wild and picturesque countryside.
The wild flowers changing with the season and tantalizingly out of touch when travelling by car or bus.
Soon a new road is to be opened depriving me of this enjoyable trip.
These snaps were taken a few kilometers down the side road to Karies in March

Title: Re: Peloponnese, between Sparta and Tripolis, Greece
Post by: Daisy on April 16, 2014, 04:28:01 PM

Doesn't the countryside go through a transformation in spring?
The wild flowers are so lovely.
Do you know what the pink or white flowers in your last photo are, Hilary?
Daisy :)

Title: Re: Peloponnese, between Sparta and Tripolis, Greece
Post by: Hilary on April 17, 2014, 05:05:53 PM

The white flowers are Star of Bethlehem.
That is until I found out that there is more than one Ornithogalum!

I don't know what the pink flowers are.
I did try to take careful  photos but when I got home I found they were rubbish.
The leaves of the plant are quite distinctive so maybe someone out there will enlighten us.

I am attaching the rubbish photos for you all to have a laugh

Title: Re: Peloponnese, between Sparta and Tripolis, Greece
Post by: Fermi on April 18, 2014, 02:42:49 PM

Quote from: Hilary on April 17, 2014, 05:05:53 PM

I don't know what the pink flowers are.

Possibly some sort of Erodium, Hilary,
cheers
fermi

Title: Re: Peloponnese, between Sparta and Tripolis, Greece
Post by: Hilary on April 19, 2014, 10:25:19 AM

Fermi,
Many thanks
Will have to go back there to check out the plant again

Title: Re: Peloponnese, between Sparta and Tripolis, Greece
Post by: Hilary on October 17, 2014, 06:08:41 AM

We revisited this area a couple of days ago, mid October
This time the ground was sparsely carpeted with Crocus boryi.
There were also a few Colchicum cupanii

Title: Re: Peloponnese, between Sparta and Tripolis, Greece
Post by: Umbrian on October 17, 2014, 06:54:54 AM

Lovely photographs Hilary - made me wish I was there   :)-  and that I could send mine so that they come up full page sometimes.

Title: Re: Peloponnese, between Sparta and Tripolis, Greece
Post by: Hilary on October 18, 2014, 07:57:14 AM

Glad you enjoy seeing some sunny photos of the Peloponnese.
I was a bit disappointed that there were no red berries around yet.
It was all very green and monotonous

Title: Re: Peloponnese, between Sparta and Tripolis, Greece
Post by: Hilary on October 19, 2014, 11:53:14 AM

A Pyrus amygdaliformis,Γκορτσιά  tree with a lot of yellow Lichen.
The nearest I could get to some autumn colour.

Title: Re: Peloponnese, between Sparta and Tripolis, Greece
Post by: Hilary on October 20, 2014, 07:28:51 AM

Another Pyrus amygdaliformis tree this one near the watering trough for the goats, heard in the distance but never seen by us.
In the second photo I tried to catch the heavy morning dew
 

Title: Re: Peloponnese, between Sparta and Tripolis, Greece
Post by: Hilary on April 23, 2015, 12:34:53 PM

An orchard of Sweet Chestnut Castanea sativa trees
The photo was taken at the end of March, note the cloudy sky.
The empty burrs were scattered around the trees.

Title: Re: Peloponnese, between Sparta and Tripolis, Greece
Post by: Hilary on April 24, 2015, 07:31:18 AM

Anemone blowing in the wind as their name would imply.
Snapped at the end of March near the Nestani toll booth

Title: Re: Peloponnese, between Sparta and Tripolis, Greece
Post by: Hilary on March 03, 2016, 05:34:18 PM

Blue flowers nearer Sparta than Tripolis at the end of February.
Photos of Iris unguicularis and Anemone blanda

Title: Re: Peloponnese, between Sparta and Tripolis, Greece
Post by: Hilary on March 04, 2016, 08:30:33 AM

A field of Veronica glauca , correct me if I am wrong, at the end of February.
Nearer Tripolis than Sparta