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Places to visit => Places to visit => Topic started by: fragman on March 02, 2012, 10:43:32 PM

Title: early spring blooming in Israel
Post by: fragman on March 02, 2012, 10:43:32 PM

Its really hard to stay at home, flower carpets are everywhere.
pictures :
Cistanche tubulosda in the north Dead Sea area.
Orchis punctulata in Mt Carmel
Cyclamen persicum blooming in the burnt Mt Carmel (12/2010 fire)
Trigonella berythea - progenitor of fenugreek
Iris histrio in Odem forest - n Golan
Vicia hulensis - a small endemic annual, Golan
Ranunculus asiaticus carpets in the northern Jordan Valley
Echium rauwolfii and wild barley in the northern Jordan Valley
Iris grant-duffii in the soythern Golan

Title: Re: early spring blooming in Israel
Post by: Alisdair on March 03, 2012, 10:11:37 AM

Wow! Thanks for those glorious sights!

Title: Re: early spring blooming in Israel
Post by: JTh on March 03, 2012, 12:27:07 PM

Nice!

Title: Re: early spring blooming in Israel
Post by: John on March 03, 2012, 07:44:45 PM

Yes thanks for posting them. It doesn't seem a year ago that we were looking at many of these plants on our MGS trip organised by Oron.

Title: Re: early spring blooming in Israel
Post by: MikeHardman on April 17, 2012, 02:50:56 PM

Only just noticed this; wow indeed - some lovely sights nicely captured fragman; thanks

Title: Re: early spring blooming in Israel
Post by: cicerone on May 02, 2012, 10:05:20 PM

Beautiful. Israel is an interesting country from so many angles...Must visit.

Title: Re: early spring blooming in Israel
Post by: andrewsloan on July 29, 2012, 01:10:57 PM

Excellent photos, looks so pretty in Spring and bring back memories of the MGS trip 12 mths before.