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Miscellaneous / Re: Unsung Heroes, Journal 20 April 2000
« Last post by Hilary on January 19, 2024, 07:09:24 AM »
Journal 20 April 2000
COMPERIA COMPERIANA,
THE ELUSIVE ORCHID
By Pierre Broussalis
The title is self-explanatory
Not having a photo of this plant, I scanned the illustration in the Journal
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Miscellaneous / Unsung Heroes, Journal 20 April 2000
« Last post by Hilary on January 18, 2024, 07:28:19 AM »
CHUFA NUT (TIGER NUT) :
CYPERUS ESCULENTUS VAR. SATIVUS
By Betty Molesworth Allen

I remember chewing these nuts as a child in the north east of England but have never seen them since.

Although we have been to Spain several times we have never  come across the drink made with these nuts or seen the nuts in the shops. However, I do have the recipe on how to make the drink.

The illustration is by the writer of the article



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Miscellaneous / Re: Plants of the world on postage stamps
« Last post by Hilary on January 17, 2024, 07:23:01 AM »
Myrtus communis, Myrtle
A stamp issued by Greece in 1979 depicting a gold wreath found at Vergina
I had seen all the gold found during the archaeological dig at Vergina in the Salonica Museum, and bought the postcard. Later the finds were transferred back to Vergina. The gold wreath representing leaves and flowers of Myrtle was found in the antechamber of the tomb of Philip II

In THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN number 20 April 2000
Sabina Rossini Oliva writes about THE MYRTLE 

Included in this post is a snap I took of Myrtle one June at the Ancient Agora, Athens 
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Miscellaneous / Re: Unsung Heroes, Journal 19 Winter 2000
« Last post by Hilary on January 16, 2024, 07:30:10 AM »
Journal 19
Winter 2000
A LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Explaining that the house she lived and worked in had suffered some earthquake damage and that she would need articles for the journal to reach her earlier.

The drawing of the house on the opposite page is by Karolos Merlin.
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Miscellaneous / Re: Unsung Heroes, Journal 19 Winter 2000
« Last post by Hilary on January 15, 2024, 08:45:44 AM »
Journal 19 Winter 2000
BUCHUS TO THE FUTURE
By Tim Longville

I quote
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Buchus is in fact a word from the Koikhoi language (singular bucha, plural buchus) commonly used in South Africa to describe those smaller shrubby members of the Rutaceae family which have pleasantly scented leaves when touched, rubbed or crushed

Not having any photos of these plants or even postage stamps I resorted to scanning the two drawings used to illustrate this article.

I quote

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The drawings illustrating this article are reproduced from Kirstenbosch Horticultural Notes nos. 26 and 45 on Agathosma crenulate and Coleonema aspalathoides, with the generous permission of the National Botanical Institute of South Africa.


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Miscellaneous / Unsung Heroes, Journal 19 Winter 2000
« Last post by Hilary on January 14, 2024, 08:59:12 AM »
Journal 19 Winter 2000
A PLANT-HUNTING TRIP TO MOUNT PARNASSOS
By Olivier Filippi
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‘The ancient ruins of Delphi are a wonderful rock garden'

I don't have any photos of wild flowers from Delphi but some photos  of the plants mentioned from all over Greece

First a postage stamp issued by the Greek postal authority in 2016 depicting
Cistus creticus,
then a photo from Ancient Corinth of Euphorbia characias.
A photo of Euphorbia dendroides taken on the island of KEA while on an excursion organized by  THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN SOCIETY.
Medicago arborea seen in the National Gardens in Athens.
Pistacia lentiscus at Sounion.
Sarcopoterium spinosum at the Old Port, Lechaion.
Phlomis fruticosa on Mount Taygetus seen on a  MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN SOCIETY excursion organized by members based in or near  Sparta.
Sternbergia lutea, in Corinth, pushing through the dried mud after the plot of land had been flooded. The plot is still empty but the Sternbergia have disappeared.
A photo of some very bedraggled Sternbergia in Kastoria       
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Miscellaneous / Re: Coronavirus situation
« Last post by Hilary on January 13, 2024, 07:14:10 AM »
Stapelia snapped at the local plant nursery in September 2021

Stapelia is mentioned in
COSTA BLANCA GARDENS TO BE VISITED DURING THE 2018 AGM
By Alan & Carol Hawes

THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN Number 93 July 2018

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Miscellaneous / Re: Plants of the world on postage stamps
« Last post by Hilary on January 12, 2024, 07:46:24 AM »
Aristolochia littoralis    PATITO
The eighth stamp issued in the flower series by Argentina in 1983.
You can read some interesting information about this plant here
 
http://florawww.eeb.uconn.edu/19880http://florawww.eeb.uconn.edu/198800141.html0141.html

I posted this stamp to this thread in September 2018 but recently came across a couple of photos taken at the local plant nursery in September 2021.
I don't think there was a label attached to the plant 

Aristolochia littoralis is mentioned in
THE 2013 AGM: ATTICA
By Valerie Whittington
 THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN number 75 January 2014
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Miscellaneous / Re: Coronavirus situation
« Last post by Hilary on January 12, 2024, 07:36:49 AM »
FLOWER ALPHABET 2023-2024
I made this list mostly for myself and there might be some mistakes in the names of the plants, I am no expert.
Hopefully the flower photos cheered up, those of you who live in the northern hemisphere,  through the darkest days of winter.
       WHAT           WHERE           WHEN
Abutilon pictum   Sparta, Lakonia   Greece   2012-05-13
Brugmansia suaveolens   Seville, Andalusia   Spain   1997-07-05
Camellia japonica   Madrid,     Spain   2018-04-05
Disocactus ackermannii   Xylokeriza, Corinthia    Greece   2017-05-15
Echinacea purpura
‘Rubinstern’   RHS Garden, Hyde Hall,
Essex   U.K.   2015-09-26
Fritallaria meleagris    Sherbourne, Dorset    U.K.   2008-03-30
Globularia alypum    Corinthia   Greece   2019-03-03
Hydrangea   Crofthandy, Cornwall   U. K.   2005-09-27
Ipomoea x sloteri   Ai Theodori, Corinthia    Greece   2011-10-23
Justica adhatoda   National Garden, Athens   Greece   2011-03-29
Kniphofia rooperi   RHS Garden, Hyde Hall 
Essex   U.K.   2015-09-26
Lathyrus nissolia    Galataki, Corinthia    Greece   2011-03-25
Mimulus cupreus   Ancient Corinth   Greece   2015-05-28
Nerium oleander   Kalamaki, Corinthia   Greece   2021-06-06
Orchis anatolica    Mount Parnon, Lakonia   Greece   2009-04-19
Portulaca grandiflora   Corinth   Greece   2011-10-21
Quercus pubescens   Harold Wood, Havering   U.K.   2015-09-13
Ruellia brittoniana   Ancient Corinth   Greece    2013-06-19
Schlumbergera   Corinth   Greece   2011-06-01
Tradescantia pallida   Corinth    Greece   2010-09-06
Ulmus glabra   Madrid   Spain   2015-04-05
Viburnum opulus   Sparta, Lakonia    Greece    2013-04-23
Wistaria   Sparta, Lakonia   Greece   2013-04-23
Xanthorrhoea australis   THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN       100
April 2022
Yucca   Corinth   Greece   2010-08-10
Zephyranthes    Sparta, Lakonia    Greece   2010-10-01

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Miscellaneous / Re: Coronavirus situation
« Last post by Hilary on January 11, 2024, 06:35:50 AM »
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