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Dolomites in July !!!! Wonderful weather you would expect? Not so !!!!
It actually snowed in Arabba at 1700m. (See photoheader above). Not
surprisingly, the season was much later than last year...maybe even 4-5
weeks behind and this gave the opportunity to see the very early flora
not normally on display at this time of year. And so it is my
pleasure to present you with "The Dolomites.....revisited".
Enjoy !!!! The selection of photographs is in no particular order and so I have given details of habitat and altitude. This in no way implies that these plants can only be found under these conditions, it just happens to be where I took the photographs. Our thanks once again to Collett's Mountain Holidays for providing us with the opportunity to lead the walks. Please visit their website, they are a wonderful Company and totally committed to the enjoyment and satisfaction of their clients. The experience we enjoyed is due in no small part to the friendship of those we met along the way (too numerous to mention but they know who they are), the shared lunches and dinners, the oxygen masks (!!!), the humour and laughter and the Radlers (not necessarily in that order). We hope to meet you all again soon. If you're contemplating a trip into the Dolomites, you could do worse than join up with Sherba and I......ask David & Wendy.....well maybe not *grin*. But seriously.........we always welcome new friends.....and I know where they serve the best Radlers in town !!! How about that for an incentive? So sit back and enjoy the photos....and if you think the plants are spectacular, you should see the scenery !!!! |
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| Nigritella rubra Red Vanilla Orchid Meadow c. 1800m |
Thlaspi rotundifolium Alpine Pennycress Scree c. 2700m |
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| Pulsatilla apiifolia Yellow Pasque Flower Meadows c 2200m |
Aquilegia atrata Dark Columbine Woods c. 1400m |
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| Primula farinosa Bird's Eye Primula Meadow c. 1900m |
Cypripedium calceolus Lady's Slipper Orchid Woods c. 1400m |
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| Traunsteinera globosa Round Headed Orchid Meadow c. 1800m |
Paradisea liliastrum St. Bruno's Lily Meadow c. 1800m |
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| Phyteuma hedraianthifolium Rhaetian Rampion Woods c. 1400m |
Geum reptans Creeping Avens Rock Outcrop c. 2800m |
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| Pulsatilla vernalis in bud Spring Pasque Flower Meadow c. 2200m |
Pulsatilla vernalis Spring Pasque Flower Meadow c. 2200m |
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| Ranunculus thora Thore's Buttercup Rock Outcrop c. 2200m |
Soldanella alpina Alpine Snowbell Snow melt, grassy bank c. 2500m |
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| Soldanella minima Least Snowbell Snow melt, grassy bank c. 2800m |
Orchis ustulata Burnt Orchid Meadow c. 1800m |
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| Moneses uniflora One-Flowered Wintergreen Woods c. 1200m |
Eritrichium nanum King of the Alps Rock Outcrop c. 2800m |
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| Viola biflora Yellow Wood Violet Usually damp, shady places but this was on scree at c. 2700m |
Primula minima Least Primrose Grassy bank c.2500m |
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| Ranunculus glacialis Glacier Crowfoot Scree & Rock Debris c. 2800m |
Ranunculus glacialis Glacier Crowfoot Scree & Rock Debris c. 2800m |
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| Gentiana acaulis Trumpet Gentian Meadow c. 2000m |
Vitaliana primuliflora Vitaliana Rock Outcrop c. 2600m |
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| Platanthera bifolia Lesser Butterfly Orchid Woods c. 1400m |
Trollius europaeus Globe Flower Meadow c. 2400m |
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| Linaria alpina Alpine Toadflax Scree c. 3000m |
Anthericum liliago St. Bernard's Lily Woods c. 1600m |
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| Leontodon montanus Mountain Hawkbit Scree c. 2900m |
Cerastium alpinum Alpine Mouse-ear Scree c. 2900m |
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| Pinguicula leptoceras Southern Butterwort Damp Meadow c. 1600m |
Ranunculus seguieri Seguier's Buttercup Stony, Damp slope c. 2500m |
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| Pinguicula alpina Alpine Butterwort Damp Meadow c. 1600m |
Clematis alpina Alpine Clematis Woods c. 2000m |
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| Coeloglossum viride Frog Orchid Meadow c. 2000m |
Geranium sylvaticum Wood Cranesbill Meadow c. 1800m |
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| Ranunculus keupferi (syn.pyrenaeus ssp platagineus) Pyrenean Buttercup Meadow c. 2200m |
Paederota bonarota Bluish Paederota Rock Outcrop c. 2600m |
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| Aster alpinus Alpine Aster Rock Outcrop c. 2800m |
Globularia nudicaulis Leafless-stemmed Globularia Stony, grassy banks c. 1900m |
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| Salix reticulata Net-leaved Willow Rock Outcrop c. 2200m |
Gentiana punctata Spotted Gentian Meadow c. 2000m |
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| Androsace alpina - white form Alpine Rock Jasmine Rock Outcrop c. 2800m |
Lilium bulbiferum (Note stem bulbils). The var. 'croceum' does NOT have stem bulbils) Orange Lily Meadow c. 1800m |
| All photographs were
taken with a Pentax MZ 7 Single Lens Reflex camera and
scanned using an Epson 1250 slide scanner. Lenses used were either
28-80mm or 100mm macro. Film was Fuji Sensia 100. Other than slight
cropping and resizing, no other manipulation has been used. All content is © Alan Grainger & The Alpine Garden 2004 and may not be reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the copyright holder. International Law applies to any breaches of copyright and will be enforced. |