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Which flower is this?

peter212. 07. 2011 16:15:14

Then most likely bladder gentian. Next time take a closer photo. Bladder gentians like to grow in groups and this one on your picture is a nice find. Lp

velkavrh12. 07. 2011 17:22:11

Yesterday it started crackling and thundering so we quickly shut off all devices and I had to prematurely end my post which I'm continuing today.

Bicolored alpine homogyne - Homogyne discolor, alpine grows in the forest belt. It grew on the Ovčarija pasture.

Viviparous bistort - Polygonum viviparum L., grew next to the previous flower

Abruzzan ragwort - Senecio abrotanifolius L. - leaves are pinnately divided, so it should be the true one. Likewise on Ovčarija pasture. This pasture is truly a small natural mountain botanical garden. This ragwort is also called narrow-lobed ragwort.

Now I am already on the ridge of Veliki Špič - it should be glacial cinquefoil, 20 cm high, basal leaves elliptically oblong.

There where the Obir houseleek grew there were also patches of alpine toadflax - Linaria alpina.

And also a field of betony under Kopica - green meadow intended for tea picking.

No, there is still one riddle left from the ridge of Veliki špičja. The flowers have not opened yet. It looks like they will be white. This should be Traunfellner's zlatica.

otiv12. 07. 2011 21:33:17

Some flowers from today's trip to Košuta.

According to my oracle, this is the Pannonian marmot.

Large-flowered foxglove, which is poisonous.

velkavrh12. 07. 2011 21:39:40

It's really nice. Haven't seen it yet. Soon going to Kofce and across the whole Košuta ridge.

babim12. 07. 2011 22:17:58

second picture - evergreen rockcress maybe

babim12. 07. 2011 22:21:34

Velkavrh, last picture most likely Traunfellner's golden saxifrage (golden saxifrages)

otiv12. 07. 2011 22:33:32

@babim
Probably yours holds up, in my handbook the pictures aren't very convincing and it's hard to determine the right name.

velkavrh15. 07. 2011 15:06:15

I'm here again. Today though flowers from the trip to the bivouac under Kočna via Grdega grabna and via Ovnovega čera to the hut.

This year first seen Zois' bellflowers - Campanula zoysii - bellflowers - already at the top of Taška on the rock.

Edelweiss-Leontopodium alpinum-edelweiss- along the entire path through Grdega grabna and even at the bivouac.

Saxifrage which wasn't flowering on the tour to Velika Špičje is here in full bloom - beautiful. Visible on the entire Grdega grabna path. This is tufted saxifrage - Saxifraga squarrosa - saxifrages.

Kerner's poppy - Papaver alpinum L. subsp. kerneri - poppies, on the scree below the bivouac.

This is prealpine sunrose - Helianthemum alpestre - sunroses, we recognize it by its rosette upright shoots, the many-flowered has leaves with auricles.

There are several species of globe candytuft. This is stemless globe candytuft - Globularia nudicaulis L. - globe candytufts.

Should be common mountain silene, if I'm not mistaken. It grew at the junction above Taška for Grdi graben together with both favorites, blood cranesbill.

Evergreen saxifrage - Saxifraga - saxifrages.

That gentle pink color baffles me, if it were white it would be marjetičnolistna nebina, alpska nebina no, it might be mnogolična suholetnica. It grew likewise first in Grdem grabnu and then also on Ovnovem čeru. There are only rare specimens.

This is mountain campion-silene alpestris-klinčnica.

This is Clusius' five-fingered orchid. It should have reddish buds and red hairs in the fully bloomed flower.

jprim15. 07. 2011 16:01:54

nice, real gallery of flowers ... but you forgot to write mračica - not račica nasmeh

LP!

velkavrh15. 07. 2011 16:24:40

On the sixth picture a letter accidentally fell out - that's golostebelna mračica. For the tenth flower though I determined that it's planinski slanozor. For the fifth flower after checking I decided for navadni popon-sončece - but the picture is a bit worse, flower not well visible. Kamnokreč supposed to be zimzeleni, maybe same as otivov, only on mine flower buds aren't orange, maybe also homulični, according to handbooks they are very similar. The last white flower bothers me - maybe clusijev prstnik.

lynx15. 07. 2011 16:39:55

It looks like Clusijev to me too, although the characteristic reddish sepals are not visible.

velkavrh15. 07. 2011 18:14:37

I'm very bothered by my poorer photo quality. Unfortunately, I will only buy a better camera in the autumn. But I devote myself extremely professionally to the new flower I spot. I shoot from multiple angles and then select the shot that seems best to me, but even those are not always usable. I carry a notebook and even note the shots and main characteristics of the flowers-leaves, height, color, petals, husks, habitat etc. I'm looking forward to new trips and discoveries. Every trip brings me something new.

peter215. 07. 2011 19:24:34

The last unknown will be predalpski petoprstnik.
I don't know what photo apparatus you use, I assume compact?
Regarding out-of-focus shots, in most cases the fault is focusing. When you half-press the shutter, you can already see on which part the apparatus focused. If you have auto focus set, that's not always the best choice, as it will probably focus on the nearest object. So you have e.g. a sharp rock and out-of-focus flower next to it.
http://www.petersfoto.si

babim15. 07. 2011 20:00:05

velkavrh - eighth picture: homulični kamnokreč
vednozeleni kamnokreč has lemon-yellow or orange-reddish flowers, homulični green-yellow to yellowish.

velkavrh16. 07. 2011 03:52:50

So I quite correctly assumed it's probably homulični. I use several handbooks, but I notice that in different handbooks there are very different pictures for the same flower. The books will go back to the library soon. Babim, maybe you know which book of appropriate value is available on the market. I haven't really been to bookstores lately. I would risk a euro for a really good handbook. Thanks! B.R.

babim16. 07. 2011 13:24:39

I too miss one really good book on mountain flowers. I have only a small booklet ALPSKE RASTLINE NAD GOZDNO MEJO, where mainly the most common ones, and even those not many, as the booklet is small and thin. But with it I've already told many what flower it is. Nice greeting

pmonci16. 07. 2011 14:06:54

The book by Dr. Vlad Ravnik: Alpsko cvetje Slovenije, could be very interesting to many. Best regards

velkavrh16. 07. 2011 15:52:34

I don't have my own books. Currently I have from the library Alpine flowers-Wolfgang Lippert and 2x One hundred alpine plants in Slovenia- Tone Wraber-published by Prešernova družba 2006- very good handbook with good photographs- hugely helps in identifying our flowers. Tone Wraber also collaborated on the translation of the first mentioned handbook. It is more extensive, 1987 edition and has many alpine flowers inside that don't grow with us and that just confuses. But it is also very useful, some photographs are worse for identification. I'll try to find also from Ravnik. Thanks!

babim16. 07. 2011 23:12:35

I'm interested which flower this is, photographed on the path along the ridge towards the top of Jezerski Stog.

velkavrh17. 07. 2011 13:51:33

Of course the photo isn't close-up and the flower isn't well visible, I think it's the same as my tenth photo, so alpine thrift. On my photo the flower shape is clearly visible. It's quite a common white shrublet. Mine grew in rock crevices and isn't so bushy. Otherwise there are many species of white flowers and they're quite hard to identify. Here I attach two more white ones.