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Which flower is this?

Apolonija29. 03. 2014 20:28:20

How do you conjure that? Surely you know all these flowers already? Well, maybe not hepatica? nasmeh

otiv29. 03. 2014 20:48:42

Nature enchants, I just look out for where there is something beautiful worth photographing, so that other eyes can see how beautiful these flowers are. nasmeh

No. 18 is hepatica zmeden

Apolonija29. 03. 2014 21:46:29

No, 12, 18 is spring wake-robin. Some confuse dog's mercury and hepatica due to the green-yellow color; wake-robin with forget-me-not. Got it? nasmeh

I know nature enchants, but... but, how do you put the plant in the "foreground"?

velkavrh30. 03. 2014 04:43:28

Apolonija, I found in Hoppe's mountain flowers handbook that the Slovenian name for Braya alpina is alpine breathwort. No doubt it's the right one. According to Hoppe, it shouldn't grow here at all. He describes it as rare and mentions the site only in the central parts of the Eastern Alps, which isn't the case here, nor is it a border growth area. It grows on basic soils. I know that Virnik Grintavec, which is already in the Karawanks, has a different soil composition than the nearby KSA peaks. I'll check with our authors and Flora Alpina. Alenka couldn't ID it—interesting—from the same pictures.

otiv30. 03. 2014 17:12:51

Apolonija, thanks! nasmeh

There are too many of these names, they don't stick in my head easily, if I'm honest. Got it? velik nasmeh

velkavrh30. 03. 2014 17:55:48

Today, however, on a pilgrimage from Koroška Bela over Potoška planina to Valvasorjev dom, then also to both planinas - Žirovska and Zabreška, back over Ajdna.

We will soon find the spring torilnica further along the path from Koroška Bela-there it grows higher. This one is off the path already towards Zabreška planina-those are lower.

The black alder still greets us in the forest.

This should be the bitter bolete-I tasted it-it really is bitter. But it has no flowers yet.

There is plenty of Belega repuha everywhere. I also saw snežnega.

I spot an albino nearby - navadni jetrnik. It was beautiful.

There is already plenty of navadni volčin in the forest - it smells intoxicatingly.

On the pastures of all the mountains nunka or white saffron greets us.

On the pastures there is also this šaš - probably nizki šaš.

On the pastures sedmerolistni petoprstnik is already appearing - this one is from the top of Ajdna.

In the rocks of Ajdna avrikelj blooms - these are only leaves.

This yellow one grew on Brežiška planina - I couldn't identify it yet. It should be arnika.

There are many on the pastures of these low white flowers with inconspicuous blossoms and only a few cm high. It is spomladanska kokošnica.

There really are many. It is so small and blooms so early that we usually overlook it.

On the previous one the leaf rosette is clearly visible, the leaves are slightly hairy.

There are also many srhodlakavih violets.

The spur on this violet is the same color as the flower.

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Apolonija30. 03. 2014 23:55:40

Brane, you had a good time, right? You already have alpine flowers at your fingertips. Your repnjak is interesting. Does it have split petals or more than 4? The yellow one has leaves like arnica.

Where did you read that Braya is called alpine dihnik in our language? I found only the common one and it belongs to a different genus than Braya - to Sisymbrium. Regards

velkavrh31. 03. 2014 12:09:28

Apolonija, good day! I took the Slovenian name for Braya from the translated handbook by Hoppe. I recognized Repnjak from Alenka's Kamniški vrh. I use it a lot for identification. L.P.

Apolonija31. 03. 2014 15:05:10

Brane, hi! I also often look at Alenka. This repnjak of yours seems interesting to me, because crucifers, to which repnjak belongs too, otherwise have four petals. Lp

B.C.31. 03. 2014 20:07:23

For a long time I've admired your knowledge of flowers, but haven't dared to join you with my modest knowledge. This time I gathered courage and am sending some photos taken this weekend. I'll be glad if you help identify some plants, as I know only a few (grozdasta hrušica, gorski kosmatinec, both crocuses, violet, lungwort and of course bellflower) or think I know (pasja čebulica, konopnica).

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otiv31. 03. 2014 20:12:00

@B.C. we don't bite velik nasmeh

and we don't know everything either, especially me. velik nasmeh

otiv31. 03. 2014 20:33:31

Excellent little pictures nasmeh

@B.C.

dleskovec31. 03. 2014 20:38:42

Dear Apolonija!

Since your friends (Velkavrh and Otiv) didn't reply to your problem (blurry shots), let me give some short tips for quality "macro" photography;
- assuming you have a good camera, use "A" or "AV" on the dial or menu and check aperture (f/2.8 or f/4) for shallow depth of field;
- use a good tripod to reduce shake blur and is invaluable for precise focus;
- use macro filter (on front of lens) for close focusing;
- don't use "zoom", it worsens the shot; get closer to subject (flower);
- good lighting important: cloudy, backlit, soft morning/evening light, shade the lens in strong sun...;
- focus with half shutter press (green frame), it locks until full press and shot;
Briefly, hope you understand, wish you enjoyment in quality flower shots, I love them too (esp. mountain flowers).
Best regards!

B.C.31. 03. 2014 20:54:28

@otiv: That's exactly why I joined you. I've figured out that on the "Which flower is this?" subpage you are all friendly, no one bites or barks unnecessarily, which sadly became practice on many other subpages of this forum. For photos I hope they'll be better someday, as I'm just learning macro lens. Admit it's not easy at all. Lots of useless pics.

Apolonija31. 03. 2014 20:58:41

Dear sir! Thank you for the detailed advice. I'll try to follow it as best as possible.
Looking forward to some of your spring flower pics.
Enjoy these beautiful days too. Best regards from Gorenjska.

Apolonija31. 03. 2014 21:55:49

Dear B.C.,

welcome! The pictures are really nice and knowledge of flowers isn't bad. Besides the listed ones, there is also on two pictures cypress spurge?-13, almond-leaved-21, two different primroses-15 white, 22 southern?, then two-leaved sea squill-18, low sedge-9, golden pasqueflower-17, hepatica-12 and flowering cherry twig-8? and on 1-hollow cockscomb. Lp

otiv31. 03. 2014 22:03:10

@B.C. just type the names of flowers you know. If unknown, put question mark. If not secret, add where you wandered. Easier to determine flower names. Some grow only in certain areas.
Best regards!

And Apolonija added the golden touch. nasmeh

cico31. 03. 2014 22:39:55

@otiv, best regards to you and all the others
on this forum, I follow regularly, hats off
to you all velik nasmeh

velkavrh1. 04. 2014 05:24:22

dleskovec, many thanks for the detailed instructions. With photography I'm an even bigger amateur than with flowers. But I'm learning in this field too. I have an acquaintance - good photographer but I never make it to him. I know I should. Since last summer I have a new camera - Canon - PowerShot S5IS 8 MEGAPIXELS. Actually I don't even know how good this camera is. I know I need to make the effort to this acquaintance and spend an hour with him several times. Best regards.

velkavrh1. 04. 2014 06:08:30

Apolonija, Nejc Jogan - our renowned botanist and Alenka who edits flowers of Kamniški vrh have taught me that it's definitely not alpine dihnik, but some kind of rockcress. Which one I'll still find out. I'll borrow Flora Alpina from the library once more. I had already studied and pondered this myself because Hoppe didn't list alpine dihnik in our mountains. Best regards.