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The background of this flower was not satisfactory, I tried different angles and ended with the tree behind. The late-afternoon light helped.
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Hesperantha cucullata is a South African bulb. It has three spreading anthers and three spreading shorter style lobes. Its nice and scented flowers open in the night. From the above they are just white, but below three sepals are purple.
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An east Mediterranean bulbous plant. It grows in herbaceous pastures and is considered rare and endangered locally.
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Thelymitra vulgaris is a delicate and very beautiful tuberous orchid.
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although the stems were already dry, they are really im,pressive.
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We found this lovely bulb in Mt Hotaka. The typical pending fruits and upright foliage were sure Convallaria. Later it was rather easy to find this species in one of the colourful Japanese plant guides.
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I managed to photograph the flower in the last daylight, just as the flower open.
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Ornithogalum cuspidatum is a Middle Eastern bulb. In Israel it is very rare and endangered.
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and an even closer look, note the wet-sticky stigma and pollinia above it.
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Allium albotunicatum is a common bulbous plant of the higher altitudes of Mt Hermon. During its blooming season it looks almost like straw, really camouflaged in the area. A closer look reveals that these are really flowers and not dry materials.
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A terrrestrial orchid, endemic to the Niewoudtville area. Found together with many flowering bulbs.
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Hesperantha cucullata is a South African bulb. It has three spreading anthers and three spreading shorter style lobes. Its nice and scented flowers open in the night. From the above they are just white, but below three sepals are purple.
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Ornithogalum cuspidatum is a Middle Eastern bulb. In Israel it is very rare and endangered.
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another closeup of this marvelous orchid...
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Allium albotunicatum looks dry when it blooms, but a closer look reveals fresh flowers.
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We found this marvelous plant growing in the coasts of the islets off Co Samoi
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Hesperantha cucullata is a South African bulb. It has three spreading anthers and three spreading shorter style lobes. Its nice and scented flowers open in the night. From the above they are just white, but below three sepals are purple.
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Ornithogalum fuscescens is a rare bulbous plant growing in Israel and Syria. It blooms at the end of spring during Aplri to early May. Its habitat - heavy soils is becoming rare since most of it today is under modern agriculture regeame.
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Tigridia pavonia is a Mexican striking bulb from the iris plant family.
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Allium albotunicatum is a rare and endangered plant in Israel.
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This beautiful crocus is found on volcanic soils in the Golan Heights and the eastern Galilee. It is local but quite common species, blooming in November-December with 3 other crocus species.
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This is a tiny bulb found in the Swartberg Pass north of Outshoorn ni the Cape. It was found in 1500 m. rocky wet slopes. I couldn't identify it properly, it is similar to Hesperantha humilis.
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Ornithogalum fuscescens is a local endangered bulb of Israel and Syria. It grows in deep soils that are now mostly used in modern agriculture.