Friday, July 26, 2013

Alpine roses, 1, 2, 3, more and even more...










Alpine roses (Rhododendron) - German: Alpenrosen, Italian: Rododendro

I found these nice flowers in the forest at the end of the Martell Valley (2,150 meters a.s.l.)


10 comments:

Arija said...

It is so lovely to see theseRhododendron ferrugineum in the wild. Always a wonderful surprise when one is high in the Alps.

Tanya Breese said...

beautiful images karl! and is it your birthday today? happy birthday!

VP said...

So many beautiful flowers...

Sharon said...

Very beautiful!

Lowell said...

These are all glorious photos but the 2nd one really stands out. What's this about a birthday? Just in case, I wish you a fantastical time on your birthday! Is there anything different about an alpine rose say, from a Roman rose? I'd guess an alpine nose would be a little redder than a Roman nose, but I'm not sure! :))

Jack said...

They are all lovely. It seems that your rhododendrons bloom quite a bit later than ours.

Karl said...

Sure Jack, I took these pictures 2 weeks ago at 2,150 meters a.s.l.

Karl said...

Many thanks Tanya!
damned social media ;-)

Unknown said...

I didn't know Rhododendrons were called Alpine Roses. What a beautiful series!

PerthDailyPhoto said...

I didn't know that either Karl, how nice from now on I'll look at my Rhododendrons and think of them as Alpine roses..nice :)

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