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Thursday, October 1, 2009

Fauna and flora from the Adriatic.


I'm not really sure of the name of most of these species - they just caught my eye when we were wondering around in the glorious weather and admiring the landscapes.











This plant had some wasps and butterflies feeding off it in the morning sunshine on the mountain near Kotor, Montenegro - zooming in the detail is extraordinary.








One of the plants you see frequently growing up the sides of houses and over old walls is, I think, bougainvillea with its vibrant pink-purplish flowers - amazing sight although this photo doesn't do them justice as a lot of the flowers were going to seed.






This ipomoea or Morning Glory was out in full flower - probably one of my favourite climbers.














Can anyone tell me the name of this plant? I recognise the leaf pattern from houseplants but the name escapes me. I reminds me of a cyclamen leaf??







That was short trip to the Adriatic along the Croatian and Montenegrin coastlines - thanks and please excuse the awful formatting. Once again, credit is due to Elva from whom I borrowed some of the photos! I am developing an ever-increasing respect for those accomplished nature photographers.