Showing posts with label Espelunciecha. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Espelunciecha. Show all posts

Sunday, 2 June 2024

Wildflowers

The tulips in Amsterdam were wonderful. However, here in Aragón we have some really wonderful wildflowers. On Thursday we went to Formigal, to the ski-lift called Espelunciechas to see the daffodils. It was rather late in the season but we couldn't make it before. Although the weather was fine lower down, in the mountains it was wet; not pouring, but enough to need an umbrella to stop my glasses being unuseable. Never mind. The flowers were amazing! 

Ranunculus pyrenaeus (most likely

Asphodels not open yet



Viola cornuta









Elder flowered orchid (apparently they smell like elderflowers)

All over the place!


euphorbia flavicoma (maybe)




Daffodils (I expect there's a specific name for these)



Squills?





Lovely gentians


















Can't get enough daffodils. They were past their best but still lovely





Sunday, 2 June 2019

Return to Espelunciecha

It's been a while since we've been able to go to the mountains, but we managed a little excursion on Saturday, to the Tena Valley, right up near the border with France.
At the highest point we reached almost 1900 metres above sea level, and we saw some lovely wild flowers.
Globe flowers

Gentians

 Primula hirsuta

Narcissus




I think these are bluebells