1. SOUTHERN EUROPEAN & MEDITERRANEAN BULBOUS PLANTS Orchis italica BULBOUS PLANTS of SOUTHERN EUROPE and the MEDITERRANEAN REGION By Gwen & Phil Phillips From the warmth of the Mediterranean to the chill of the mountains, bulbous plants from the Iberian Peninsular to western Turkey and Cyprus.

2. Crocus gargaricus

4. Rio Mondego, Portugal

5. Narcissus scaberulus Upper Mondego Valley, Portugal

6. Narcissus scaberulus

7. Narcissus scaberulus

8. Narcissus scaberulus

9. Serra da Arrabida, Portugal

10. Narcissus calcicola Serra da Arrabida, Portugal

11. Narcissus calcicola

12. Narcissus calcicola Narcissus scaberulus Comparing the corolla shape of the two species

13. Narcissus cernuus Nr. Ribamondego, Portugal

14. Narcissus cernuus

15. Narcissus cernuus

16. Romulea bulbocodium Nr. Ribamondego, Portugal

17. Romulea bulbocodium

18. Narcissus cernuus ( concolor ) Nr. Vilha Velha de Rod ã o, Portugal

19. Narcissus cernuus ( concolor )

20. Cape St. Vincent, Portugal

21. Narcissus obesus Cape St. Vincent, Portugal

22. Narcissus obesus

23. Narcissus papyraceus & N. jonquilla NW of Ronda, Spain

24. Narcissus papyraceus subsp. panizzianus

25. Narcissus jonquilla subsp. cordubensis

26. Narcissus jonquilla subsp. cordubensis

27. subsp. jonquilla subsp. cordubensis

28. The previous Narcissus site is in the foreground, but photographed 10 years later.

29. Sierra Nevada, Spain

30. Fritillaria lusitanica almost obscured by Juniper Sierra Nevada, Spain

31. Fritillaria lusitanica

32. Fritillaria lusitanica

33. Narcissus x tortifolius Sierra Cabrera, Spain

34. Narcissus x tortifolius

35. La Albufera, Majorca

36. Anacamptis coriophora La Albufera, Majorca

37. Anacamptis coriophora

38. Ophrys speculum La Albufera, Majorca

39. Ophrys speculum

40. Ophrys speculum

41. Convento de Calatrava, Spain

42. Narcissus cantabricus Convento de Calatrava

43. Narcissus cantabricus

44. Narcissus cantabricus

45. Narcissus cantabricus & N. cernuus Nr. Puerto de Mestanza, Spain

46. Narcissus cantabricus N. cernuus

47. Narcissus x susannae - ( N. cantabricus x N. cernuus )

48. N. cernuus & N. bulbocodium E. of Puebla de Don Rodrigo, Spain

49. Narcissus x consolationis - ( N. cernuus x N. bulbocodium )

50. Narcissus hedraeanthus ( luteolentus ) Nr. Desfiladeros de Despe ñ aperros, Spain

51. Narcissus hedraeanthus ( luteolentus )

52. hedraeanthus luteolentus

53. Narcissus rupicola subsp. rupicola Sierra de Villafranca, Spain

54. Narcissus rupicola subsp. rupicola

55. Erythronium dens-canis Cordillera Cantabrica, Spain

56. Erythronium dens-canis

57. Narcissus asturiensis Cordillera Cantabrica, Spain

58. Narcissus pseudonarcissus subsp. moschatus Col d’Espina, France

59. Narcissus pseudonarcissus subsp. moschatus

60. Narcissus pseudonarcissus subsp. moschatus San Juan de la Pe ñ a, Spain

61. Narcissus pseudonarcissus subsp. moschatus

62. Dactylorhiza sambucina Col de Portalet, Pyrenees, France

63. Dactylorhiza sambucina

64. Dactylorhiza sambucina

65. Fritillaria pyrenaica Col de Portalet, Pyrenees, France

66. Fritillaria pyrenaica

67. Fritillaria pyrenaica

68. Lilium pyrenaicum Aude, France

69. Lilium pyrenaicum

70. Aveyron, France

71. Ophrys sphegodes subsp. aveyronensis Aveyron, France

72. Ophrys sphegodes subsp. aveyronensis

73. Gard, France

74. Orchis simia Orchis anthropophora Orchis X bergonii

75. Orchis simia Orchis anthropophora Orchis X bergonii

76. Orchis simia Orchis purpurea Orchis X angusticruris

77. Orchis simia Orchis militaris Orchis X beyrichii

78. Orchis purpurea Orchis militaris Orchis X hybrida

79. Serapias cordigera Var, France

80. Serapias cordigera

81. Serapias lingua

82. Fritillaria tubiformis Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France

83. Fritillaria tubiformis

84. Lilium martagon Hautes-Alpes

85. Lilium martagon

86. Lilium bulbiferum Dolomites, Italy

87. Lilium bulbiferum

88. Lilium bulbiferum

89. Paradisia liliastrum Dolomites, Italy

90. Paradisia liliastrum

91. Paradisia liliastrum Anthericum liliago

92. Cypripedium calceolus Dolomites, Italy

93. Cypripedium calceolus

94. Nr. Porto Pollo, Corsica

95. Pancratium illyricum Nr. Porto Pollo, Corsica

96. Pancratium illyricum

98. Phrygana vegetation on Crete

99. Ophrys fusca subsp. iricolor Nr. Kato Zakros, Crete

100. Ophrys fusca subsp. iricolor

101. Ophrys fusca subsp. iricolor

102. Ranunculus asiaticus Nr. Sitia, Crete

103. Ranunculus asiaticus

104. Ranunculus asiaticus Nr. Hersonissos, Crete

105. Ranunculus asiaticus Nr. Ypsonas, Cyprus

106. Moraea sisyrinchium Khrysokhou Bay, Cyprus

107. Moraea sisyrinchium

108. Erica m aquis, Crete

109. Cyclamen creticum Nr. Gerakari, Crete

110. Cyclamen creticum

111. Iris unguicularis subsp. cretensis Nr. Gerakari, Crete

112. Iris unguicularis subsp. cretensis

113. Iris unguicularis subsp. cretensis subsp. carica SW. Turkey

114. Arum creticum Road to Sellia, Crete

115. Tulipa orphanidea Between Gerakari & Spili, Crete

116. Tulipa orphanidea

117. Tulipa orphanidea

118. Tulipa saxatilis Nr. Kato Petros, Crete

119. Tulipa saxatilis

120. Tulipa saxatilis ( bakeri ) Omalos Plateau, Crete

121. Tulipa saxatilis ( bakeri )

122. Above Anogia, Crete

123. Crocus sieberi subsp. sieberi Above Anogia, Crete

124. Crocus sieberi subsp. sieberi

125. Mt. Parnassos, Greece

126. Probably Crocus veluchensis x C. sieberi subsp. sublimis

127. Crocus veluchensis & Scilla bifolia

128. Crocus sieberi subsp. sublimis

129. Crocus sieberi subsp. sublimis

130. Ten days after previous photographs

131. Mt Parnassos, Greece Iris reichenbachii

132. Iris reichenbachii

133. Cyclamen peloponnesiacum Nr. Longanikos, Peloponnese, Greece

134. Cyclamen peloponnesiacum

136. Asphodeline lutea Ephesus, Turkey

137. Asphodeline lutea

138. Arum dioscoridis Perge, Turkey

139. Arum dioscoridis

140. South-western Turkey

141. Fritillaria bithynica Nr. Mugla, Turkey

142. Fritillaria bithynica

143. Nr. Mugla, Turkey

144. Ornithogalum nutans Nr. Mugla, Turkey

145. Cephalanthera kurdica Southern Turkey

146. Cephalanthera kurdica

147. Cephalanthera kurdica

148. Crocus gargaricus Uludag, Nr. Bursa, Turkey

149. Crocus gargaricus & Scilla bifolia

150. Crocus biflorus subsp. pulchricolor

151. Crocus biflorus subsp. pulchricolor

152. Crocus biflorus subsp. pulchricolor

153. Ornithogalum fimbriatum & Gagea reticulata Uludag, Nr. Bursa, Turkey

154. Ornithogalum fimbriatum

155. Gagea reticulata

156. Lake Abant Nr. Bolu, Turkey Colchicum szovitsii

157. Colchicum szovitsii

158. Colchicum szovitsii

159. Lake Abant, Nr. Bolu, Turkey Muscari aucheri

160. Muscari aucheri

161. Cyclamen coum & Primula vulgaris Lake Abant, Nr. Bolu, Turkey

162. Cyclamen coum

163. Cyclamen coum

164. Helleborus orientalis

165. Orchis punctulata Nr. Kato Drhys, Cyprus

166. Orchis punctulata

167. Orchis troodi Troodos Mountains, Cyprus

168. Orchis troodi

169. Orchis troodi

170. Crocus cyprius Troodos Mountains, Cyprus

172. Mt. Parnassos, Greece

173. Colchicum boissieri Mt. Parnassos, Greece

174. Sternbergia lutea Above Delphi, Greece

175. Sternbergia lutea

176. Sternbergia lutea

177. Sternbergia lutea Between Tripoli & Sparti, Peloponnese, Greece

178. Sternbergia lutea

180. Crocus boryi & C. hadriaticus Between Tripoli & Sparti, Peloponnese, Greece,

181. Crocus boryi C. hadriaticus

182. Crocus biflorus subsp. melantherus

183. Cyclamen graecum Between Githio & Areopoli, Peloponnese, Greece

184. Cyclamen graecum

185. Cyclamen graecum

186. Cyclamen graecum

187. Crocus goulimyi Between Areopoli & Kalamata, Peloponnese, Greece

188. Crocus goulimyi

189. Crocus niveus Between Apidia & Niata Peloponnese, Greece

190. Crocus niveus

191. THE END