Nalini nice to hear fro you I only know // recognize the arctic poppy, the cotton wool puff and the daisy... rest you'll have to translate
can you? usha di = On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 7:04 PM, Na Bha <[email protected]> wrote: > in Summer of 2012 we visited faroe-islands, Iceland and Greenland. > > Though I made many many fotos there, I have to choose a few. I did it > today. Though it is nice to see the old fotos, I don't feel like doing it > today, when it is snow everywhere and the temperatures are below -10. I > just went quickly thru my collection and chose the ones I found remarkable. > > In Iceland I remember to have seen Wollgras (*Eriophorum scheuchzeri*) > and arctic poppy (*Papaver radicatum*) in white, yellow, to orange. But > more than that there was Hundskamille (*anthemis*) everywhere, in the > harbour, wastelands, along the roads, everywhere. In *Seyðisfjörður* ( > Iceland 65° 16′ N, 14° 1′ W > <http://toolserver.org/%7Egeohack/geohack.php?pagename=Sey%C3%B0isfj%C3%B6r%C3%B0ur&language=de¶ms=65.263055555556_N_14.008888888889_W_region:IS_type:city%28717%29> > )<http://toolserver.org/%7Egeohack/geohack.php?pagename=Sey%C3%B0isfj%C3%B6r%C3%B0ur&language=de¶ms=65.263055555556_N_14.008888888889_W_region:IS_type:city%28717%29>I > found one orchidee Nördliche Kuckucksblume near a waterfall. I could not > go very near to it. I am attaching these Fotos here. > In Akureyri in iceland there is a wonderful botanical garden, worth > visiting. > > In Greenland too there was beautiful vegetation, Moos with small flowers, > Lichens on the rocks, colorful from white to deep orange. But I remember > the beautiful sunny and warm (!) day in *Qeqertarsuaq** * Greenland > 69° 14′ 45″ N, 53° 32′ 14″ > W.<http://toolserver.org/%7Egeohack/geohack.php?pagename=Qeqertarsuaq&language=de¶ms=69.245833333333_N_53.537222222222_W_dim:10000_region:GL_type:city%28858%29> > Here too I watched dandelion, vogelmiere (stellaria) etc, but Arktische > Weidenröschen (*Epilobium-latifolium*) was the one, making the land smile > under the blue sky. > > I hope you enjoy the fotos > Best wishes for 2013 somewhat late but from heart. > > Regards > Nalini > > -- > > > > -- Usha di =========== --
