Natural History Photographs


Near the town of Moria once can find a deserted marble mine from the classical period. It's a strange place, with various unfinished sculptures scattered around. The allure of this place is in this historical aspect, hardly in its natural history. Yet even so, I found some orchids and other nice plants among the debris of marble sculptures...


Linaria chalepensis
Authority:(L.) Mill. 1768
Synonyms:Antirrhinum chalepense Linnaeus, 1753
Italiano:linaiola di Aleppo, linaria di Aleppo
Ophrys speculum
Authority:Link, 1799
Nederlands:Spiegelorchis
English:Mirror orchid, Mirror-of-Venus
Deutsch:Spiegelragwurz
Français:Miroir de Vénus, Ophrys miroir
Italiano:ofride azzurra
Español:abejera de espejo, espejo de Venus, flor de abeja, flor del espejo
Scandix pecten-veneris
Authority:Linnaeus, 1753
Nederlands:Naaldenkervel
English:Shepherd's-needle
Deutsch:Venuskamm
Norsk:Venuskam
Svenska:Nålkörvel
Français:Scandix peigne de Vénus
Italiano:acicula, acicula comune, pettine di Venere, pettine di Venere comune,
spilletoni, spillettone
Español:aguja, aguja de pastor, aguja de Venus, agujillas, alfileres, almarza,
araña muerta, cajón de burro, camerios, hierna del anís, peine de pastor,
peine de Venus
Securigera parviflora
Authority:(Desv.) Lassen, 1989
Synonyms:Coronilla rostrata Boiss. & Spruner, 1843