This is the card that I got
from Austria and show the mulltiview of lots of flower that can be found in
there.
The first is Turkenbund or
lilium martagon is a species of Lily. It has a widespread native region
from eastern France through nothern Asia in Mongolia and Korea ( cold
temperatures). It is stem rooting, growing between 1 metre to 2 in tall. The
color typically a pink- purple, with dark spots but it is quite variable
extending from near white to near black. The flowers are scented.
The second flower is
Enzian or Gentiana acaulis is a
species of flower in the family Gentianaceae , native to central and
southern Europe, from Spain east to the Balkans. It lives 800-3000 netre at
heights usually in mountanious regions like Alps, Cevennes, and Pyrenees. It is
perennial plant, growing to 2cm tall and 10 cm or more wide. The leaves are
evergreen, 2- 3,5 cm long in basal rosette, forming clumps. The trumpet- shaped
terminalflowers are blue with olive green spotted longitudinal throats. They
grow in very short penduncle, 3-6 cm long and often without leaves. It likes
full sun, and grow in late spring and summer.
Edelweiss or Leontopodium alpinum is a well known
mountain flower belonging to the sun flower family. The plant distributed and
prefers rocky limestone places at about 1800-3000 metre altitude. It is non
toxic and has been used traditionally in folk medicine as a remedy againts
abdominal and respiratory diseases. As a acarce short live dflower, the plant
has been used for rugged beauty and purity and as a national symbol in Austria
and Switzerland. The edelweiss can grow to 3-20cm . Each bloom consist of five to six small yellow clustered
spikelet- florets surrounded by fuzzy white petals in a double star formation.
The flowers bloom between July and September. In Indonesia we can find it in
Semeru mountain and other mountain J
The last flower in the
picture is Almrausch or Rhododendron
ferrugineum. Sometimes also calles alpenrose, snow-rose or rusty leavesd
alpenrose. It is an evergreen shrub that grows just above the tree line in the
Alps, Pyrenees, Jura. It may grow up to 1 metre tall and produces clusters of
pinkish- red, bell- shaped flowers throughout summer.
Thank you so much for the
wonderfull flower postcard Anna, I learn a lot from this one ;). And I also
like the violin stamp too J
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