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Showing posts with label Colchicum cupanii. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Colchicum cupanii. Show all posts

Saturday, November 1, 2025

Colchicum cupanii


IMG_0493 [Colchicum cupanii]


Colchicum cupanii is one of about 30 different colchicum species
that grow in Greece.
It prefers stony grasslands at elevations up to 1100 m
and gets up to 10 cm in height.
Its beautiful and delicate flowers are about 3 cm across
and bloom from September to early December.
 
However, it’s good for one to remember
that all parts of the plant are poisonous, especially its bulbs!
 
This flowering plant is also present in other Mediterranean countries.
 
 
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 Both pictures are from Mt. Hymittos.
 
 

Saturday, October 12, 2024

Colchicum cupanii

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 Colchicum cupanii is one of the 31 species of Colchicum
that grow in Greece.
It can be found in rocky places on heights of up to 1100m
in almost all parts of Greece
and generally in the central Mediterranean Basin.
 
It flowers from September to November.
 

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Both pictures were taken on Mt. Hymittos.

Saturday, October 29, 2022

Colchicum cupanii

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Colchicum cupanii is a bulbous plant widespread in Mediterranean countries. Its bulbs are poisonous.
It gets up to 10 cm in height while its flowers are about 3 cm wide. 
 
Photographed on Mt. Hymittos on October 08, 2022
 

Saturday, December 4, 2021

Colchicum cupanii

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Colchicum cupanii is a poisonous Mediterranean plant that grows mainly on rocky sites at altitudes of 700-1400 m          in West and South Greece, in Attica and on Greek islands. 
 
It flowers from September to early December.
 
All pictures were taken on Mt. Hymittos on November 3, 2021
 
 

Saturday, December 8, 2018

Colchicum cupanii

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A Colchicum cupanii near the top of Mt. Hymittos overlooking the city of Athens in the distance.

Photographed on October 31, 2018




Saturday, December 9, 2017

Colchicum cupanii

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Photographed on Mt. Hymittos on November 03, 2017


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Photographed on Mt. Hymittos on November 22, 2017

Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Colchicum cupanii

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Photographed on Mt. Hymittos on October 18, 2015


Monday, October 28, 2013

Colchicum cupanii

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Photographed on Mt. Hymittos on October 25, 2013


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Photographed on Mt. Hymittos on October 17, 2010


Monday, October 22, 2012

Colchicum cupanii


IMG_1151 [Colchicum cupanii]

Mt. Hymittos: 05/10/2012, photo by Tony Taglides

Thursday, October 27, 2011

Colchicum cupanii

IMG_0404 [Colchicum cupanii]
Lavrio 25/10/2011, photo © Tony Taglides

Sunday, October 17, 2010

Colchicum cupanii


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Mt. Hymittos: 15/10/2010, photo © Tony Taglides

Friday, October 15, 2010

Colchicum cupanii


Flower collection item # 2729 [Colchicum cupanii]

Wide-spread in the Mediterranean countries, small (flowers up to 3cm in diameter), delicate and beautiful. Its dark purple anthers distinguish it from similar species.

Mt. Hymittos: 05/10/2008, photo © Tony Taglides