Hi Paige, Oh my! Thank you. I have never seen alpine plants in the wild and this looks so exciting.
I should tell you that I am the partner of the REAL rock gardener, but I help and inspect and watch and learn. I am not an expert at anything in particular, but I know the plants that I looked at in the pictures and I am thrilled. It would be a great learning experience to actually see them in the wild. And I might lay claim to part of a rock garden. And I would be able to say things like: well in Turkey they seemed to prefer a southwestern aspect and I think it would be happier in the alpine meadow. Thank you so much. Shirley Whyte Montreal, Canada USDA zone 5a ----- Original Message ----- From: Pacific Rim To: Shirley Whyte Sent: Monday, February 21, 2011 7:16 PM Subject: Fw: [Alpine-l] Plants in Turkey Shirley, here are some pix of Turkish plants with the dates on 'em. Paige http://keesjan.smugmug.com/Botanical-trips/Asia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pacific Rim" < > To: "Shirley Whyte" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 6:51 PM Subject: Re: [Alpine-l] Plants in Turkey > You're welcome. > > I wasn't talking about curiosity seekers. I was talking about guys who are > culturally unable to imagine that you aren't sexually depraved and fair > game. > > Iris: don't know whether you mean oncos, or junos, or reticulatas, or what > ... so I'll just leave you to do your own research. > > When you're back, share some of what you learned with the group. > > Good luck and bon voyage. > > Paige > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Shirley Whyte" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 3:37 PM > Subject: Re: [Alpine-l] Plants in Turkey > > >> Thanks so much,Paige. >> I don't mind missing the crocuses. Many of ours here are species. I saw >> lovely dwarf irises in the AGS bulletin. I will try to find when they >> flower. >> I don't mind being taken as not respectable. This has never troubled me >> so far. I think that being accosted by curiosity seekers and children is >> manageable. >> I am glad you mentioned the balloons. The guide book I have them says >> they are terrific and I wondered if it was too touristy, but then >> touristy does not matter if what you are doing is fun or interesting or >> educational or something you always wanted to try. >> Thanks for your advice. >> Shirley Whyte >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Pacific Rim >> To: Alpine-L, the Electronic Rock Garden Society; postings copyright by >> authors. >> Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 2:48 AM >> Subject: Re: [Alpine-l] Plants in Turkey >> >> >> Hello, Shirley. >> >> No one has answered you on the list, so I will have a go. >> >> Turkey has wonderful plants; when to visit depends on the plants that >> interest you. Crocuses are already blooming at lower elevations. By May >> most >> bulbs will be over but there will be roses, poppies and myriad other >> meadow >> herbs and shrubs wherever there is water. And dust everywhere else. >> >> If you Google "Turkey botanical tour," lots of tours will pop up, with >> hints >> about plants and when and where to see them. You need not take a tour; >> you >> could organize your own travel, as I did; but I was not travelling >> alone. >> Travelling alone in the hinterlands of Turkey, a woman will encounter >> suggestions that she is not respectable; that might make you >> uncomfortable, >> but I doubt you'd be assaulted. Nonetheless it can be simpler to travel >> with >> a tour group. Greentours has some botanical tours in Turkey; I haven't >> taken >> one but I respect the guides they use there. In the rock-garden journals >> many other tours are advertised. >> >> I can't advise about plants around Ankara. I was there only once, to >> replace >> a stolen passport, so long ago that Hittite was spoken in the streets. >> >> Cappadocia is within reach of the Taurus Mountains, where there is >> excellent >> botanizing. But thanks to bus and air travel, you could get to pretty >> well >> anywhere else you wanted to visit without too much trouble. >> >> Cappadocia itself is known mainly for its otherwordly terrain of karst >> and >> volcanic tuff eroded into towers, castles and caves. People have lived >> in >> the caves for millennia. Some caves were once hidden churches. Now some >> have >> become hotels. >> >> Kayseri, ancient Caesarea, is important mainly for its airport. Goreme >> has >> the main historic sites, and it is where most balloon-tours begin, but I >> wouldn't want to stay there because it has no life beyond tourism. I >> don't >> know what things are like now, but in 2007 we stayed in Urgup, at the >> first >> cave hotel in the region, Esbeli Evi, which you can find online. (There >> are >> other good hotels now, but we did find Esbeli Evi delightful). >> >> Balloon tours? As in Jules Verne, in baskets high, high in the sky? Yes. >> There is nothing like seeing Cappadocia from the air, shadows caressing >> the >> extraordinary terrain as the sun rises. >> >> Paige >> >> Paige Woodward >> [email protected] >> Manager >> Alpenpix, the image gallery of Alpine-L >> http://botu07.bio.uu.nl/temperate/?gal=alpenpix >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Shirley Whyte" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 6:52 AM >> Subject: [Alpine-l] Plants in Turkey >> >> >> > Hello, >> > I will be visiting Cappadocia, and Ankara in March, April or May. >> > >> > In Cappadocia I will be around Goreme, Kayseri, Aksaray. >> > >> > While I am not on a rock garden field trip, I was wondering if I could >> > expect to see any interesting plants. I would appreciate it if anyone >> > could give me advice on: >> > - timing of visit -- March, April or May >> > - any hope of finding plants in Cappadocia or near Ankara >> > - logistics: I have been warned against wandering around alone >> > >> > Thanks for any help you can give me. >> > >> > Shirley Whyte >> > Montreal, Canada Zone 5a >> > >> > >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Alpine-l mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > http://mailman.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/alpine-l >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Alpine-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mailman.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/alpine-l >> >
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