Hi Barbara, Thanks for your email. I'm not sure how it got to me, but as it happens my wife and I were in the Bernese Oberland four years ago. I do not know Adelboden, but Wengen and Lauterbrunnen are not far away and are excellent centres for exploring the alpine flora. We went in the last week of June 2008 and spent 12 days walking and botanising. Trains & cable cars very efficient and paths (except when you are nearing the steep clinbs to the summits, where there are few flowers anyway!) easy and clearly waymarked. We saw a wide range of typical alpine & subalpine plants, and on the higher, steeper and stonier ground were cushion plants; Androsaces, saxifragas etc coming into bloom. Look out,too, for the exquisite lady's slipper orchid, (Cypripedium calecolus) in damp, shady valleys.
We did not see Eritrichium nanum - it grows on acid substrates at very high altitude. You will be in a German speaking area, but your surname suggests you may have some familiarity with the language! I hope this is useful. Bon voyage, Tony Rymer >----Original Message---- >From: barbaravanachterb...@gmail.com >Date: 09/11/2012 14:38 >To: "Alpine-L, the Electronic Rock Garden Society, > postings copyright by authors."<alpine-l@science.uu.nl> >Subj: [Alpine-l] best time to visit Adelboden, Switzerland > >My daughter and I would like to visit Adelboden, Switzerland next summer. I >know seasons vary, but when is the most likely time for peak alpine bloom? >I am a good hiker, but may not make it to the mountain tops for eritrichium >nanum, but would love to see gentians. >_______________________________________________ >Alpine-l mailing list >Alpine-l@science.uu.nl >http://mailman.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/alpine-l > _______________________________________________ Alpine-l mailing list Alpine-l@science.uu.nl http://mailman.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/alpine-l
