http://swissmountainleader.com/wp A Mountain Leader in Switzerland Sat, 04 Feb 2012 07:51:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2011/09/02/finding-photos-on-my-website/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2011/09/02/finding-photos-on-my-website/#comments Fri, 02 Sep 2011 12:27:35 +0000 SwissMountainLeader http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/?p=1911 ]]> http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2011/09/02/finding-photos-on-my-website/feed/ 0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2011/07/23/great-yellow-gentian-gentiana-lutea/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2011/07/23/great-yellow-gentian-gentiana-lutea/#comments Sat, 23 Jul 2011 09:05:13 +0000 SwissMountainLeader http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/?p=1841 I can’t believe I’ve not posted a photo of the great yellow Gentian before, it’s so common that I must have just assumed I’d done it already. This plant is just above the Arnesee between Les Diablerets and Gstaad in Switzerland but it’s common in mountain areas on alkaline soils like the pre-alpes and the [...]

]]> http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2011/07/23/great-yellow-gentian-gentiana-lutea/feed/ 0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2011/07/23/yellow-mountain-saxifrage/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2011/07/23/yellow-mountain-saxifrage/#comments Sat, 23 Jul 2011 07:44:39 +0000 SwissMountainLeader http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/?p=1836 The first thing to say about Yellow Mountain Saxifrage is not always yellow, it’s relatively rare but you’ll also find dark red or orange plants like this one at Isenau above Les Diablerets. It’s a magnet for insects and will attract wasps, bees and beetles and so on. It favours cliffs with trickling water and damp [...]

]]> http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2011/07/23/yellow-mountain-saxifrage/feed/ 0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2011/07/19/some-wildflowers-near-les-diablerets/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2011/07/19/some-wildflowers-near-les-diablerets/#comments Tue, 19 Jul 2011 16:01:45 +0000 SwissMountainLeader http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/?p=1830 It could have been a poor day out but even when there’s some cloud about there’s still some great views and if you look down at your feet there’s some great flowers around. I’ll post a full blog sometime but here’s a taster. Sorry, I’m having a letterbox phase with photo’s, I’ll probably get over [...]

]]> http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2011/07/19/some-wildflowers-near-les-diablerets/feed/ 0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2011/07/13/fragrant-orchid-gymnadenia-conopsea/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2011/07/13/fragrant-orchid-gymnadenia-conopsea/#comments Wed, 13 Jul 2011 13:27:22 +0000 SwissMountainLeader http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/?p=1821 These flowers have developed to attract moths and butterflies who can reach inside the flower with their proboscis. Early evening these flowers produce their most intense fragrance. This is just above Leysin on some calcareous soil at around 2200m which is a typical environment for the fragrant orchid.

]]> http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2011/07/13/fragrant-orchid-gymnadenia-conopsea/feed/ 0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2011/05/30/spring-crocus-crocus-vernus-3/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2011/05/30/spring-crocus-crocus-vernus-3/#comments Mon, 30 May 2011 13:07:01 +0000 SwissMountainLeader http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/?p=1760 I was just reading, for the second time in two days, that there aren’t many flowers around in May in Switzerland. That jogged my memory to post this which was actually back in April but it’s a great group of crocuses, or croci if you prefer, which pop out as soon as the snow clears. [...]

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