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.

spring crocus, Crocus vernus, Feb-May, 5-15cm

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.

Obviously I’ve posted crocus photo’s before but it’s a nice group.

spring crocus, Crocus vernus, Feb-May, 5-15cm

Obviously I’d posted a photo of a spring crocus before but this group was quite striking. They were just near a small mountain chapel at Moléson the other day.

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