samos daily photo: Samos wild Orchide

Sunday 27 September 2009

Samos wild Orchide

Found in Samos last April 2009

dedicated to Lois because she had the idea to participate to the Frolarfriday

http://floralfriday.blogspot.com/

4 comments:

brattcat28 September 2009 at 03:16
What an amazing flower. I don't think I've ever seen anything like it. I enlarged it to see the orchid features, something I encourage everyone coming after me to do.
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gogouci28 September 2009 at 06:55
Beautiful bloom. I've never seen anything like it.
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Lois28 September 2009 at 17:49
Thank you so much! It's so beautiful and I'm glad you are participating. I look forward to your photographs.
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Floral Friday6 October 2009 at 04:16
A rare beauty indeed!!! Thank you for sharing.
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Some infos about Samos Island

Samos (Greek: Σάμος) is a Greek island in the North Aegean sea
A great portion of the island is covered with vineyards, from which the famus Samos wine is made.The capital city is Vathy. The most important plains are that of Pythagorio, in the southeast, Karlovasi in the northwest, and Marathokampos in the southwest. The Samian climate is typically Mediterranean, with mild rainy winters, and warm rainless summers.The largest mountain is the Ampelos massif, which occupies the center of the island and rises to 1,095 metres (3,590 ft). The island's highest point is the summit of the Kerkis range, at 1,434 metres (4,700 ft).
Famous Samians : Pythagoras ,Aristarchus of Samos,Polycrates
see also this link : http://www.samos.gr/