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Grassland flora of ultramafic areas in Northern Pindus (Greece)

Evangelos Filis et al
doi.org/10.1111/1440-1…

Balkans
Endemic
Hyperaccumulators
Nickel Ni
Serpentine

#AthensScienceFestival | Dept.of Environment #Uaegean was there with 3 workshops! #uaegeanresearch #environment #ASF2024 #ecosystems Panayiotis G Dimitrakopoulos

21/4/24 Teesdale - The earliest Spring #Gentians (Gentiana verna) are starting to appear and they are indescribably wonderful. There’s not much else out in Teesdale - as you’d expect for mid-April - but I did wonder what I’d see, given how early the #orchids are #wildflowerhour

Tulipa undulatifolia, commonly known as Eichler tulip (phone pics)

#Tulip #Tulip s #wildtulips #Liliaceae #spring #wildlifephotography #hiking #hiking adventures #lesvos nature #lesvos #lesbos #Greece

Odontarrhena lesbiaca (≡ Alyssum lesbiacum) is an endemic species to the #serpentine soils of #Lesvos

#alyssum lesbiacum #alyssum #brassicaceae #spring #wildlifephotography #landscapephotography #Lesbos #Greece

24/3/24 Lancashire - April Fool's Day is over a week away and we already have some very #early #orchids popping up. Already approaching full bloom, this Green Winged #Orchid (Anacamptis morio) delighted me more than the view of the sun setting in the background #wildflowerhour

Anacamptis morio ssp. caucasica

#orchid s #orchid #nature #wildlifephotography #NaturePhotography #wildflowers #hiking #hiking adventures #Anacamptis #Lesvos nature #Lesvos #Lesbos #Greece

different plants, same habitat!
Ophrys speculum | Anacamptis papilionacea

#ophrys #orchids #plant #spring #wildlifephotography #nature #hiking #hiking adventures #WildFlower #lesvos nature #lesvos #lesbos #Greece

Ophrys ferrum-equinum, the horseshoe bee-orchid

#orchid #orchid s #wildflowers #wildlifephotography #nature #hiking #hiking adventure #Nature #Spring #olivegroves #lesbos #lesvos #Greece

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Cutting propagation of Bornmuellera tymphaea, a nickel hyperaccumulator for use in agromining: Effects of rooting media and auxins on stem cuttings

Dimitrios Kyrkas etal
esj-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/TQJUMUAV…

Brassicaceae
Indole-3-butyric acid
Peat
Perlite

Ophrys tenthredinifera, the sawfly orchid

#orchid s #orchid #orchid ee #ophrys #nature #wildlifephotography #plants #spring #hiking #hiking adventures #lesvos #lesvos nature #lesbos #Greece

Elemental distribution in the nickel hyperaccumulator Odontarrhena muralis, revealed with synchrotron μXRF imaging. Read more at: esj-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/14…
Ecological Research Antony van der Ent

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Effects of different shading levels on the growth of Bornmuellera emarginata, a nickel hyperaccumulator for use in agromining

Dimitrios Kyrkas Dimitris Kyrkas et al, Panayiotis G Dimitrakopoulos
esj-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/HBM56SEK…

Brassicaceae
Chlorophyll
Proline

Ophrys scolopax cormuta | Ophrys iricolor | Ophrys lutea

#orchid s #orchid #orchid ee #plants #ophrys #wildlifephotography #nature #olivegroves #spring #hiking #hiking adventures #wildflowers #Lesbos #Lesvos #Greece

New paper led by Dimitris Kyrkas on effects of different shading levels on the growth of #Bornmuellera emarginata, a #nickel hyperaccumulator for use in #agromining in Ecological Research Wiley G Echevarría
doi.org/10.1111/1440-1…
#ultramafic #proline #chlorophyll

Viola heldreichiana

#viola #viola cea #plant #nature #NaturePhotography #wildlifephotography #hiking #hiking adventures #landscapephoto graphy #landscapephoto #lesvos #lesbos #Greece

🥳 New article: Spatiotemporal Patterns of Reptile and Amphibian Road Fatalities in a Natura 2000 Area

👉mdpi.com/2076-2615/14/5…

Many thanks to my co-authors Apostolos Christopoulos Panayiotis G Dimitrakopoulos and to Animals for supporting our work!

The bud of Rhizanthes flower rises from the warm wet earth like an alien's egg, then bursts open to reveal what looks for all the world like a writhing octopus:

Crocus biflorus subsp. nubigena

#crocus #crocus biflorus #February2024 #plants #nature #NaturePhotograhpy #wildlifephotography #landscape #hiking #hiking adventures #Waterfall #klapados #lesvos nature #lesvos #lesbos #Greece

Himantoglossum robertianum, the giant orchid (28.01.24, phone photos)

#orchid #orchid s #nature #Himantoglossumrobertianum #wildlifephotography #olivegroves #nature #lesvos nature #lesvos #lesbos #Greece