Cyclamen creticum

Posted by
Johan Dierckx (Wijnegem, Belgium) on 12 March 2011 in Plant & Nature and Portfolio.

Series: "Wild flowers of Crete"

Cyclamen creticum (Cretan sowbread) is endemic to the Greek islands of Crete and Karpathos, where it grows in shady places where it is protected from the sun either by shrubs or by growing in gullies, rock fissures or north facing banks. The flowers are pure white with sometimes a slight pink shading. It has a corolla without protuberances and the leaves resemble those of the ivy.

Image: Agios Ioannis (Crete) - 12/04/2010

Canon EOS 400D 1/200 second F/5.6 ISO 200 150 mm

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Comments (5)

Veronique from Sarrouilles, France

very well framed, like a duplication of the flower

12 Mar 2011 11:22am

Florence from Paris, France

Lovely, and seem enlighted from the inside. You're really talented with flowers (macro, in general).

12 Mar 2011 12:34pm

Marilla from Turku, Finland

Elegant and sensitive!

12 Mar 2011 3:32pm

marc battault from clermont ferrand, France

wonderful light on this flower !
friendships !

12 Mar 2011 5:30pm

Olivier from Manage, Belgium

simply and beautiful!

12 Mar 2011 8:14pm

next day →

Canon EOS 400D
1/200 second
F/5.6
ISO 200
150 mm