Paphos Life

Spring also arrived higher up in the Tsada Golf area and I thought before it is too late to search for orchids ...


Well, this is the area one can find them


and not far away from houses and the road...


Orchids, different colour in one place


close up




right next to it, little yellow one's


and bluish ...


the Sun is out for a second...


and disappears..



Horse nearby with a good view


quite nice looking


and finally: last days of full almond blossom


Max

Thanks

Lovely photos as usual Max, I just wish the sun would come out and stay out! (Then lash with rain overnight)....... Thank you for sharing X

Thank you Max for sharing, lovely pictures again. A beautiful bay horse as well, makes me want to jump on and do some bareback exploring.

Great photo's.
It seemed a very mild winter if spring is here.
I would have expected a few more down pours & a few more drops in temperature.

It could still rain yet....

What sort of flower is this?

Lovely photos Max, thank you.

I wanted to spend time in the country last weekend, enjoying and photographing the almond blossom, but the weather was too gloomy for good photos. I have my fingers crossed for this weekend. I will look out for orchids too, it's always a lovely surprise to find them.

Dominic wrote: ↑Wed Feb 14, 2018 1:59 pm It could still rain yet....

What sort of flower is this?

flower.jpg

It looks, to me, like Friars Cowl.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arisarum_vulgare

Yes that looks like it. Thanks.

They are very pretty little flowers. I see lots of them growing in the Avakas Gorge.

This was just to the left, as you face the sea, by our favourite olive tree.

This was just to the left, as you face the sea, by our favourite olive tree.

Ams wrote: ↑Wed Feb 14, 2018 2:09 pm Lovely photos Max, thank you.

I wanted to spend time in the country last weekend, enjoying and photographing the almond blossom, but the weather was too gloomy for good photos. I have my fingers crossed for this weekend. I will look out for orchids too, it's always a lovely surprise to find them.

If the forecast for the weekend will be true, then the Sunday should be nice and sunny. Hopefully Saturday's storm front will not blow away most of the almond flowers, but then we need heavy rain soon...
I am not sure why there are more orchids this year on this place than 2017 spring, but I can remember snow last January which they perhaps did not like...
If you want to see fields of orchids than a trip to Androlikou village will surprise you. Half way on the road from there to Neo Chorio on the left hand side of the road...hundreds of orchids.

Max

Isn't Saturday the Carnival Parade ??

cyprusmax47 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2018 8:03 am
If you want to see fields of orchids than a trip to Androlikou village will surprise you. Half way on the road from there to Neo Chorio on the left hand side of the road...hundreds of orchids.

Max

Thanks Max. I just may have to head up there this weekend, it's been a while since I was up that way anyway. Hopefully Sunday will be nice and sunny as forecast.

Ams wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2018 2:18 pm

cyprusmax47 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2018 8:03 am
If you want to see fields of orchids than a trip to Androlikou village will surprise you. Half way on the road from there to Neo Chorio on the left hand side of the road...hundreds of orchids.

Max

Thanks Max. I just may have to head up there this weekend, it's been a while since I was up that way anyway. Hopefully Sunday will be nice and sunny as forecast.

Mind, the road (track) might be not very special after heavy rain, which is forecast for tonight and tomorrow... depending which car you are using...
But perhaps the rain is another wishful thinking of the weather forecasters again like in the past
Max

In winter we always carry a shovel in the back of the Pajero, to help us out in the event of any quagmire.

I do have an (ancient) Suzuki escudo 4wd, but driving around on my own I do try to avoid situations where I may get stuck, I don't think I'd get very far on my own with a shovel. Let's see what the weather does, it's nice and gloomy again today....

Ams wrote: ↑Fri Feb 16, 2018 9:38 am I do have an (ancient) Suzuki escudo 4wd, but driving around on my own I do try to avoid situations where I may get stuck, I don't think I'd get very far on my own with a shovel. Let's see what the weather does, it's nice and gloomy again today....

You won't have a problem with That car.... don't worry... (but today it is very dusty, high levels of PM 10, (280) at the moment in Paphos area.

http://www.airquality.dli.mlsi.gov.cy/

Max

Yes the dust is nasty today, Mrs W won't be too happy when I collect here from Paphos airport this afternoon. Have a found an app, Air Quailty Cyprus, on iOS app site that display the official air quality data and allows you to set up notification by area etc. Quite handy.