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Google merendera.I asked what they were called in Villalcázar de Sirga, and the barman said they were called "merendinas"
Hi for those of you who like to knowThe photo of some flowers I saw on my camino was taken in October 2016 between Lacommande and Oloron. I had previously seen similar flowers in Spain -- fields of them giving the whole field a pink blush. I asked what they were called in Villalcázar de Sirga, and the barman said they were called "merendinas". Google tell me that this word means 'snacks', so I think that my Spanish was not good enough to ask the question or perhaps to understand the answer. They are like crocuses, and, perhaps, that's what they are, but I would like confirmation, please, from any gardening experts on the forum. They fascinate me because the flowers come out of the ground with no leaves. I am aware that some flowers have local names as well as official names. For instance, the rock-rose is 'jara' in Spanish but they are called 'estepas' near Ponferrada. [I was told it the opposite way round, but my dictionary has 'jara', but not 'estepa' for a flower.] So the barman could have been right for what they call them around Villalcázar de Sirga.
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8I am not a gardening expert but I remember these flowers well. We saw them in Galicia in November. I was convinced that they are Colchicum autumnale which grows in autumn in meadows in many parts of Europe and which I know from my youth and love to see. However, further investigation revealed that there is a plant called Crocus serotinus which looks the same and grows in autumn in Spain, Portugal and north west Africa.
The English Wikipedia article says that Colchicum autumnale is also known as autumn crocus and that may be so in English but definitely not in other European languages where their equivalent word of autumn crocus refers to Crocus serotinus.
I remember an earlier thread about this plant. Whatever you saw between Lacommande and Oloron in France in October and at other times in autumn in Spain and whether they were the same plants or different plants, what I remember is that there are many local names in Spain for plants that look very similar to the one in your photo, grow in autumn and have no leaves.
The photo of some flowers I saw on my camino was taken in October 2016 between Lacommande and Oloron. I had previously seen similar flowers in Spain -- fields of them giving the whole field a pink blush. I asked what they were called in Villalcázar de Sirga, and the barman said they were called "merendinas". Google tell me that this word means 'snacks', so I think that my Spanish was not good enough to ask the question or perhaps to understand the answer. They are like crocuses, and, perhaps, that's what they are, but I would like confirmation, please, from any gardening experts on the forum. They fascinate me because the flowers come out of the ground with no leaves. I am aware that some flowers have local names as well as official names. For instance, the rock-rose is 'jara' in Spanish but they are called 'estepas' near Ponferrada. [I was told it the opposite way round, but my dictionary has 'jara', but not 'estepa' for a flower.] So the barman could have been right for what they call them around Villalcázar de Sirga.
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Hi for those.of you who like to know the names of flowers, where ever you travel there is a app you can get called Picture this worth a try.The photo of some flowers I saw on my camino was taken in October 2016 between Lacommande and Oloron. I had previously seen similar flowers in Spain -- fields of them giving the whole field a pink blush. I asked what they were called in Villalcázar de Sirga, and the barman said they were called "merendinas". Google tell me that this word means 'snacks', so I think that my Spanish was not good enough to ask the question or perhaps to understand the answer. They are like crocuses, and, perhaps, that's what they are, but I would like confirmation, please, from any gardening experts on the forum. They fascinate me because the flowers come out of the ground with no leaves. I am aware that some flowers have local names as well as official names. For instance, the rock-rose is 'jara' in Spanish but they are called 'estepas' near Ponferrada. [I was told it the opposite way round, but my dictionary has 'jara', but not 'estepa' for a flower.] So the barman could have been right for what they call them around Villalcázar de Sirga.
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I agree. I have this app, it is called PictureThis, on online plant encyclopedia and plant identifier. You take a photo of a plant or tree and the app tells you what it is called. https://www.picturethisai.comor those.of you who like to know the names of flowers, where ever you travel there is a app you can get called Picture this worth a try.
Saffron.The photo of some flowers I saw on my camino was taken in October 2016 between Lacommande and Oloron. I had previously seen similar flowers in Spain -- fields of them giving the whole field a pink blush. I asked what they were called in Villalcázar de Sirga, and the barman said they were called "merendinas". Google tell me that this word means 'snacks', so I think that my Spanish was not good enough to ask the question or perhaps to understand the answer. They are like crocuses, and, perhaps, that's what they are, but I would like confirmation, please, from any gardening experts on the forum. They fascinate me because the flowers come out of the ground with no leaves. I am aware that some flowers have local names as well as official names. For instance, the rock-rose is 'jara' in Spanish but they are called 'estepas' near Ponferrada. [I was told it the opposite way round, but my dictionary has 'jara', but not 'estepa' for a flower.] So the barman could have been right for what they call them around Villalcázar de Sirga.
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I believe in the US we call them Naked Ladies. My daughter has them in her garden.The photo of some flowers I saw on my camino was taken in October 2016 between Lacommande and Oloron. I had previously seen similar flowers in Spain -- fields of them giving the whole field a pink blush. I asked what they were called in Villalcázar de Sirga, and the barman said they were called "merendinas". Google tell me that this word means 'snacks', so I think that my Spanish was not good enough to ask the question or perhaps to understand the answer. They are like crocuses, and, perhaps, that's what they are, but I would like confirmation, please, from any gardening experts on the forum. They fascinate me because the flowers come out of the ground with no leaves. I am aware that some flowers have local names as well as official names. For instance, the rock-rose is 'jara' in Spanish but they are called 'estepas' near Ponferrada. [I was told it the opposite way round, but my dictionary has 'jara', but not 'estepa' for a flower.] So the barman could have been right for what they call them around Villalcázar de Sirga.
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<bites tongue>I believe in the US we call them Naked Ladies. My daughter has them in her garden.
Or was that batman?Plenty of English words change their meaning radically if you change one letter -- of course, I can't think of one now. It seems I may have misheard the barman,
I bet I know what you wanted to say. <straight face><bites tongue>
True: when my wife is naked, I always call her "Bella donna".I think Amaryllis belladonna is also commonly called a naked lady.
Camino Christy,This past October on the Via Francigena I came across many of these pinkish/lavendar flowers in wooded areas. Very impressive as they often blanketed large areas in huge clusters. The most interesting thing is they have absolutely NO leaves. The little stems shoot out of the ground with a little flower on top. I think it is a variety of Colchicum.
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These are cyclamen.The most interesting thing is they have absolutely NO leaves. The little stems shoot out of the ground with a little flower on top. I think it is a variety of Colchicum.
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Of course they have leaves.The article says cyclamen have leaves...I'm confident mine had none and are very tiny.
In most species leaves come up in autumn, grow through the winter and then die in spring,
Most cyclamen species originate from the Mediterranean, where summers are hot and dry and winters are cool and wet, and are summer-dormant: their leaves sprout in the autumn, remain through the winter and wither the next spring.
Flowering time may be any month of the year, depending on the species. Cyclamen hederifolium and Cyclamen purpurascens bloom in summer and autumn, Cyclamen persicum and Cyclamen coum bloom in winter and Cyclamen repandum blooms in spring.
They look like cyclamenThis past October on the Via Francigena I came across many of these pinkish/lavendar flowers in wooded areas. Very impressive as they often blanketed large areas in huge clusters. The most interesting thing is they have absolutely NO leaves. The little stems shoot out of the ground with a little flower on top. I think it is a variety of Colchicum.
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That is the picture in post #1, right? Not to be confused with the picture in post #20. I pointed PictureThis on it, and, to hardly anyones‘s surprise, it came back as Cyclamen. To be precise: as Ivy-leaved Cyclamen, botanical name Cyclamen hederifolium.I downloaded and ran the original picture through PictureThis, and to no one's surprise, it came back as Autumn Crocus, a species of Naked Lady (Colchicum
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