tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4156146376396069471.post2746312559433106849..comments2024-02-26T09:11:10.745-08:00Comments on I Need A Cup of Tea: Pincushion, the Nazar: an unlikely encounter with AcantholimonKenton J. Sethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15209610027180966470noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4156146376396069471.post-9014307448968215292018-11-08T09:39:07.221-08:002018-11-08T09:39:07.221-08:00Interesting post and fascinating landscapes! Yes, ...Interesting post and fascinating landscapes! Yes, I see the resemblance to the Books :)Hollishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10788942181934895493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4156146376396069471.post-63624356419550229142018-11-07T18:38:18.259-08:002018-11-07T18:38:18.259-08:00Love this post: I'm rather partial to prickly ...Love this post: I'm rather partial to prickly things. Especially Acantholimon, which I've grown longer than you've been on earth! My first encounter with them in the wild was in Pakistan: I spied them in a village on a pillar like rock just past a few houses--I dashed over excitedly to see them up close, and a horrendous smell hit me like a brick: they were growing above a sunken area used by the village as their loo--no getting close to these Acantholimons without a Hazzmat suit. Forunately, we found the same species a few hours later much higher up, on Babusar pass above 14,000', vast vista full of their dark green hummocks that were being blasted by a blizzard, the stark snow contrasting with their dark color. No time to examine closely! The next day we found them yet again, lower down loaded with seed. Which I DID collect (and which we grow for years)....Since then I've found them in Kazakhstan, Greece, Turkey and Georgia--nearly 10 different species. Only a few more hundred left to find!Panayoti Kelaidishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01846898350006673316noreply@blogger.com