Flower report, May 2nd – Imbros gorge Everything you want to ask, read or write about Sfakia, southwest Crete, or Crete island in general.

[Jean]

Here are some of the many flowers we saw in the Imbros gorge on Thursday. The dragon arums (Dracunculus vulgaris) and Cretan ebony (Ebenus cretica) haven’t come out in the middle of the gorge but are in bloom at the bottom. There are patches of cyclamen in a few shady places, poppies, sage, and a variety of smaller flowers along the footpath.

Bee orchid (an ophrys)

Fritillaria

Pterocephalus papposus

Procopiania cretica (endemic)

Crepis auriculifolia (endemic)

tiny scrophularia

Tree flax (Linum arboretum)

Saxifrage (with tiny red spots on the white petals)

Campanula (endemic)

Phlomis