The names of these plants please...

Cristoforo · Post by **Cristoforo** » Sun Dec 25, 2005 4:11 pm

Can someone kindly tell me what plant is this?

wolf · Post by **wolf** » Sun Dec 25, 2005 7:59 pm

easy one
agave americana - and it is an alien plant

wolf

Cristoforo · Post by **Cristoforo** » Mon Dec 26, 2005 8:25 pm

Thanks Wolf.

I am an amatuer photographer and I like to take various macros or not of various plants around Malta. The prob is I don't know their names and so I end up calling them "a plant" on my website hehe. I decided to start finding out their names.

I'll post other plant photos soon.

Thanks again.

wolf · Post by **wolf** » Mon Dec 26, 2005 8:49 pm

amateur ? that makes two of us .....the thing is after i read a few books on local flora etc i became really interested and now i hunt for rare species to add to my photo collection...there are a couple of
real experts on this forum though so they wud probably recognize most of what you throw at them

wolf

Cristoforo · Post by **Cristoforo** » Mon Dec 26, 2005 8:57 pm

wolf wrote:amateur ? that makes two of us .....the thing is after i read a few books on local flora etc i became really interested and now i hunt for rare species to add to my photo collection...there are a couple of
real experts on this forum though so they wud probably recognize most of what you throw at them

wolf

Ah interesting, so you go for plant photo hunting? I generally go around for anything interesting to photograph. I like mainly scenaries and macros of insects and plants.

This is a flower, don't know if you or someoneelse knows what's the name. I have a lot of photos like these without their proper names.

Cristoforo · Post by **Cristoforo** » Mon Dec 26, 2005 9:00 pm

And this -->

wolf · Post by **wolf** » Mon Dec 26, 2005 9:28 pm

where is the second photo ? looks like an interesting valley even though someone planted stupid yuccas which probably fit better in mexico than in maltese maquis
first pic is probably a cultivated rose variety ...and here we like our plants WILD !!

wolf

Cristoforo · Post by **Cristoforo** » Mon Dec 26, 2005 9:32 pm

wolf wrote:where is the second photo ? looks like an interesting valley even though someone planted stupid yuccas which probably fit better in mexico than in maltese maquis
first pic is probably a cultivated rose variety ...and here we like our plants WILD !!
wolf

The 2nd photo is in Wied Speranza, Mosta, going down from the Speranza Chapel, direction Mgarr (not direction Naxxar). Very nice place. So those plants are Yuccas? Another alien plant?

Point taken re: cultivated stuff. That's a flower in the MIA airport.

wolf · Post by **wolf** » Mon Dec 26, 2005 9:40 pm

you almost fooled me with wied speranza - it is a valley i know well
yes yuccas are alien too - shoot the wild stuff ...there are still reputably around 700-800 species around to choose from !!

wolf

IL-PINE · Post by **IL-PINE** » Mon Dec 26, 2005 10:36 pm

Hi Cristoforo, welcome to our Forum! As Wolf said, this forum has many amateurs who like photographing wild plants and some real experts like our dear Jackpot!
Like our Wolf I am also an amateur, but this forum seems to have made us addicted!

The Speranza seems to be quite interesting, I never really went there - I always end up in the Wied il-Ghasel near Mosta. However, I am discovering some interesting valleys recently.

Post by **MWP admin** » Tue Dec 27, 2005 8:11 pm

Hi Cristoforo, a big welcome also from the administrator. You have arrived to a perfect place (web-forum) for your purposes of Plant ID. Simply post a photo or more of a particular plant species in this topic and we will be happy to help you.

Just one thing I would like that you (and all) obsserve. I would like that there would be a plant ID per topic rather than posting many different species per topic-post. Should be 'a post is a case' sort of thing. Would make things more easy, tidy and minimize confusion.

I can assure you that those who called themselves as amateurs are saying that with a reasonable quantity of modesty. I would describe them as semi-pros when it comes to ID plants without any exageration.

Anyway, hope you enjoy ypur stay on the forum and find it useful.

wolf · Post by **wolf** » Tue Dec 27, 2005 9:07 pm

welcome back MWP - did you find the malta fungus in gozo ? ha ha
actually I was exploring a bit of dingl cliffs this weekend which is immensely promising - I mean if malta fungus still exists on dingli cliffs this wud be the place - remote / inaccessible / lonely / fantastic

wolf

Cristoforo · Post by **Cristoforo** » Tue Dec 27, 2005 9:19 pm

Hi Cristoforo, a big welcome also from the administrator. You have arrived to a perfect place (web-forum) for your purposes of Plant ID. Simply post a photo or more of a particular plant species in this topic and we will be happy to help you.

Thanks

Just one thing I would like that you (and all) obsserve. I would like that there would be a plant ID per topic rather than posting many different species per topic-post. Should be 'a post is a case' sort of thing. Would make things more easy, tidy and minimize confusion.

So I should open a thread for each photo eh? No problem.

I can assure you that those who called themselves as amateurs are saying that with a reasonable quantity of modesty. I would describe them as semi-pros when it comes to ID plants without any exageration.

Anyway, hope you enjoy ypur stay on the forum and find it useful.

Yes, it's clear people in here are quite knowledgeable. Much to explore in these 3 small islands eh

wolf · Post by **wolf** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 6:49 am

I would describe myself as an amateur with an attitude

wolf

Post by **MWP admin** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 3:51 pm

So I should open a thread for each photo eh? No problem.

Actually, 1 thread per plant species, but then one can post as much photos as he wants regarding that plant only.

I soon show you an example as myself, I have a plant to Identify it!

IL-PINE · Post by **IL-PINE** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 6:51 pm

Heh, he's back