Alpine flower fest

Meadow of flowers above Mottec at about 2300m

Took a walk today up to higher ground above Mottec to photograph the flowers above 2000m. Here are a few we found - not all of then identified.

• Lousewort (long-beaked or Ascending)
• Arnica
• Lousewort
• Gentian
• Snow-in-Summer
• Pansy
• Primrose (Birdseye or Long Flowered)
• Trumpet Gentian
• Geranium/Cranesbill with insect
• Moonwort
• Alpine Pasque Flower
• Catsfoot
• Alpine Birdsfoot Trefoil
• Black Vanilla Orchid
• Orchid

On the way back down we came across some Alpenrose starting to flower.

Blooming marvelous

Everywhere is a mass of flowers - the field behind Chalet Edelweiss is no exception. This afternoon I took a stroll and photographed a few of the thousands of flowers.

• Bladder Campion
• Harebells
• Sweet Briar Rose
• Catchfly
• Globeflower
• Rampion
• Rhaetian Rampion
• Lily
• Scabious
• Geum
• Aqualigia
• Rockrose
• Buttercup
• Lupin
• Large Speedwell - to name just the above

Of course where there are flowers there are insects and butterflies equally as colourful and varied, as well as this Tortoiseshell I spotted Ringlets, Fritilarys, Whites and Blues - and that's just within a few hundred meters of the Chalet.

Tortoiseshell