News/Changes
I found this year apochromic Ophrys apifera var. badensis, Ophrys araneola, Ophrys fuciflora as well as partial apochromic Ophrys fuciflora. In addition I found the Ophrys apifera-lusi Ophrys apifera var. badensis and Ophrys apifera var. friburgensis.
21.06.2016
Done! After many winter evenings in front of the PC my webpage appears in a new, modern design. Ad-free.
For comparison, the old layout
26.01.2016
In 2015, I have seen on numerous excursionst in addition to Listera cordata, the hybrids Dactylorhiza fuchsii x majalis, Ophrys apifera x fuciflora, Ophrys fuciflora x insectifera, Ophrys fuciflora x sphegodes and Ophrys sphegodes x insectifera. Furthermore fand ich neben einer apochromic Ophrys fuciflora hypochromic Orchis mascula, Orchis militaris, Orchis morio and Orchis morio-albinos. The photos are now online.
22.01.2016
2014 I made a wonderful Greece circular tour. The result after 3.100 km drive are more than 60 found wild orchids. A small selection of 567 orchid photos and a travelogue can be found here.
27.04.2015
Beginning of 2013 I was on a two weeks‘ backpacker tour in Vietnam. My travelogis now online. Furthermore you find on the next sites specials about Van Long Wetland Nature Reserve, the endangered monkeys of Vietnam and to the reasons for Vietnam’s species extinction.
15.10.2013
You can find a new site about the non-hardy lemon tree in the area ‚Exotic Fruit Plants‘.
11.10.2013
Finally. After five years fruited my self grown ananas plant. You can find the photos here.
01.09.2013
I have taken numerous photos and found some new species during my excursions in Germany, Austria and the Abruzzi. A part of the photos can you find now on the sites Aceras, Anacamptis, Cephalanthera, Coeloglossum, Dactylorhiza, Epipactis, Gymnadenia, Himantoglossum, Leucorchis, Limodorum, Listera, Neottia, Nigritella, Ophrys aesculapii – corsica, Ophrys creberrima – insectifera, Ophrys iricolor – panattensis, Ophrys parvimaculata – zonata, Orchis, Platanthera, Serapias and Traunsteinera.
01.09.2013
You can find a new site about the
hardy Common Pawpaw, a very hardy member of the Annona family with delicious fruits, in the area ‚Exotic Fruit Plants‘.
24.08.2013
The site fen bed was revised. The site was added by some photos and the experiences of the first year.
29.07.2013
The site recipes was expanded by the recipes spruce syrup, dandelion jelly and woodruff syrup.
27.05.2013
The site botanical tulips was revised. Among other things photos of a number of further species were added.
13.05.2013
Beginning of August I found the Bog Orchid (Hammarbya paludosa). You can find the photos on the new created site Hammarbya.
05.08.2012
On the new created site sundews in their natural German habitat I publish photos of the three in Germany native sundew species. On the site bladderworts in their natural German habitat I added photos of the Lesser Bladderwort (Utricularia minor).
04.08.2012
I have revised the site ‚orchid journeys‘, Germany. Among other things, several picture galleries were added.
29.07.2012
Until now, I have found several carnivorous plant species in Germany in their natural habitat. I publish now some of the photos on the new created sites butterworts in their natural German habitat and bladderworts in their natural German habitat..
28.07.2012
My Borneo travelogue was elected by the German travel portal www.reiseberichte.com to the travelogue of the month March 2012. Here is the direct link to my Borneo travelogue. I thank you for this award.
02.03.2012
In the new created area ‚Long-distance Journeys‘ you can find an introduction to the tropics. In particular the ecology and the endangerment of the tropics are dealt with. In addition I report about our journey to Borneo in 2011. Beside of our travelog Borneo 2011 you can find a special about Dayaks, pitcher plants and orangutans.
19.07.2011
You can find a new site about the non-hardy Lemon Grass in the area ‚Exotic Fruit Plants‘.
11.06.2011
You can find three new sites under the area of ’service‘. Under merchants you find a dealer list for ground orchids, carnivorous plants and other plants, the literature I use and some book recommendations I present under literature. In addition you will find in the future sundry suggestions for the processing of wild fruits under recipes.
08.01.2011
As of now pictures are partially within a popup-window enhanced presentable. I use the Lightbox2 – script which you can get here. Enlargeable pictures are marked on the the right of the bottom by this symbol:
If several pictures on a site are marked by this symbol the pictures will be open in a gallery. If you move the cursor to the left or right side of the picture a button ‚ Prev ‚ or ‚ Next ‚ will be shown. By clicking on the buttons you will get to the previous or next picture. A navigation is also possible by pushing the keys ‚P‘ (for previous) or ‚N‘ (for next) and alternatively by pushing the cursor keys ‚left‘ or ‚right‘. 06.01.2011
The last days I made considerably additions of the content under the area of ‚carnivorous plants‘. Furthermore, I added under the menu topic ‚garden projects: miscellaneous‘ a new page on which I present some hardy exotic plants like Giant Sequoia, Empress Tree, Chinese Wisteria, Ginkgo, Magnolia and Witch-hazel.
05.01.2011
For more transparency all links with which you will leave my site will be separately marked in the future. The links will have the following appearance: Here you get to the Google website.
11.12.2010
I added a library under the area of service in which you can find definitions of technical terms. If a technical term is defined in the library and is used on another page, then you will find such a direct-link to the library.
10.12.2010
My website is relocated to a ad-free host. Henceforth you can reach my website at www.fancyplants.de.
08.12.2010
As of now you can find on the left side of the website Google search box with which you can search my website. Furthermore, a scheme of my site in alphabetical order and a Sitemap are still available.
08.12.2010
Since the launch of my website I added numerous information. In particular, this concerns the topic european orchids. In the meantime you can find 874 photos of 174 pure species here. Also the introduction to this topic is more detailed. In addition, further websites you can find under the menu item links.
14.11.2010
Today is the launch of my new website ‚Fancy Plants‘.
24.09.2010