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<h2>A story on Switzerland’s wild daffodils</h2>
<div><h3>The fragrant flower grows wild in selected spots of the Swiss Canton Vaud. Associations and neighbors that protect them…</h3></div>
<div><p>medium.com</p></div>
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</div><figure id="f84e"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/0*5klUzHjwWSAXKpMV"><figcaption></figcaption></figure><figure id="d1b9"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/0*kbjFT1vZVtmnGbMb"><figcaption></figcaption></figure><figure id="e6b5"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/0*kND_L87Z9RfEKjGK"><figcaption></figcaption></figure><figure id="6217"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/0*SSYdh8Jtm_RosMVN"><figcaption></figcaption></figure><p id="c6bf">Yes, the next flower on the left is an orchid!</p><div id="2776" class="link-block">
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<h2>A summer spotting the wild orchids of Switzerland</h2>
<div><h3>PART OF MY SERIES Natural wonders of Switzerland’s canton Vaud</h3></div>
<div><p>medium.com</p></div>
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</div><figure id="b776"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/0*jZrtm3kuq1vGLv_Z"><figcaption></figcaption></figure><figure id="04db"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/0*QOhTpfcxPOpkoHsd"><figcaption></figcaption></figure><h1 id="8985">Above 1700 m.a.s.l.</h1><p id="f3ef">And I will go slow here, sharing multiple views of these flowers, which are very special -and I haven’t seen them growing in lower lands, so they must really like to live up there…</p><p id="4b05">This one is probably my favorite:</p><figure id="2e03"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/0*1IgWaEaK5AjfVobf"><figcaption></figcaption></figure><figure id="f89b"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*VwFRluvWYLYDkp93d8S7jQ.png"><figcaption></figcaption></figure><p id="108c">Wild pansy-like flowers next on the left:</p><div id="27f7" class="link-block">
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<h2>Pazzi Pansies</h2>
<div><h3>My town just planted pansies, which are perfect plants for this time of the year as they thrive and fill pots with…</h3></div>
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</div><figure id="837f"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*QXhSgKth8yp92MVwYKTP2Q.png"><figcaption></figcaption></figure><figure id="344d"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/0*qEnxsiIFDITQpV8C"><figcaption></figcaption></figure><figure id="b5af"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/0*Sy_lmDcuJUd0k-sn"><figcaption></figcaption></figure><p id="58de">This one might also be my favorite…</p><figure id="a319"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/0*M6q2TbZnN0Z1RKJf"><figcaption></figcaption></figure><figure id="2e4e"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*0ExTBNBuS3Qr9LPIEumniw.png"><figcaption></figcaption></figure><figure id="1706"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*oTriqP3hlCX3FMyZ8ZRnQg.png"><figcaption></figcaption></figure><p id="fa4e">And just like my other favorite that I listed above, it is blue of course!</p><div id="e148" class="link-block">
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<h2>Hues of Blues</h2>
<div><h3>Come and see a selection of photoshoots and computer-generated art where blue is the protagonist.<
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</div><h2 id="812a">At the very top</h2><p id="4626">And now getting to the very top, a flatland that acts as a mountain pass connecting two accesses to the region: one starting in Vouvry and going through the Lac de Taney as I visited, and another starting at the Swiss/French town of Saint Gingolph, right on the shore of the lake.</p><p id="4ed2">The flatland is surrounded by the steep peaks that form the “<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornettes_de_Bise"><i>Cornettes de Bise</i></a>”, at the border with France and reaching over 2400 m. As you can see these peaks still had some snow despite the very high temperatures and limited snowfall of this year.</p><p id="e4d3">Mainly grasses grow in these highlands, but some nice wildflowers can be found too. Especially easy to spot were lots and lots of crocus, as in the lead photo in white and here in pink:</p><figure id="83ed"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*tlNZ_Exg7tDPzo_pkWadlw.png"><figcaption></figcaption></figure><h1 id="e3e0">Which flower was your favorite?</h1><h1 id="89f5">A few related stories</h1><div id="8629" class="link-block">
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<h2>Wildflowers at almost 3000 m.a.s.l. in the Argentinian Andes</h2>
<div><h3>On a recent hike around the mountains in the Argentinian province of Mendoza, where the summit of the Andes sits (mt…</h3></div>
<div><p>medium.com</p></div>
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<h2>Autumn bike ride up to my favorite mountain lake, Lac de Taney</h2>
<div><h3>Today was a foggy, moist, cold Sunday by the lake (I mean Lac Leman) but very sunny just off it throughout the valley…</h3></div>
<div><p>medium.com</p></div>
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<h2>La Rambertia, a Swiss alpine garden at 2000 m.a.s.l. + Bonus</h2>
<div><h3>PART OF MY SERIES Natural wonders of Switzerland’s canton Vaud</h3></div>
<div><p>medium.com</p></div>
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<h2>Come Hike With Me Through These Photographs of Wildflowers in the Swiss Alps</h2>
<div><h3>Also get to know an old train, a marmots park, views of Lac Leman from the heights, and an alpine garden!</h3></div>
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