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I have this specimen for ID which I have not found in local books or maltafauna.com. Probably, il-Pine will reply - "It is the common...."

F'idejk King!

Is this photographed specimen also Tudorella sulcata melitense ? It was found abundantly at tal-Magun, Qala. Is it the same as Pomatias sulcatus? http://www.maltawildplants.com/!faunafungi/maltawildlife.php?species=Pomatias sulcatus Are the common garigue specimens usually all the endemic species or...

Hi, While queing in traffic along the main road of Xewkija to Victoria, I spotted this tree in a front garden. It looked tropical to me, interestingly with the leaves arranged in whorls, long stalked, radiating out like a fan. The inflorescence (or fruit?) was at the top, like reddish horizontal spi...

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From Wikipedia about the Genus: They are active predators taking prey as large as rodents and even bats. Their bites are very painful, but are rarely fatal in humans. The venom is delivered through the animal's forcipules, which lie just behind the mandibles. The venoms of Scolopendra species contai...

I asked a Russian friend and member of the forum to check the images, though I am not sure if he is still active on the forum. Thanks, I will later check the names, though it seems that your source is very reliable. Back in my early teens, I and a friend used to go in the countrside, and collect a n...

I too have one for ID !

Unf. we dont have much fauna experts.

Check this snapshot movie by our member Hulland


Relaxing and best seen in August!

Thanks Hulland.

Thanks RB. As I thought, given there is still water all year round, these rather North/Central-distributed plants can survive in Malta. They are found in many lakes or slow flowing rivulets in Finland and there are species of the Genera of Nymphae and Nuphar Genera that produce ' water lilies '. The...

Precisely, the top 50 endangered plants of the Mediterranean, rather the most rare. Together with Cremnophyton, thera are also the plant species of Palaeocyanus crassifolius (given as Cheirolophus crassifolius) and Helichrysum melitense. All three have one thing in common (apart endemism, and can be...

Now I got a bit wiser from 5 years ago, when I was in my inphancy of botany. Yes, definitely, Cremnophyton lanfrancoi is a strictly protected species. You might be however confused, because despite its protection, you can find it planted in some sites in public parks and gardens. As the law is, thes...

Thanks Hulland, well, since DanPav has pointed out some interesting facts about the Alliums photographed there, I might pay a visit in Easter. However I will soon visit the other islet (tal-Halfa) for having a complete survey work of both and finilize the article. Of course, you are invited to write...

Thank you for your answer, which makes sense, because the previous site visit on this islet (May2011) I have recorded Melilotus indicus. I keep your reply in mind. At any rate, I have brought a specimen and planted it at home to follow it. It seems to undergo a slow recovery and hopefully would not ...

I wonder how I would feel for example at 70years of age, hardly able to walk, after reading againe these erm.. "efforts". Would I grin or would I feel depressed !

It's fun writing sometimes!

I have planned to go for a botanical survey at the islet of tac-Cawl, Gozo for a scientific article about the vegetative inventory of this islet and another one called tal-Halfa. I have surveyed these two last May, but wanted to see the flora in Autumn. The article can be read from the link below (i...

I found an interesting species that puzzled me, and do not recall that I have seen something alike. Unfortunately, the plants were too young and did not offer any distinguishing characters, but the tifoliate leaves on long peduncles gave me a good clue for Trifolium species, while leaves no doubt th...

BTW, mine was from Girgenti area. Once there were some at that rather new garden at Sliema coast (dont know the name but reminds me of Hon.Pul licino) I don't really care of plant in gardens/parks because they are cared for by man. When was the last time you saw the Water Lilies at the quarry RB? (d...

Hi RB, welcome back on our grumpy forum! Hope you are fine.

A pic of the plant will be informative for the members - only if you have time.

In the meantime I leave a link of images of Hibiscus mutabilis (never seen it.)

http://www.floridata.com/ref/h/hibis_mu.cfm

RB is also good in ornamentals, if he is around in the forum... Brian, you can give a bit more info like: Was it in a pot, privat garden, park, or elsewhere? What was the height of tree (more or less)? When the photo was taken. I cannot figure out either and 99.9% it is an ornamental from tropic par...

Thanks for the info. For me thay are pretty all the same ! (like Ophrys spp. are for many !) Keep it up for including mollusca species on the maltafauna.com website. btw. If they do not have Maltese name, leave the field blank (instead the species name) so automaticaly, it becomes 'no Maltese name' ...

Nymphaea (Water Lilies) are plant often associated with CEntral and Northern European countries were there is plenty of water all year round - but guess whatI This population is dwelling in a semi-naturalised way in Malta for more than 5 years! I have labeled it for the temporary moment as Nymphaea ...

The white milky sap of most Euphorbia species is toxic, and this serves as defence mechanism to prevent herbivores from eating it. Once I went to taste it and I had a 'tongue-bite' and bad taste for 3 entire days. The sap is very irritant to mucous membranes (nose, lips/mouth, eyes, open wounds) giv...

I am posting some information received to MaltaWildPlants.com from Mary Anne Zarb related to the sap of Euphorbia dendroides (Tree Spurge / Tenghud tas-Sigra) in contact to the eye. I am copy the text in Maltese ========================================== PlantSpecies: Euphorbia dendroides AuthorName...

Hmmm, must be an ornamental - I suspect the fruit was not yet ripe. We wait for the images of the flower.

Puzzling so far!

Yours is also very interesting - I think those of Clapham Junction are 60cm deepest! Did you find these ruts you posted? Well done fil-kas!

It also seems that there are more ruts around the perimeter of the displaced rock as if the ruts had a connection with the digging/rock removal. Very mysterious

Thanks, cute shape and patterns. As I understand, these are marine snails hux?

Thanks for posting

Photos of flowers would definitely help

What was the size of the fruit (more or less)?

Was it hard to slice open?

Although the epithet purpurea, the species can have white flowers as the specimens I found in Qala, Gozo.

Confirmed here:
http://luirig.altervista.org/cpm/albums ... pureus.jpg

Best regards
MWP

Hi, I was at Qala, Gozo and I have observed something unusual. There were some cart ruts, which at first I neglected, until I realised that they were not the usual 2 parallel rows but instead there were 5 (FIVE!) of them, all parallel . Further more, these cart ruts had an ending, unlike other which...