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Tuscan Orchids
. . . found on the paths of Chianti. The Discover Tuscany Team and its authorized guides hike the trails and backroads of Tuscany enjoying the silence of the Chianti hills, the beauty of the Tuscan vineyards and the suggestive Siena landscape to create beautiful memories.
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The Discover Tuscany Team
is passionate about showing you its guests the best and most enticing facets of the Tuscan culture, countryside, wine and food. On a hiking tour with The discover Tuscany Team it is easy to find surprises around every corner, sometimes a glass of Chianti, sometimes a plate of pasta, a memorable picture of the classic Chianti landscape or ... as in this picture album ... the orchids of Tuscany. The phots have been supplied from the database of one of our favorite biking and hiking tour guides, Till Riecke.
Hiking in Tuscany with Discover Tuscany
gives a new meaning to discovering this beautiful land. This photo is provided by one of our certified guides, Till. Along the paths of Tuscany – through the lands of Chianti, Siena and Lucca one can find Ophrys sphegodes — This is also known as early spider-orchid — an early flowering orchid found on alkaline meadows and waste land. It has a distribution that includes western and northern Europe extending to parts of southern England but may also be found as far east as Corfu and possibly also in southern Spain.
Hiking in Chianti leads many surprises
The Orchis purpurea, found in much of Europe, northern Africa, Turkey, and the Caucasus. Hiking the trails of Tuscany, with a qualified guide on tour of the Italian countryside, one can spy the flowering of this orchid, which occurs in late April to June. The Lady Orchid's flower spike can grow to 100 cm in height and is densely covered with up to 50 flowers.
Discover Tuscany hiking tour
in search of the flowers and fauna which make up an integral part of the countryside of Siena, the hills and vineyards of Chianti, the land that surrounds Lucca and Montalcino. The Ophrys bertolonii is found only in Italy in short grasslands, garrigue, olive groves and roadbanks at elevations up to 850 meters as a miniature to small sized.
Orchids to be found hiking in Tuscany
Tour the Tuscan landscape an be introduced to the interesting world of flowers, herbs and spices found naturally in Tuscany, Italy. The Pyramidal Orchid, Anacamptis pyramidalis, is an orchid native to southwestern Eurasia, from western Europe through the Mediterranean region, including Tuscany, eastwards to Iran. Not only beautiful and particular, but this orchid can be dried and ground the tuber giveing a fine white powder, called salep. This is a very nutritious sweet starchlike substance. It is used in drinks, cereals and in making bread. It is also used medicinally in diets for children and convalescents.
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