18.6.2023: Schönfeld, Bundschuh.
With the bicycle on bumpy roads through the upper Bundschuh valley till Mehrl hut and a bit further.
On the way up, this orchid meadow ...
... with thousands of broad-leaved marsh orchids (Dactylorhiza majalis)
Broad-leaved marsh orchids (Dactylorhiza majalis)
Broad-leaved marsh orchids (Dactylorhiza majalis)
Broad-leaved marsh orchids (Dactylorhiza majalis)
In between some flowers with lihghter colour - common spotted orchid (Dactylorhiza Fuchsii) in the sudetica variant.
Bird's-eye primrose (Primula farinosa) along the road.
Open Alpine pasture with Broad-leaved marsh orchids (Dactylorhiza majalis) and hare's-tail cottongrass (Eriophorum vaginatum).
Broad-leaved marsh orchids (Dactylorhiza majalis), in between more common spotted orchids (Dactylorhiza Fuchsii) in the sudetica variant.
Broad-leaved marsh orchids (Dactylorhiza majalis)
View into the upper Bundschuh valley, in this alpine part called Schönfeld.
On the mainly wet meadows several places with globe flowers (Trollius europaeus)
View over the Schönfeld. The name ("beautiful field") is appropriate.
Schönfeld.
Marsh fleawort (Tephroseris longifolia subsp. gaudinii)
Marsh fleawort (Tephroseris longifolia subsp. gaudinii)
Curious cows watch me cross a gate.
Shortly before the Dr. Josef Mehrl some Alpine pasqueflowers (Pulsatilla alpina subsp. austriaca).
Alpine pasqueflower (Pulsatilla alpina subsp. austriaca).
Facing the Dr. Josef Mehrl Hütte, a wonderful meadow with Alpine avens (Geum montanum) ...
.. Alpine avens (Geum montanum) ...
... and stemless gentian (Gentiana acaulis).
Blick zurück zur Dr. Josef Mehrl Hütte.
I continue my ride a bit into the valley. Near a hut, around a beck thousands of kingcups (Caltha palustris).
Kingcups (Caltha palustris).
Kingcups (Caltha palustris).
Kingcups (Caltha palustris).
Kingcups (Caltha palustris) and cuckoo flowers (Cardamine pratensis)
Back at the stemless gentian (Gentiana acaulis) behind the Dr. Josef Mehrl Hütte.
Stemless gentian (Gentiana acaulis)
There is a ski lift here. On the piste, the gentians grow especially well, there are hundreds.
Stemless gentian (Gentiana acaulis)
Stemless gentian (Gentiana acaulis)
I turn back now.
Up on the watershed, in the wet grassland lots of globe flowers (Trollius europaeus)
Globe flowers (Trollius europaeus).
Globe flowers (Trollius europaeus).
There is a little moor here ...
... with hare's-tail cottongrass (Eriophorum vaginatum).
A bit down the main road, Alpine kidneyvetch (Anthyllis vulneraria subsp. alpestris) ...
... and a single early purple orchid (Orchis mascula ssp. speciosa).