Orchid Hunting & Botanical Excursion to Iran (28 th May-10 th June 2017)

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1 Orchid Hunting & Botanical Excursion to Iran (28 th May-10 th June 2017) Information Leaders: Dr. Jalil Noroozi (languages: English & German) Address: Department of Botany and Biodiversity Researches, University of Vienna, Rennweg, 14, Vienna mobile phone: Homepage: Dr. Abdolbaset Ghorbani (languages: English & German) Address: Department of Systematic Biology, Institute for Organismal Biology, Uppsala University mobile phone: Homepage: Botanical guides: Abdolbaset Ghorbani, Jalil Noroozi Focus: It will be mainly flora and vegetation of the area, with focus on orchids and partly culture. This trip is planned mainly to see montane and subalpine flora and vegetation types and orchid populations. Walking: No more than three or four km on any one day, often less, and always at a slow pace, well suited to botanizing and photographing. Group Size: The minimum is 5 and the maximum is 12. Accommodation: All accommodations will be at middle class hotels. Flights: It is possible to book flights to Tehran from different cities of Europe with ca. 300$ Dates: 14 days, from 28 May 2017 to 10 June 2017 Included in the price: All transports in Iran, 13 nights accommodations and three times meal during 14 days, services of leader and local guides, Protected Areas and Sights entrance fees. Please note: flight, 60 Euro visa fee, and tips are not included. Climate: The temperature is between 15 to 35 C depending to the region. In the high elevations we will often reach to snow and the temperature can be less than 10 C too. The weather is usually sunny and the rain possibility is low but still possible. Wet alpine meadows and swamps will be also visited for orchids.

2 How to Book: Send an to or to check if there is availability for the number of places you require. Please contact latest 15 th March Price for 10 participants: 1890 $ Single room: +360 $ Itinerary of the excursion: Date Day Plan Overnight Distance Flight to Tehran Visiting montane and subalpine zone ( m) of Damavand Mt. (5671 m a.s.l.) in Central Alborz Papaver bracteatum, Iris barnumae, Eremurus spectabilis, Ferula gumosa, Dactylorhiza umbrosa, D. lancibracteata and etc. Larijan Visiting subalpine and alpine zone of Central Alborz up to 3000 Noshahr m Fritillaria kotschyana, Adonis wolgensis, Solenanthus stamineus and etc Botanizing in the Hyrcanian forests Anzali Parotia persica, Fagus orientalis, Quercus castaneifolia, Orchis mascula, Ophrys, Cephalanthera and etc Botanizing in Talysh mountains, from 0 to 2500 m a.s.l. Khalkhal Quercus macranthera, Papaver orientalis, Jurinella moschus, Paeonia wendelboi, Dactylorhiza, Cephalanthera, Limodorum, Neottia and etc Botanizing in Talysh mountains and visiting Neur Lake (2500 m Sarein a.s.l.) Aethionema grandifolia, Ranunculus kotschy, Muscari armeniacum, Eremostachy azerbaijanica and Dactylorhiza populations, Platanthera, Steveniella etc Botanizing in the montane and subalpine zone (up to 3200 m) of Tabriz Sabalan Mt. (4810 m). Puschkina schilloides, Iris acutiloba, Draba brunifolia, Artemisia splendens, Anacamptis palustris and etc Sightseeing in Tabriz Tabriz Visiting Mishodagh Mts. and Gypsophillus hills Tabriz Cousinia boissieri, Peganum harmala, Iris acutiloba, Onobrychis cornuta and etc Visiting Sahand Mt. (3710 m) up to 3300 m Miyaneh Onobrychis cornuta, Gentiana aquatica, Gentiana verna Fritillaria crassyfolia, Salvia sahendi, Astragalus sahendi, Dactylorhiza, Anacamptis palustris and etc Visiting Bozgush Mt. (3304 m) Gundelia rosea, Papaver lasiotrix, Papaver persicum, Papaver fugax, Mindium laevigatum, Allium Akaka, Centaurea imperialis, Dactylorhiza, Anacamptis palustris and etc. 12 Gypsophillus hills, Anguran Protected Area Eremurus persicus, Rosa persica, Salvia atropatana, Rheum ribes, Orchis mascula, Orchis simis and etc. Miyaneh Zanjan 120 km 210 km 230 km 115 km 150 km 315 km 100 km 200 km 60 km 220 km

3 Visiting Eastern and then Central Alborz Clastopus vestitus (endemic genus), Fibigia sufruticosa, Salsola canescens, Allium derderianum, Dactylorhiza and etc. 14 Visiting alpine habitats of Dizin up to 3700 m Physoptychis gnaphalodes (endemic genus), Tulipa humilis, Prangos uloptera, Psychrogeton amorphoglosus, Solenanthus circinatus, Epipactis veratrifolia and etc. 15 Visiting halophyte vegetation types of south Tehran and sightseeing in Tehran Dizin Tehran 370 km 80 km 100 km Map: The red line shows the route of the trip and the blue boxes are the accommodation places. In this trip we will see Alborz Mts, Hyrcanian forests, Talysh Mts. Sahand and Sabalan Mts. in NW Iran, Gypsophillous hills and Desert in south Tehran

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