Discover the three rarest species of wild flowers on the island.
The island of Madeira is undoubtedly a garden, and that title is not by chance, in its endemic fauna specimens there are three flower that stains with color the landscape of the laurel forest. The orchid of the mountain is an herbaceous plant of rare sighting, but hard to ignore, for its dazzling color and voluptuous looks like a purplish-pink ball. This "species endemic to Madeira live in damp places preferably between 500 and 1100 meters of altitude and can be observed in Ribeiro Frio and in Sítio das Ginjas, in St. Vincent. It is a wild flower that can reach between 20 and 80 cm tall, erect stem, long leaves and conical buds, "as quoted from the site Madera nature. The Isoplexis, common name and very unimaginative to say the least, it is also an elusive plant, being spotted in some ravines and cliffs of the island, from 600 to 1000 meters of altitude. It is an herbaceous that draws immediate attention for its orange flowers, but prefers shady places to flourish. Finally, the estreleira, looks like a daisy, but it is not. Unlike the other endemic species, this wild flower prefers the slopes on the edge of the island, the tip of St. Lawrence, making it almost inaccessible to some extent to see it, all do is more visible to the eye from the sea, you can spotted immediately by the obvious contrast between the barren rock dotted with green mounds spiked with small white flowers, between the months of May and June.
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