In the afternoon of the 29th of
April 2003 we found Dionysia mozaffarianii in
flower just outside the town of Semirom on vertical limestone cliffs. I
had to
climb my way up again to get closer to the plants. Only a few plants were
growing on this spot, and I think this species has a very restricted
distribution because the surrounding rocks are of a different type.
This species was also introduced into cultivation by the 1998 SLIZE
expedition.
In the evening we went back to Kuh-e Pashmaku to stay for the night and
wait
for Harry and friends. Next day we waited until noon for Harry, but nobody
showed up. Of course we wondered what could have happened, somewhat later
we received an e-mail from Harry saying they had to change their schedule
because of bad weather and because Chris got ill and had returned to the
UK.
