
Gentiana verna or Tintyava in Bulgarian. 🇧🇬
Photo taken during our Saturday hike in the mountains.
Cats, good books, AI, and religious walking in the city of Sofia

Gentiana verna or Tintyava in Bulgarian. 🇧🇬
Photo taken during our Saturday hike in the mountains.

I’ve always liked linden trees and linden tea. These trees are usually massive, with wide, leafy canopies. That’s why it surprised me to see a very tall rose pushing its way up and blooming right in the branches.
A year ago, we found an orchid in the mountain. I was surprised that wild orchids exist in my country. We saw plenty this weekend from another species.


I have my doubts about the exact species. The first photo clearly shows dots on the leaves, so according to the image search, it should be the Broad-leaved Marsh Orchid. However, given that we are not in Germany, it’s more likely that we saw Dactylorhiza cordigera or Сърцевиден дланокоренник instead.
I wish I took better photos.

The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences is blurred in the back. Took this photo during my morning walk today.
The tourist logo of Bulgaria is a rose. We have roses everywhere. The coat of arms is 3 lions. We don’t have lions anywhere out of the zoo. I much prefer encounters with the roses. 🌹

Found outside of Blagoevgrad.