With the arrival of spring, the traditional Spring Colloquium on Plant Ecophysiology also returns
The 13th edition of the Colloquium will be held at the possessió of Galatzó in Calvià (Mallorca, Balearic Islands), from Wednesday, April 2, to Saturday, April 5, 2025. This traditional mountain estate, covering 1,401 hectares, is located in the Serra de Tramuntana, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Alongside its rich architectural and ethnographic heritage, shaped by centuries of agricultural and livestock activity, the estate offers spectacular rural and natural landscapes with a great diversity of flora and fauna. The estate is centered around an impressive valley flanked by mountain formations, with the notable peaks of Puig de Galatzó (1,027 m) and Mola de s’Esclop (927 m).
Thanks to this heterogeneous topography, Galatzó hosts a remarkable variety of plant communities. In addition to the typical Mediterranean dryland agricultural landscape, one can find extensive pine and wild olive forests, with an abundant presence of dwarf palms, mastic trees, and thorny broom. There are also broad areas of carritxar, resulting from anthropogenic degradation, small holm oak groves, and one of the largest populations of Balearic boxwood in Mallorca. In the higher mountainous areas, xero-acanthic scrub and cliff vegetation typical of rocky terrains extend, both hosting a high number of endemic plant species.
