I'm glad that you got some rain. I've never heard of plants predicting weather but I don't doubt that it would be true. Nature is more powerful that we think and this is the proof.
Your photo is top! Your photo is so crisp! And I'm surprised that you were able to take it with 1/320 as it sounds slow to me. But you had a tripod, I guess, didn't you?
Beautiful shot! Thank you for sharing and enjoy the rain at Crete :)
Yes, we were desperate for rain and fortunately this year was very good! When I first heard for the "forecasting abilities" of the plant, I thought it was an old man's babbling but then I heard the same story again and again so I decided to write it down although I wasn't completely convinced that it was true. But the winter proved that the plant was right, too bad I couldn't find how old people were reading all the signs!
You don't really need a tripod or a higher shutter speed for a photo like this. All it takes is a few dozens of attempts and some luck :)
Thank you for stopping by and for your nice comment, I am glad you liked the picture!