Sunday 20 February 2005

Meconopsis racemosa - Photos In The Wild

Typical leaf but M. horridula would look the same. M. Thorne. Variation - out of flower M. horridula would look the same. M. Thorne.
M. rudis like leaf at 4,200m. Bhutan among M. racemosa. M. Thorne. W Lingshi 4,200m. Bhutan. M. Thorne.
W Lingshi 4,200m. Bhutan. M. Thorne. W Lingshi 4,200m. Bhutan. M. Thorne.
W Lingshi 4,200m. Bhutan. M. Thorne. Gongen Len. An example of a plant hard to place. It is apparently racemose (but when does agglutinisation cease). The leaves are upright and the spines long and dense but with grey/white anthers it would pass for M. prattii. Photographer Martin Walsh.

Superb pink form at Chukarpo, Bhutan

Martin Walsh.
Extremely unusual and beautiful red flowering plant. Chukarpo, Bhutan Martin Walsh.
Jian Zi Kou Pass, Tibet. 4660m. Typical raceme with distinctive red/purple spines to the stem. The webmaster is becoming more and more to the conclusion that Taylor was right and these are just a recemose lower altitude variation of M. horridula. John Mitchell. Another variation.Wider more glaucous leaves and the presence of some purple pigment at the base of the spines and thus resembling M rudis Same site and altitude as previous. John Mitchell. NOTE - MORE WILD IMAGES ON THE GARDEN PAGES OF THIS SPECIES.