Monday 17 January 2005

Meconopsis georgei

Taxonomy

( Related to M. horridula ) A localized plant from NW Yunnan. Simply put this is a yellow flowered M. prattii with a raceme and the lower flowers arising from the axils of the stem leaves. A yellow form of M. horridula was decribed by Taylor in 1949 when he visited SE Tibet with Ludlow and Sherriff as M. horridula lutea.

Cultivation

Forrest’s (after whom this was named) collectors sent home seed but no success was recorded.


Map Location


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