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Typical leaf but M. horridula would look the same. M. Thorne. |
Variation - out of flower M. horridula would look the same. M. Thorne. |
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M. rudis like leaf at 4,200m. Bhutan among M. racemosa. M. Thorne. |
W Lingshi 4,200m. Bhutan. M. Thorne. |
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W Lingshi 4,200m. Bhutan. M. Thorne. |
W Lingshi 4,200m. Bhutan. M. Thorne. |
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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. |
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Superb pink form at Chukarpo, Bhutan
Martin Walsh.
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Extremely unusual and beautiful red flowering plant. Chukarpo, Bhutan Martin Walsh. |
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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. |