As the title says.. My curiosity is piqued, trying to figure out what on earth these are. Note: I'm not exactly sure that they are all plants, anyway! 1) http://s837.photobucket.com/albums/zz299/BigChief014/Bhutan/?action=view¤t=P9260381.jpg 2) http://s837.photobucket.com/albums/zz299/BigChief014/Bhutan/?action=view¤t=P9260360.jpg http://s837.photobucket.com/albums/zz299/BigChief014/Bhutan/?action=view¤t=P9260361.jpg 3) This is an odd one.. http://s837.photobucket.com/albums/zz299/BigChief014/Bhutan/?action=view¤t=P9260374.jpg 4) Some drooping flower - sorry about the crappy shot: http://s837.photobucket.com/albums/zz299/BigChief014/Bhutan/?action=view¤t=P9270520.jpg 5) Found close to a running stream: http://s837.photobucket.com/albums/zz299/BigChief014/Bhutan/?action=view¤t=P9270605.jpg Well, that does it. The last two are not so important, but what on earth are those other ones all about?? Really hope someone knows the answer. Cheers, and glad to be here =) ~ BigChief
Welcome BigChief. 3. Looks very like Rheum. Possibly Rheum nobile. Common name Noble rhubarb http://images.google.com/images?q=r...1I7SUNA_en-GB&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rheum_nobile
1. Reminded me of a similar plant that we grow. While researching it, to find one with purple flowers I found this. Maybe it will help. http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/URC/bhutanumbels/genkey1.htm
4. Looks like Gentiana urnula. http://images.google.com/imgres?img...gb:IE-ContextMenu&rlz=1I7SUNA_en-GB&sa=G&um=1 http://images.google.com/imgres?img...gb:IE-ContextMenu&rlz=1I7SUNA_en-GB&sa=G&um=1
1. Think I have got it! Pleurospermum amabile. http://hengduan.huh.harvard.edu/zimage/std/boufford00462.jpg http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/URC/bhutanumbels/images/pleurospermum/amabilephoto.htm http://images.google.com/imgres?img...gb:IE-ContextMenu&rlz=1I7SUNA_en-GB&sa=N&um=1 It gets a mention on this link for Selinum. Which is the plant I first thought of!!! http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/URC/bhutanumbels/Selinum.htm
Happy to see that Silver Surfer provides a link to the Hengduan Mountain Region site at Harvard University Herbaria. The plant diversity of the region is almost beyond belief.
2 might be one of the high-altitude Centaurea... Could also be a poppy... You didn't see flowers on it, by any chance? (my first instict was Espeletia, but you're on the wrong side of the world for that...)
Hmmm... Most puzzling. If you've got a few pounds to spare, the Royal Botanic Garden Edinborough has published an excellent 9-volume set on the flora of Bhutan... It will likely be in there somewhere.
2. I wish to say thank you to my new friend Satyam Pradhan, and his father Udai c. Pradhan, both are expert botanists and growers of Arisaema, bulbs and orchids, from Sikkim, they have advised me that this plant is Veronica. Probably Veronica lanuginosa. See pic .... http://www.alpinegardensociety.net/discussion/tours/EVERESTS+ALPINES+TIBET+July+August+/317/ http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200021334
You are awesome, Silver Surfer! A year later and you're still delivering. Thanks a lot for your help, I appreciate it :D
For plant #2, compare to Marmoritis spp. (formerly Phyllophyton spp.). It's difficult to find photos of many of these species. Here's a key: http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=119735 I'm not saying it is this particular species, but for an example of the general plant appearance, here's Marmoritis nivalis: http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=4696&flora_id=2 Here is Marmoritis complanatum; this link does include photos, down at the bottom of the link: http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=210001232
Have to agree with abgardener re:#2, looks like a Phyllophyton species. I saw #5 (or a very close relative) growing in Daocheng a month ago, think it's Pterocephalus hookeri.
