The trip to find pleione on Cangshan , 3 species were found !

[vigor]

I now work at a botany institute and there is a seed bank aiming to preserve the endangered  species of China. The seed bank recently started a project of pleione seed preservation. As pleione is not easy to set fruit in the wild ,we need to pollinate them before we can get the seeds. that's how this trip comes.
what impressed me was the species coexistence within a short range but no hybrid individuals(pleione confusa) was found
it's excited to see 3 species blooming at the same time on one mountain.

[vigor]

go on

[vigor]

dozens of albiflora and forestii clones were discovered

[vigor]

forestii

[vigor]

forrestii

[vigor]

the last species bulbocodioides
ok complete!
i need go to bed now......

[Pauli]

Superb pictures!

I hope one day I can see these plants with my own eyes !

[Alex]

Wow!!

Thank you very much for posting these. How great to see these plants with your own eyes. Even if we can't be there, it is very informative to see the environments in which these species grow. As an aside, I wonder why bulbocodioides and forrestii don't hybridise in the wild, given they grow so close together.

Alex

[Steve Garvie]

Fantastic images!!!
Great to see photographs of these plants in the wild.
Many thanks for posting this!

[erf]

Amasing pictures. Would I like to see it on my own. 
I was in the Yunnan province April two years ago, but did not see any. So maybe I have to go again. 
Thanks for posting these wildlife pictures of pleione.
Regards Erling

[Maren]

Vigor,
wonderful pictures. Seeing them in the wild is so interesting, your habitat shots are great. It must have been hard work to get there. thank you for sharing your experiences with us.