Harry Jans: many new Images from Tibet and Switzerland now online

[Lori S.]

What beautiful and extraordinary plants!  Thanks for posting!

[ranunculus]

INCREDIBLE AND BEAUTIFUL.

[mark smyth]

We always lust plants we can't have/grow

[cohan]

Here are a few more from my Tibet trip.
I always wanted to see this super gentian after seeing a slide from George Smith about 25 years ago.
It was growing in scree conditions at 5008m
Tried several times to grow it from seed but.....................................I failed!
Gentiana urnula

another wow! funny that another asian high alpine plant reminds me of a south african succulent--these ones resemble Crassula sp in foliage (shape, not succulence)..

did it simply fail to germinate for you? or it germinated but didnt live?

[Lesley Cox]

G. urnula, the holiest of holy Gentiana grails!

[cohan]

btw, i saw some of these saussureas on the Vojtěch Holubec seedlist,
http://www.villevekster.com/wildseeds.html
and some sp also at pavelka (not sure if they are the hairy cylinder sp)
http://www.pavelkaalpines.cz/
you may need to email the second for up to date list, i did..

[Harry Jans]

Here are a few more from my Tibet trip.
I always wanted to see this super gentian after seeing a slide from George Smith about 25 years ago.
It was growing in scree conditions at 5008m
Tried several times to grow it from seed but.....................................I failed!
Gentiana urnula

another wow! funny that another asian high alpine plant reminds me of a south african succulent--these ones resemble Crassula sp in foliage (shape, not succulence)..

did it simply fail to germinate for you? or it germinated but didnt live?

I had once seeds, and only one germinated.
It died during the hot summer. (as most of these very high alpines do)