Primula TJR 623 / 01

[Pam Eveleigh]

Can anyone give me information regarding collection TJR 623 / 01, identified as Primula stirtoniana?

[Maggi Young]

Hi Pam, great to "see " you!
I do hope you dig up some info from the forumists.....

[Giles]

TJR is a member of the forum:   'Tim R'   

[Maggi Young]

Giles, well spotted - we should have known with your penchant for primula that you would know this 

Tim hasn't been around the forum for ages - I  do hope he is well. I will send him Pam's message.

[Tim R]

Hi Maggi, Giles and Pam
Been a stranger on here for a while.
With regards to Primula sp. TJR623/O1, I collected seed in the Sabche Khola, which is a valley off the Marsyandi valley in the Annapurna region of Nepal. My notes say I collected seed at an altitude of 4200m, 1-2 fls / stem on stable turf, growing alongside Saxifraga lowndesii. I will try to locate images and post later.
Tim R. (TJR)
The plant in the pot on Primula World was shown by Brian Burrow, seed was given to Brian in 2001.

[Pam Eveleigh]

Thanks Tim! I thought it would be your collection, but I wasn't sure.
I have a low resolution image of plants grown from that collection and exhibited at a show, but I would really like to see detailed images if you have them. I was studying P. stirtoniana in regards to another collection from much farther East and this collection has been labelled that species so I wanted to compare. If you are interested in the blog post look at www.primulaworld.com under "Finding Primula stirtoniana" and in the Species Gallery is the image from the show.