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Author Topic: Sikkim: ophiopogon sp.  (Read 1045 times)

Claire Cockcroft

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Sikkim: ophiopogon sp.
« on: August 23, 2017, 12:09:16 AM »
From this summer's trek in Sikkim, something that doesn't quite fit the description of Ophiopogon intermedius.  Over 4,000m, north of Lachung.  Boot in picture gives the scale.  :-)
Help is appreciated.  Thank you!
Claire Cockcroft
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Re: Sikkim: ophiopogon sp.
« Reply #1 on: August 23, 2017, 02:11:59 PM »
It's lovely whatever you call it. Flowers seem much larger than the ones we grow.
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Re: Sikkim: ophiopogon sp.
« Reply #2 on: August 24, 2017, 02:27:13 AM »
It looks a lot like an Aletris...

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Re: Sikkim: ophiopogon sp.
« Reply #3 on: August 24, 2017, 03:20:49 AM »
I would agree with arisaema that it looks somewhat Aletris like. Do you have other images? My second option would be Theropogon, but for both close-ups of the flowers and bracts on the stem would be needed to confirm.
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Claire Cockcroft

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Re: Sikkim: ophiopogon sp.
« Reply #4 on: August 24, 2017, 05:15:38 PM »
Aletris.  Of course!  Thank you.  Here is another photo.  It's not too clear, because the afternoon mist was swooping in.
Claire Cockcroft
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