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

[mark smyth]

I would give a the yellow and red one a home

[Lesley Cox]

The dark leaves with the yellow flowers are very attractive. They would be too, on the white form.

[johnw]

Hi Cohan,

If you like special Caltha, here a few more.

-Caltha palustris var. barthei (3x)
-Caltha palustris var. chinensis (black leaf form)
All seen during my Sichuan trip in 2007

Hope you like these.
Harry

Harry - Just when I was tickled to get seed of a white one from the Himalayas you would have to show a red one.  I never dreamt there was such a thing.

It's smashing.

johnw

[cohan]

Hi Cohan,

If you like special Caltha, here a few more.

-Caltha palustris var. barthei (3x)
-Caltha palustris var. chinensis (black leaf form)
All seen during my Sichuan trip in 2007

Hope you like these.
Harry

oh, i like these very much, harry, thanks! i esp like the red form, and the one with dark leaves!
ours have darkish leaves when first emerging, but lose it later;
i was noticing these chinese plants seem to have more textured or at least duller leaves-ours are quite smooth/shiny, almost succulent..
i was checking to see if had posted any pics that illustrate that before, but i didnt this spring, so i just stuck in a couple here:
http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3546.45
bottom of the page..

john--white would be very nice too! i dont grow the white mountain species yet, but i hope to..

[Harry Jans]

Hi Cohan,

The Caltha you posted are more a less the same we have here in Holland.
I like these too!

To make it even worse, here one which is in cultivation in some gardens. (I have never tried it myself)
Its very widespread in China. A common species.

-Caltha scaposa

[krisderaeymaeker]

Hi Cohan,

If you like special Caltha, here a few more.

-Caltha palustris var. barthei (3x)
-Caltha palustris var. chinensis (black leaf form)
All seen during my Sichuan trip in 2007

Hope you like these.
Harry

Yes Harry, this brings back all the good memorys of that wonderful trip to Sichuan that you organised .
The Caltha's we saw are one of the many highlights there and indeed scaposa got to be mentioned.
I tried it once in our garden ,it survived one winter but died in the hot summer that follows.
I could hardly choose between scaposa and barthei but because of the red flowers it must be barthei.
The purple one you showed us  (sinogracilis)is heavenly! I allready choose this one as plant of the year.
Why is it not growing in our "Ardennen" ..
I must check your website again ,it is a more like a bible for Chinaplants .
At this moment I am on tour with the lecture I made of this wonderful trip to Sichuan.
I never show you this pictures I think ?

en de groeten aan Hannie!  



Saussurea medusa

[cohan]

harry--i like the scaposa too! i will add that to the list to watch for seed of

kris--beautiful photos--i love the last with clouds behind! what is the plant? its wonderful!

[Olga Bondareva]

Harry,
Incredible, unforgettable plants and pictures! Thank you very much posting them! You inspire me to think again about visiting Tibet.
I like Primula algeniana most of all.

[Lesley Cox]

Kris, are your three stunning pictures of a Saussurea? If so, which one?

[Harry Jans]

I think all the Wolly Balls from Kris are Saussurea leucoma (Balang Shan 4400m)

[Lesley Cox]

Thanks Harry. And very beautiful they are in that setting, almost like some kind of alien propagating pods, like some of the super fungi pictures in other threads.

[krisderaeymaeker]

I think all the Wolly Balls from Kris are Saussurea leucoma (Balang Shan 4400m)

Harry ,it is not Saussurea medusa ?

[Harry Jans]

Kris, sorry. I was wrong Yes it is Saussurea medusa.
I mixed this one with the Saussurea I saw in Tibet last July, which was S. leucoma.

[cohan]

those saussureas are surreal! reminiscent of certain haworthias...interesting genus indeed...

[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