Tian-Shan 2004

[Brian Ellis]

Thank you Olga this is a real treat, wonderful plants in natural settings, wow 

[Olga Bondareva]

The next. 

Gentiana algida


Gentiana algida and Gentiana sp.


Gentian meadow at about 4000 m.


Iris loczyi


Waterfall

[Olga Bondareva]

Saussurea gnaphalodes






Saussurea leucophylla


Saxifraga hirculus

[Olga Bondareva]

Saxifraga oppositifolia


Waldheimia tridactylites




Paraquilegia grandiflora. The place was too windy to make good image.  


Primula turkestanica


... to be continued... 

[Olga Bondareva]

Nepeta sp.


Going where grows Corydalis fedtschenkoi


Yes we found it!






Apollo which caterpillars eat Corydalis fedtschenkoi

[Olga Bondareva]

Oooh, fantastic!  Gorgeous scenery views.  The Draco is to lust for, isn't it , so is Aconitum rotundifolium and Leontopodium nanum.  The Allium growing through the custion plant is A. carolinianum.

Could it be Allium polyphyllum?

[Olga Bondareva]

Christolea flabellata is interesting....another of those plants with several names.....
Desideria flabellata (Regel) Al-Shehbaz
Parrya flabellata Regel, Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 43: 261. 1870; Christolea flabellata (Regel) N. Busch; C. pinnatifida R. F. Huang; Ermania flabellata (Regel) O. E. Schulz; Oreoblastus flabellatus (Regel) Suslova.

...... one of its relatives:  Solms-Laubachia will be featured in an future issue of the International Rock Gardener... 

Yes.  When I look at this plants sometimes I can't find difference.

[Olga Bondareva]

Did you travel independently in Kyrgyzstan or have a local guide?

We had a local car with driver. It is much better due to local features.

[Maggi Young]

Oooh, fantastic!  Gorgeous scenery views.  The Draco is to lust for, isn't it , so is Aconitum rotundifolium and Leontopodium nanum.  The Allium growing through the custion plant is A. carolinianum.

Could it be Allium polyphyllum?

I think the two are synonymous, Olga.

What about Allium karelinii?

[TheOnionMan]

Oooh, fantastic!  Gorgeous scenery views.  The Draco is to lust for, isn't it , so is Aconitum rotundifolium and Leontopodium nanum.  The Allium growing through the custion plant is A. carolinianum.

Could it be Allium polyphyllum?

The name "polyphyllum" is a synonym of A. carolinianum.

http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=110&taxon_id=200027456
Allium carolinianum DC., ; Redoute Liliac. 2: t. 101 (1804).

Synonyms:
Allium aitchisonii Boiss.
Allium blandum Wall.
Allium obtusifolium Klotzsch
Allium polyphyllum Kar. & Kir.
Allium thomsonii Baker

4800-5100 m; C. Asia, Afghanistan, Himalaya (Kashmir to Nepal)

[Olga Bondareva]

Maggi, Mark, thanks! Too many synonyms.  

[art600]

Olga

Thank you for posting these superb photos.  I like all the plants but the Gentian and the Corydalis are exceptional.

Hope there are lots more to come  

[TheOnionMan]

The Allium growing through the custion plant is A. carolinianum.

Could it be Allium polyphyllum?

I think the two are synonymous, Olga.

What about Allium karelinii?

The name A. karelinii is a synonym for the scabrous foliage form of chives.  I'm quite sure the ID is A. carolinianum.

http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200027529
Allium schoenoprasum var. scaberrimum Regel, Mélanges Biol. Bull. Phys.-Math. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg. 3(2): 80. 1875.

Synonyms:
Allium karelinii Poljakov; A. scabrellum Boissier & Buhse.
Leaves, leaf sheaths, and scape scabrous-denticulate along angles. Fl. Aug.
Meadows, along streams; 2000--2500 m. Xinjiang (Altay Shan, Tarbagatay Shan, Tian Shan) [Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Russia].

[Paddy Tobin]

Olga,

A fabulous report on your trip, wonderful photographs and out of this world plants. Brilliant. Paddy

[Ragged Robin]

Wow, Olga, what a terrific photo record of your trip - such amazing scenery and plants - the Gentiana meadow is wonderful