primula euprepes

[arisaema]

I've been to Zheduo Shan were the Kevock-seeds were collected, it's cool and moist with Rhododendron brush and peaty soil over slate. Primula tangutica has a similar distribution and habitat, and that one is easy in the garden in acidic soil in a bright woodland setting. They have a tendency to rot off during winter when they get big, so divide it every other year or raise new ones from seed.

[robg]

Many thanks, guys, for your inputs. 

I didn't spot the growing ones at the Kevock garden unfortunately.  The pot I got has will divide into 3 when the flowering is over.

Arisaema - the second picture looks all to familiar to a day on a Scottish mountain !

Rob

[Graham Catlow]

Arisaema, that's a great bit of information - thanks.

[Maggi Young]

   
Taxonomic and Nomenclatural Notes on the "black" Primulas of China; Primula euprepes, P. melanantha
Josef Lemmens, has, by permission of the author Professor Hu Chi-Ming  of the South China Botanical Garden, got a link to the Professor's paper on the subject - find the link here :
http://www.alpines.be/Primula.html

[TheOnionMan]

Just found this topic, seems that the web site in the link above is under construction, they give a suggestion to add "old/" to the intended page, and it works.
http://www.alpines.be/old/Primula.html