Thats interesting. Yes indeed this plant was right on the path of Rumtek
Monastry less than 50 m from the enterance and then scattered along the
path ahead...

On Wed, Nov 9, 2016 at 8:11 AM, [email protected] <
[email protected]> wrote:

> This does seem to be correct - though not a native/wild plant in Sikkim or
> by temples in Nepal where it is also found, presumably escaped from
> cultivation?  Native of Yunnan, south Sichuan, the Shan States, Myanamar.
> Thought seems a somewhat surprising plant to be grown in Nepal or finding
> its way to around a temple in Sikkim.  Not mentioned in 'Flora of Bhutan'
> or 'Enumeration of Flowering Plants of Nepal' but these works concentrated
> upon wild plants.  Nor is it in the 'Annotated Checklist...'.
>
> On Friday, June 13, 2014 at 1:26:11 PM UTC+1, Dr Pankaj Kumar wrote:
>>
>> Primula forbesii Franch. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 33(1): 64–65 1886.
>>
>> Synonyms:
>> Primula androsacea Pax
>> Primula barbeyana Petitm.
>> Primula forbesii subsp. androsacea (Pax) W.W. Sm. & Forrest
>> Primula multicaulis Petitm.
>> Primula willmottiae Petitm.
>>
>> Family: Primulaceae
>>
>>
>> <https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-c6kkvrV6WZE/U5rrn2tuZ3I/AAAAAAAACJM/zbfyLlTz3oE/s1600/DSC_6785+copy.jpg>
>>
>>
>> <https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-KlhPpJ7CJ9c/U5rts6MIIfI/AAAAAAAACJY/rIFWDqi58vI/s1600/DSC_6789+copy.jpg>
>>
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