Thought best to collect my thoughts before responding further. The problem
with the links provided (and most from specialist nurseries,growers and the
like) is that such people (in good faith mostly - though it isin the commercial
interest of nurseries to list as many different species &cultivars as possible,
as there are collectors of all available examples offavoured genera e.g.
Androsace, Primula, Iris, Meconopsis, Geraniumetc.). They will buy if the
species name or cultivar name is different towhat they already have (or think
they have). The problem is that hardly any of those running nurseries,
websites(even the top horticulturists in the UK) have any proper training in
how toidentify plants - to be fair, often few, if any reference books or
otherresources exist. They rely on the name something arrived at. The result
is, as my own informalresearch suggests, a high proportion of plants are
misidentified in cultivation(just as a significant proportion of plants seen
during surveys and trips tothe Himalaya are misidentified). For plants under
names of species foundin the Himalaya (some plants grow in the Himalaya and
other regions of theworld, so the example may not have originated in the
Himalaya) I judge atleast 50% to be misidentified (and I do not mean because
they are hybrids,another complication in cultivation) - I have checked plants
from nurseries andsources of seed, commercial and botanic garden index semina.
Thus, we cannot expect the situationwith Androsace in cultivation to be any
different. Of the links provided, the final two donot come close to the others
and in my opinion are not Androsaceglobifera. As to the identity of the
plantphotographed in VoF - this, as I have already stated is definitely
notA.mucronifolia. It might be A,globifera but some sources say itshould have
flower-stalks (others like 'Flowers of Himalaya' say short-stalkedor stalkless.
It is the most likely candidate. These images appear close to the single
close-up image posted from VoF which I have just commented on. There has long
been confusion with themat and cushion-forming species. Interestingly, the
image of A,globiferain 'Flowers of the Himalaya' shows flowers with darker
central parts, as doesthe much larger photo of this species in 'Portraits of
Himalayan Flowers'(T.Yoshida), along with one of the images in his 'Himalayan
PlantsIllustrated'.
I shall be commented about Androsace garwhalicum in another response.
Best Wishes,
Chris Chadwell
81 Parlaunt Road
SLOUGH
SL3 8BE
UK
www.shpa.org.uk
From: J.M. Garg <[email protected]>
To: efloraofindia <[email protected]>
Cc: Prashant awale <[email protected]>; D.S Rawat
<[email protected]>; [email protected]
Sent: Friday, 18 November 2016, 4:51
Subject: Fwd: [efloraofindia:129229] VOF Week: : Androsace mucronifolia?
en-route Hemkund sahib
Thanks, Chadwell ji & Rawat ji.To me it appears close to Androsace globifera as
per the following images (though I may or may not be
correct):http://www.phytoimages.siu.edu/imgs/Cusman1/r/Primulaceae_Androsace_globifera_93803.htmlhttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Androsace_globifera_3.JPG
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Androsace_globifera#/media/File:Androsace_globifera.jpghttps://www.nargs.org/plant/androsace-globiferahttp://phytoimages.siu.edu/imgs/Cusman1/r/Primulaceae_Androsace_globifera_70529.html
http://garden.org/plants/view/133923/Rock-Jasmine-Androsace-globifera/
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From: Prashant Awale <[email protected]>
Date: 7 September 2012 at 21:48
Subject: [efloraofindia:129229] VOF Week: : Androsace mucronifolia? en-route
Hemkund sahib
To: indiantreepix <[email protected]>
Dear Friends,
This herb was seen on the boulders en-route Hemkund Sahib. I had earlier
identified this as Androsace garhwalicum (Ref: book by Keshava Murthy). After
seeing the post by Dinesh of similar plant i feel this plant could also be
Androsace mucronifolia?
Family: Primulaceae.
Regards
Prashant
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