Dear Sonali
Greetings. Your observation suggests that this plant has naturalised (whereas
in 'Flora of Bhutan' the authorssaid it was not (at least not when published in
1994) but their frist-hand field experience in Sikkim would have beenminimal
(or perhaps even zero as they concentrated upon Bhutan) . I hope 'Montbretia'
has not or doesnot, become an invasive weed damaging populations of native
plants. In the wetter districts of the UK (and many otherparts of Europe,
through to arctic Norway and even Alaska) 'Himalayan Balsam' (Impatiens
glandulifera) has becomean invasive weed being troublesome in places - it seems
to have been first introduced (deliberately, for its ornamentalmerit sometimes
back in the 1830s).
Plants are naturalised all over the world. I encounter many people who think a
cultivated plant or escapefrom cultivation (or a plant which arrived accidently
as seed) are natives/growing wild.
Some of such plants which in the UK botanists call ALIENS & ADVENTIVES can be
prominent and showy.
The National Flower of the Philippines (decided by an American) is not a native
species!
Where I live in the UK, such ALIENS & ADVENTIVES represent a significant part
of the flora.
Best Wishes,
Chris Chadwell
81 Parlaunt Road
SLOUGH
SL3 8BE
UK
www.shpa.org.uk
From: Sonali Verma <[email protected]>
To: J.M. Garg <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]; efloraofindia
<[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, 24 November 2016, 10:25
Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:257535] Re: ID this plant seen in Darjeeling and
also in places in Sikkim.
Thanks so much for the id, Chadwell ji and Garg ji! I almost thought it was a
naturally growing plant since I could see it everywhere on the hills. :)
On Thu, Nov 24, 2016 at 5:37 AM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote:
Thanks, Chadwell ji
On 24 Nov 2016 7:04 am, "[email protected] om"
<[email protected] om> wrote:
Not much of an image to go on but this is distinctive. Commonly known in UK as
'Montbretia' this is Crocosmia x crocosmifolia. Local forms typically with
tawny-orange flowers but specific cultivars available. According to Flora of
Bhutan found in Darjeeling Town etc. and Sikkim (Yoksum etc.) - a hybrid of
horticultural origin from S.African parents commonly cultivated in gardens in
Darjeeling and Sikkim, less frequently in Bhutan but not becoming naturalised.
Close to Gladiolus (Iridaceae - the Iris family).
Commonly cultivated in UK and very tolerant of shade; naturalised by sides of
lakes, rivers and ditches in hedge-banks, on waste ground and in woods,
spreading by vegetative means and by seed.
First raised at Nancy, France by Victor Lemoine by crossing C.potsii with
C.aurea. Flowered for first time in 1880.
Even found it within the 2km x 2km tetrad local tetrad I am recording towards
the Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland's 2020 Atlas in waste ground at the
edge of a wood where garden refuse was dumped.
On Wednesday, November 23, 2016 at 5:43:29 AM UTC, Sonali Verma wrote:
Please help me identify this.
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