These images do remind me of/suggest what in the UK we know as a 'Japanese' Anemone - very much a GARDEN plant and NOT a form of the wild Anemone vitifolia. These are understood to be of HYBRID origin, a deliberate cross involving Anemone vitifolia (one of the earliest introductions of this species into cultivation in the West was from Shimla in the 19th Century and Anemone hupehensis (a Chinese species widely grown in Japan). In the past the name was Anemone x hybrid but that may have changed. MANY cultivars are known such as 'Prince Heinrich' and 'Honorine Jobert'.
*Does seem strange to apparently have a cultivar being grown in a Shimla garden with one of the 'parents' perhaps originating not* *far from the very spot, more than a century earlier!* Anemone vitifolia is an attractive plant by itself but often seems to struggle in cultivation in the West, whereas various hybrids flourish. I grew (and am having difficulties getting rid of it) a plant in the Kohli Memorial Botanical Garden from seed sent to me as A.vitifolia from the Berlin Botanic Garden, which flourished and produced an ornamental plant but I suspect a hybrid. Plants once in cultivation can be prone to hybridising (unintentionally down to bees or other pollinators). More genera are susceptible to this than those widely recognised, such as Geranium, Aquilegia and so on. It may be worthwhile me posting some images for comparison purposes. On Wednesday, October 30, 2013 at 2:57:04 PM UTC, Balkar wrote: > Dear All > pls id this Anemone sp > shot from IAS Shimla > Thanks > > -- > Regards > > Dr Balkar Singh > Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology & > Horticulture Incharge > Arya P G College, Panipat > Haryana-132103 > 09416262964 > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
