Thank you all and Dr. Richards for finalizing the ID Primula forbesii . Thank you.
Saroj Kasaju On Thu, Feb 16, 2017 at 5:40 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, Chadwell ji. > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: C CHADWELL <[email protected]> > Date: 16 February 2017 at 17:20 > Subject: Re: Fwd: Fwd: Primula malacoides Franch. (accepted name) or > Primula forbesii (accepted name) > To: "J.M. Garg" <[email protected]> > > > I remain curious as to how Primula forbesii, a native of China, reached > and became naturalised around > temples in Nepal? > > In the UK we have many naturalised plants both intentionally introduced > for their ornamental merit and > the escaped (as was the case for Impatiens glandulifera) whilst others > arrived accidentaly. > > I have seen quite a number of British "cottage garden" type plants growing > in gardens in the hills of > India which presumably were introduced by the British (most are not > British native species). Some of > these are found in Nepal but Primula forbesii whilst pretty enough and of > interest to Primula enthusiasts, > surely would be of minimal to zero interest to most garden-lovers in Nepal. > > Does the explanation lie in their proximity to temples? > > I do not think too many plants have been introduced from China into Nepal > for their ornamental merit. > > Could the seed of P.forbesii have arrived amongst a product from SW China? > > Richards in his PRIMULA tome mentions Forrest's observations about > P.malacoides (closely related to > P.forbesii) which was then a weed of cultivated fields around 2000m, who > considered it had become much > more widespread owing to the cultivation of beans, as bundles of these > were carried into villages with > fruiting sprays of the primula attached. > > Primulas are utilised in Tibetan Medicine but I was not aware anything > like P.forbesii is utilised nor that they > are cultivated in temple gardens. > > > 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:* [email protected]; Saroj Kasaju <[email protected] > > > *Sent:* Wednesday, 8 February 2017, 10:15 > *Subject:* Fwd: Fwd: Primula malacoides Franch. (accepted name) or > Primula forbesii (accepted name) > > Thanks a lot, Richards ji. > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: *JOHN RICHARDS* > Date: 8 February 2017 at 15:30 > Subject: Re: Fwd: Primula malacoides Franch. (accepted name) or Primula > forbesii (accepted name) > To: "J.M. Garg" <[email protected]> > > > This plant is P. forbesii, a winter-flowering annual from China which is > extensively naturalised around Kathmandu. > > John Richards > > > On Friday, 27 January 2017, 6:06, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi, Richards, > May I seek your assistance in the matter pl. > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: *Saroj Kasaju* <[email protected]> > Date: 14 January 2017 at 22:53 > Subject: Primula malacoides Franch. (accepted name) or Primula forbesii > (accepted name) > To: efloraofindia <indiantreepix@googlegroups. com > <[email protected]>>, "J.M. Garg" <[email protected]>, C > CHADWELL <chrischadwell261@btinternet. com > <[email protected]>> > > > Dear Members, > > Location: Godawari, Nepal > Altitude: 5000 ft. > Date: 10 January 2017 > > Non of above guess is listed in Nepal . > > Thank you. > > Saroj Kasaju > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> > Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the > world- around 2700 members & 2,40,000 messages on 31.3.16) or Efloraofindia > website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species > database of more than 11,000 species & 2,20,000 images). > The whole world uses my Image Resource > <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a > thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. > (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). 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